Coastcare Week is an annual campaign celebrated during the first week of December that acknowledges the Australians who are actively restoring, enhancing and protecting the coastline, waterways, habitat and biodiversity in their community.
Coastcare Promotional Tool Kit
We have developed the following promotional resources that you can use during Coastcare Week.
This campaign and the resources have been created by Landcare Australia for the use of landcare and other environmental community groups that include but not limited to Bushcare, Coastcare, ‘Friends of’, Dunecare, Rivercare, Scouts and Girl Guide groups. If you are a group working on environmental issues in your community, we invite you to use the Landcare Week resources to promote your activities.
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Coastcare Week
Collateral you can use for Coastcare Week 2024
7 Coastcare tips you can do all year round.
- At the beach, keep on the walking tracks. This protects the vegetation that provides habitat for local native birds and other animals and prevents erosion.
- Woof woof! Ensure your dogs are kept on a lead in areas where dune vegetation is vulnerable. Landcare and Coastcare groups work on these sites to enhance the habitat for native animals to
protect them. - Take a bag with you to the beach to collect rubbish on your next walk.
- Every piece of plastic removed from the marine environment can save an animal’s life and reduce the amount of microplastic created. Pick up rubbish and recycle.
- Take the slow lane, walk instead of driving on beaches (4WD on beaches can rip up plants, destroy sea bird nests and eggs, destroy the sediment profile and more).
- Use reef safe sunblock to protect marine life from harmful chemicals.
- Volunteer with your local group and support their community events or donate to help them buy materials for their activities.
Junior Landcare Learning Activities – for schools, youth groups and community groups:
- Waterways: Clean up and Behaviour change
- Waterways: Behaviour change
- Exploring the Story of Water
- Catchment Management Series
- Caring for our Coasts: Beach Survey
- Caring for our Coasts: Beach Clean-up
Connect with us
If you are a Coastcare, Landcare, Bushcare, Dunecare or Rivercare or any other environmental community group, and you have resources or ideas that you know would be useful for other groups across Australia – please contact us at [email protected] or get connected with us here:
Coastcare Week Group Stories
The Friends of Lord Howe Island (TFLHI) was set up in 2001 following concerns about weeds on the island that had resulted from a lack of resources from the Lord Howe Island Board to tackle the issue. The group consists of holiday makers with a difference, who pay to holiday on Lord Howe Island whilst removing weeds and exploring the islands biodiversity. The group is led by Ian Hutton, a naturalist, who has lived on Lord Howe Island for over 40 years.
Introducing the Cottesloe Coastcarers! Founded in 1995, The Cottesloe Coastcare Association (CCA) in response to concerns about eroded dunes in their town and the need for revegetation.
In collaboration with the Town of Cottesloe and guided by a Natural Areas Management Plan, CCA receives support from government and corporate groups through grants and volunteer labour. They maintain a year-round program actively involving local schools.
Kingston Beach Coastcare was founded in 2000 to address a growing weed invasion. The group has been busy ever since its inception, driven by dedicated community members and the support of Kingborough Council staff and Landcare Tasmania. The group meets monthly to take care of the local environment and surrounds.
The Casuarina Coastal Reserve Landcare Group operates on Larrakia Country near Darwin. Managed by NT Parks and Wildlife, the group engages in planting, extensive weed control, watering, and fuel reduction efforts to protect the plants.
The Reserve is favoured among locals, attracts thousands of interstate and overseas visitors who come for sunsets, the bush, and the wildlife. Notably, sea turtles nest on the beach, just hundreds of meters away from one of the group’s revegetation sites. The Landcare Group concentrates its efforts on two distinct sites, one situated near the mangroves and monsoon forest, and the other located in the dunes by Darwin Harbour.
The Warrnambool Coastcare Landcare Network in Victoria was established in 1995. The main focus areas include urban and rural revegetation on public and private land, monitoring and conserving coastal and hinterland biodiversity, community education on local fauna and flora, supporting the startup and development of new natural environment groups, building a broad network and advocating for better natural environment policy and actions.
Warrnambool Coastcare Landcare Network monitors little penguins and other seabirds as part of the ‘Middle Island Project’ and with support from a Coastcare Victoria Community Grant, this year focused on environmental education and raising awareness in the community.
