The start of the post-cyclone clean-up has begun on Noosa’s beaches with residents invited to lend a hand.
Clean-up bags are available at various access points to the eastern beaches for anyone who’d like to take part.
Debris from catchments further south often washes up on Noosa’s beaches after severe weather.
The last big clean-up followed the 2022 floods when waste such as broken pontoons from the Brisbane River washed ashore at Noosa.
People taking part in the clean-up can leave their filled bags at the same beach access point where they collected the empty bag from, and Council will collect it.
Anyone taking part is asked to:
– Stay out of closed areas.
– Help protect the dunes by doing coastal clean-ups during low tide.
– Stay off the tops of dunes and sand cliffs to reduce erosion and protect any turtle nests that may be in them.
– Wear closed shoes, work gloves, hat and sunscreen, and clean your hands afterwards.
– Leave organic matter such vegetation, pumice and animals.
– Leave dangerous or large items and dead animals and report location to Council on 07 5329 6500 or via Snap Send Solve.
Sick or dead turtles should be reported to Coolum and North Shore Coast Care ASAP on 0478 435 377 or the Queensland Government’s Marine Animal Stranding Hotline – 1300 ANIMAL (1300 130 372).
Never place a sick turtle back in the water, they require specialised care and may drown.
Report sick or dead marine wildlife to QLD Marine Animal Stranding Hotline – 1300 ANIMAL (1300 130 372).
Natural materials such as pumice, sea grass and seaweed, natural vegetation, and small amounts of dead fish and birds are important habitat and food, and lodgment points for dune rebuilding. They will generally be left on the beach and dunes unless they are dangerous.
Collection bags are available at:
Beach Access 16 – Noosa Woods.
Beach Access 22 – east end of Noosa Main Beach.
Beach Access 27 – Seaview Tce, Sunshine Beach.
Beach Access 33 – Ed Webb Park, Sunshine Beach.
Beach Access 35 – Ross Cr, Sunshine Beach.
Beach Access 37 – Tingira Cr, Sunrise Beach.
Beach Access 38 – David Low Way, below Orient Dr, Sunrise Beach.
Beach Access 41 – David Low Way, below Tropicana Rise, Castaways Beach.
Beach Access 47 – Tristania Dr, Marcus Beach.
Beach Access 50 – Peregian Esplanade, near Glen Eden, Peregian Beach.
Beach Access 58 – Peregian Beach Park, Peregian Beach.
Beach Access 60 – Piper St, Peregian Beach.
Beach Access 63 – Lorikeet Dr, near Jabiru St, Peregian Beach.
Beach Access 66 – Victory Park, Lorikeet Dr, Peregian Beach.
Council appreciates the community’s help cleaning up Noosa’s beaches.
