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Cr Suarez - A new birdwatcher's paradise on the Sunshine Coast in our Blue Heart

The Yandina Creek Wetland within our BlueHeart on the Maroochy River has been transformed into a birdwatcher’s delight, with Unity Water completing a new trail walk and bird viewing hide.

Have you heard about the Yandina Creek Wetland within our BlueHeart on the Maroochy River? It has been transformed into a birdwatcher’s delight, with Unity Water completing a new trail walk and bird viewing hide back in March. This week I attended the official opening, which was postponed due to COVID.

Our Blue Heart initiative is a long-term partnership project between Council, Unitywater and the Queensland Government. It will bring about many benefits for our community including:

  • protecting the most critical areas of the Maroochy River floodplain
  • establishing a regionally-significant complex of wetland and floodplain ecosystems
  • helping to manage water quality in our much loved Maroochy River, where people fish, swim and enjoy other water activities
  • helping to manage current and future impacts of coastal hazards, such as tidal inundation
  • establishing new uses for existing rural lands, including economic opportunities for landowners
  • and facilitate ecotourism opportunities.

Unitywater opened the wetlands in 2017 and since then has been working to return this former cane farm land back into a natural wetland. The wetland removes nutrients and sediments from the river, which helps to improve the long term river health.

Thanks to the completion of the 1.7km walking trail and bird hide, our community can begin to enjoy the Blue Heart of the Sunshine Coast.

Our Blue Heat, and the Yandina Wetlands demonstrate that there are still plenty of opportunities for land on a floodplain if we are innovative in our thinking and approach.

You can access the trail walk at 362-368 River Road, Yandina.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact me on 5475 9810, [email protected] or via my Facebook page.

Cheers,

Cr. Maria Suarez

Division 9 – Sunshine Coast Council

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