Education & training
Schools
A range of activities and publications are available for use in schools, or by school-aged children interested in learning more about their waterways. For more information see Schools.
Training for monitoring
Training helps ensure that monitoring group members have the appropriate skill levels to undertake monitoring and caring for waterways. For more information see Training.
Events
Many Government and community-based organisations throughout Queensland host special events and activities focussed on water issues. These offer opportunities for you to learn more about local issues and how to care for waterways. Events are usually advertised in your local paper, on the website of your local council as well as through the groups involved.
Some regular events include:
- Riverfestival: "Bunya to Bay" (September) - www.riverfestival.com.au
- World Wetland Day (February) - www.ramsar.org
- Clean-up Australia (March) - www.cleanup.org.au
- National Water Week (October) - www.nationalwaterweek.org.au
- World Water Monitoring Day (September) - www.worldwatermonitoringday.org
Last updated 21 February 2008
