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TREAD LIGHTLY PROGRAMS

Lighten your environmental footprint while holidaying in the beautiful Noosa Biosphere Reserve.

The Tread Lightly program offers a range of ways to offset the impact of your travels in the Noosa region, and a selection of activities you can get involved in or donate towards during your Noosa holiday.

Plastic Free Noosa Beach Clean-ups

Help protect the Noosa Biosphere Reserve and join in on a Plastic Free Noosa clean-up event. Remove microplastics and other pollution from the coastline, creeks, estuaries and rivers across Noosa and become part of the solution to plastic pollution...

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Trees for Tourism - Tree Planting

Plant a tree and personally help rejuvenate vulnerable bushland areas of the Noosa Biosphere. Each native tree provides shade for walkers, assists with erosion mitigation and improves the habitat for local koalas and over 700 wildlife species native to Noosa...

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Enter the Flyosphere - Noosa Shorebirds Experience

Grab your binoculars and take a guided tour of the Noosa River estuary and admire the resident shorebirds and migratory species from a distance in their natural habitat as they rest and forage along the foreshore and islands of Noosa...

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Noosa Oyster Gardening - Ecosystem Restoration

Tour oyster reefs and gain insight into the Noosa Oyster Gardening Program. Help The Nature Conservancy and Noosa Integrated Catchment Association examine baskets filled with juvenile rock oyster spat and support the recovery of Noosa’s endangered rock oyster ecosystem...

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Roving Restorers - Bush Care & Weed Control

Join Roving Restorers for half a day of weeding and bush care restoration to protect and improve the region's biodiversity and ecosystem health. Work alongside passionate and caring community volunteers committed to enhancing wonderful and precious patches of native bushland...

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Event Waste Warriors - Sustainable Events

Noosa is home to some of the oldest and highest-profile events in the Southern Hemisphere. Join the Noosa Event Waste Warrior crew and help these highly regarded events reach their sustainable goals while soaking up the atmosphere of the day...

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Lighten your environmental footprint

Venture beyond the usual sights and sounds of a traditional Noosa holiday with a Tread Lightly experience and leave Noosa knowing it is better than it was before you arrived.