Christmas Wishes Cairns Regional Council wishes our volunteers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for all your wonderful contributions to our gardens and parklands. We value your time, effort and passion for our gardens, wetlands and reserve areas.
Friends of the Botanic Gardens, Cairns: Membership details email info@botanicfriendscairns.com.au or telephone 4032 3900. Newsletter Contributions: Please submit articles (must be volunteer or nature based) by February for the next quarterly publication in March. Email: l.grandy@cairns.qld.gov.au. Please note articles are subject to editing.
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Interested in Volunteering? There is something to suit everyone. • Friends Visitor Guides • Public Relations & Shop assistance in the Friends’ House • Tuesdays - Cattana Wetlands Jabirus 9am-noon • Wednesdays - Botanic Gardens Down ’n’ Dirty Volunteers 9am-noon • Thursdays - Esplanade ‘Sandpipers’ - 9am-noon. • Thursdays - Stratford Nursery - 9am-noon. • Fridays - Saltwater Creek Wetland ‘Salties’ 9am-noon. • Weekends - Botanic Gardens Visitor Enhancement volunteers • Children’s Nature Activities Program - Little Taccas Green Space Our Place Interested in becoming involved with your local park, reserve or trail in your community? Contact us to be registered as a Council volunteer and be involved in beautifying your park (enhance planting, weed management, litter clean-up), reporting on issues (graffiti and vandalism, anti-social behaviour, maintenance issues) and building community participation (networking activities) with Council support. If you are interested in supporting any of our weekly groups or volunteering in your local area please contact Volunteers Supervisor Louisa Grandy 4032 6648 or 0429 983 252.