LATEST NEWS!!!
May 2013
SCAT Newsletter NOW AVAILABLE Articles for June edition due by 12 June. Please send to Leahpage@scat.org.au Pilot 'Cash for Container' scheme
Senator, Peter Whish-Wilson announced he will fund a pilot 'cash for containers' scheme. From next month he will travel around Tasmania, with a trailer offering a 10c return per can or bottle to anyone who wishes to return their beverage container to them for recycling. Coastcare in the City
Sun 2 June Join SCAT Hobart City Council, the Friends of Botanical Gardens and Aboriginal Corporation Tasmania for a special working bee on the foreshore of the Derwent near the Tasman Bridge. Help us revegetate and learn more about this special site. Please RSVP to Stuart Pengelly stuart@scat.org.au or Anna Grieg at Hobart City Council on (03) 6238 2884 Christmas Island Camp Out and Boxthorn removal
Sat 25 May to Fri 31 May The Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service are looking for keen, fit and active volunteers, to assist with Boxthorn eradication on Little Christmas Island. Little Christmas Island is a picturesque small island just of the coast south of Mayfield Beach (about 15km south of Swansea). Please register your interest with Rob Connell by email or mobile 0459 805 835 Robert.Connell@parks.tas.gov.au Coastal Processes:
Walk-n-Talk with Chris Sharples Learn about coastal landform types and processes in southern Tasmania 10am - Park Beach, Dodges Ferry. Meet at the Park Beach car park (western end of beach). 1hr. Covering Park Beach’s history of erosion and recovery and how the TASMARC beach monitoring program relates to the area. 12pm – Shelly Beach, Koonya. Meet at Shelly Beach. 1hr, Followed by a light lunch. Welcome to visit just one site, or both. Please RSVP if you are staying for lunch at Shelly Beach. For more information contact Tasman Landcare Group Project Officer, Jen Milne. 6250 9221 or 0418 354 919 Jennifer.milne@tasman.tas.gov.au |
Celebrating 100 editions of the SCAT Newsletter
Thank you to our hard working Coastcare groups for your fantastic contributions to the
SCAT Newsletter. From humble beginnings to still humble but highly valued, the SCAT Newsletter has become a place for Coastcare groups across southern Tasmania to share their stories, learn from each other, be inspired by each other, keep in touch with new opportunities and developments and celebrate being part of a fantastic Coastcare community caring for our coasts in southern Tasmania. This is your newsletter and your success. Congratulations on 100 editions! "Eeeckk, I cant believe SCAT is up to 100 editions of the newsletter. I would love to see what was on the very first cover. Did it have a cover I wonder?"
Kristy, Former President, April 2013 "Thank you for the continued newsletters they are well received." R Tenni April 2013 "You have produced another terrific edition. You sure put a lot of effort into providing all that information in each edition. Well done and thanks for giving the feral oyster article prominence. Who would have thought that the session the group attended at the Marine Discovery Centre seven years ago would have resulted in this excellent result. Over the years there have been highs and lows. Sometimes I would think that I was getting nowhere and then some good news like this article crops up and I get a new lease of life and keep going. SCAT has helped in that regard on numerous occasions. Thank goodness for SCAT. It is also heartening to hear about other groups at work doing their thing." L James, March 2013 "Thanks for all your hard work in putting together the newsletter. I really enjoy hearing what others are doing. The [column] 'What I would do differently' is really good." J Presnell December 2012 Providing support where it is needed most....
“SCAT has been very supportive, and very strong about getting the group to define its own priorities. We are pretty clear about them, so this has worked well for us. It was a good strategy to ask us what we needed help with, as most things we can manage, but the Spanish heath is way beyond our direct control and people felt very discouraged about it. This has been a big morale booster!”
Elizabeth Shannon from Wildcare Deslacs |
Who is SCAT?
Coastcare is community volunteers caring for coasts across Australia. In southern Tasmania, Coastcare volunteers have banded together to support and inspire each other. The Southern Coastcare Association of Tasmania (SCAT) is our organisation. 
Next SCAT meeting
Next General Meeting Thur 13th June 4pm - 6pm NRM South 313 Macquarie St SOUTH HOBART map EVERYONE WELCOME 
Training
FREE or subsidised training available to volunteers. Refresh your First Aid Ticket, get qualified for herbicide or bruchcutter use and much more.... A collaborative project amongst NRM South, SCAT, PWS, Landcare Tasmania and local councils in southern Tasmania. Find out more at the nature hub website http://www.naturehub.org.au 
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Supporting Coastcare in southern Tasmania
SCAT does many things, including:
SCAT is proudly working in partnership with NRM South, supported through funding from the
Australian Government’s Caring for our Country.
- supporting Coastcare Groups and individual volunteers by providing opportunities and resources to help them participate in coastal management.
- encouraging regional environmental outcomes by fostering collaboration within our Coastcare community.
- providing recognition for the vital role community volunteers play in protecting our coastlines.
- fostering a regional network of coastal stakeholders that encourages collaboration and holistic coastal management outcomes.
SCAT is proudly working in partnership with NRM South, supported through funding from the
Australian Government’s Caring for our Country.
Last updated 23 May 2013
