Save the Nambucca River Community Day

January 2023 | Nambucca, NSW, Australia

OzGREEN embarked on a waster testing day, training up locals from the Save the Nambucca River Group and testing many spots along the Nambucca catchment. A field day was then held to share these results with the local community and to raise awareness about the health of the Nambucca River.

"It was amazing to hear from local Gumbaynggirr Elders about the significance of the Nambucca River. It was shocking to see the faecal contamination present in the river and to learn about the negative impacts, especially for oyster growers."

- OzGREEN’s Sue Lennox

Outputs and Outcomes

30 participants

Key activities included :

Reporting water testing results to the community.
Local community radio station Nambucca Valley Radio 2NVR 105.9FM ran interviews with interested locals about their concerns for the health of the river.
Local Gumbaynggirr men Micklo Jarrett and Uncle Buddy Marshall supported the endeavour with storytelling of indigenous yarns about the significance of the river and their experiences living by the river.
Micklo Jarrett led the visitors in a cultural river song in the Gumbaynggirr language.

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