Less than 5% of the Tarkine is properly protected in a national park. The rest is open to mining and logging... We can gain formal protection for the Tarkine – as World Heritage, as conservation reserves and as Aboriginal land.

The TCT provided vital leadership in the successful campaign to stop the supertrawler Margiris and have the previous Federal government institute a two year ban on similar ships.

Surfrider’s Gold Coast branch launches the HOLD ONTO YOUR BUTT campaign

In 2010 Surfrider Foundation Capricorn Coast Branch representatives joined The Keppel and Fitzroy Delta Alliance (KAFDA) to lend their local resources and knowledge to assist in the prevention of 3 industrial developments, including 2 coal export terminals in the Fitzroy River Delta, Keppel Bay and North Curtis Island within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

Surfrider Foundation Yuraygir Branch undertook local baseline testing of proposed coal seam gas exploration areas to ensure any coal seam gas projects and future environmental impacts resulting from these projects can be held accountable.