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Calendar of Events 2010
 
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January

Magpie geese, brolgas and jacanas are nesting and laying eggs. Pacific black and whistling ducks may start to nest. Turtle hatchlings will start to emerge from their nests.
Australia Day holiday  26 January
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February

Azure and forest kingfishers young learn to fly, dollar birds start returning to New Guinea.
World Wetlands Day 2010 – "Wetlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change"
2 February
Chinese New Year
 13 February
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March

Many migratory birds start to leave about now to return to winter homes in the Pacific, New Guinea or Asia.

Sea Week 2010

 1-7 March
Business Clean Up Day 2010 2 March
School Clean Up Day 2010 5 March
Clean Up Australia Day 2010 7 March
Ground Water Awareness Week 7-13 March
Cape York Sustainable Futures (CYSF) meeting - Cooktown 12 March
World Forestry Day 2010 21 March
World Water Day 2010 22 March
National Landcare Forum - Adelaide S.A. 22-25 March
World Meteorological Day 2010: Theme: "60 years For Your Safety and Well-being" 23 March
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April

Flying foxes start mating - young will be born about October; koels depart for winter homes in New Guinea and the Pacific; migratory wading birds return to the Arctic and Sub-Arctic.
Good Friday holiday 2 April
Easter Monday holiday 5 April
World Heritage Day 18 April
Earth Day 22 April
Anzac  Day 25 April
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May

Black kites may breed throughout the year, but often from March to May in North Queensland; rainbow bee-eaters may breed a second time.
Labour Day - Queensland holiday 3 May
Chillagoe Big Weekend - Rodeo & Races 7-9 May
Mareeba - Chillagoe Wheelbarrow Race 14-16 May
International Biodiversity Day 2010 - Theme: Biodiversity, Development and Poverty Alleviation 22 May
World Turtle Day 23 May
Dimbulah Lions Festival 28-29 May
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June

Cassowaries courting and mating; wedge-tailed eagles, which mate for life, still have courtships each year. Breeding may occur from April to August. Humpback whales appear in the Barrier Reef waters after northern migration up the east coast from Antarctica.

World Environment Day

  5 June
World Oceans Day  8 June
Queens' Birthday Holiday  14 June
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July
NAIDOC Week 2010 4-11 July
Annual Banksia Environment Foundation Awards 18-19 July
Cairns Show Day - Holiday (Cairns Only) 16 July
Chillagoe Country Music Festival 23-24 July

Planet Ark Schools Tree Day 2010

  30 July

August
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September
Save the Koala Month 1-30 September

Biodiversity Month

1-30 September

Wattle Day 1 September

Landcare Australia - Landcare Week

6-12 September
Weedbuster Week 2010 TBA

National Threatened Species Day

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Sustainable House Day 12 September
National Bilby Day TBA

World Water Monitoring Day : monitor water any time between March 22 and December 31

 18 September
Clean Up the World Weekend 18-19 September
World CarFree Day 22 September
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October

Turtles start migrating to their breeding grounds. Corals spawn on the Great Barrier Reef during Oct, Nov and Dec at night 4-6 days after the full moon.

Living Greener - Take some Action to reduce your impact on the planet this month

 1-31 October
International Walk to School Month 1-31 October

Walk to Work Day 2010

1 October
World Habitat Day 4 October
National Water Week TBA
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November

Freshwater crocodiles start to hatch; many lorikeet young, especially rainbow and scaly-breasted, learning to fly; young boobook owls learning to fly. Turtles start to come ashore to lay eggs.
National Recycling Week 8-14 November
St. Anthony's Fair - Dimbulah 13 November
Tinaroo Barra Bash (& Tilapia removal) - Tinaroo Dam 19-21 November
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December

Saltwater crocodiles are building nests and laying their eggs; bentwing bats are giving birth - this occurs across Australia at about the same time even though in northern Australian bats may mate months earlier than those in the south; cicadas are emerging; turtles are coming ashore to lay eggs.
Coastcare Week 6-12 December
International Volunteer Day TBA
World Fisheries Day TBA