Jungle perch returns after a 20-year absence
May 25, 2026
Fish are already returning to Petrie Creek thanks to a fish staircase that allows native fish to move upstream.
Native fish are wasting no time making use of a newly completed fishway in Nambour and are already returning to Petrie Creek.
The Petrie Creek fishway has been designed to help fish move past long‑standing barriers, reconnecting them with critical breeding and feeding habitat upstream.
Great Article posted by the Sunshine Coast Council following work completed by CS Environmental both in constructing a rock ramp fishway and subsequent monitoring of the waterway. They also put together are very good video on the project.