Healthy waterways underpin our lifestyles and livelihoods. When waterways thrive, so do we.
Reef and Rivers Magazine is a 44 page full colour magazine published each year in July/August.
It is an initiative of Wet Tropics Waterways to help educate the community about waterway health issues and showcase the work going on around the region to improve waterway health.
We print 3,000 copies of Reef and Rivers Magazine and distribute them through:
– Our vast network of partners, scientists, environment managers and waterway health professionals
– Ministers, local politicians (Federal and State), mayors, councillors and relevant staff in government departments and councils
– Key influencers including journalists and CEOs
– To the public via cafes, tourism venues, libraries, health outlets and retail outlets (including fishing and diving stores). They are distributed across the Wet Tropics from Mossman to Ingham and across the Tablelands.
DOWNLOAD EDITION 3: Published 2023

DOWNLOAD EDITION 2: Published 2022
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Please contact us via info@wettropicswaterways.org.au to:
– order more copies
– enquire about advertising
– suggest a story idea for our next edition

Martine joined the Wet Tropics Waterways team as a Science Technical Officer in early 2024. She is an environmental scientist and ecologist and has worked on water quality and aquatic ecology projects as a consultant and in private industry for over 20 years. She is using her experience in statistical programming and database development to develop new systems for the Report Card.

Richard has been the Science Technical Officer for Wet Tropics Waterways since 2016. His role involves producing the annual results for the waterway health assessment of the wet tropics region using data from a wide range of sources, to present as scores and grades, as well as developing new indicators to address knowledge and monitoring gaps. He works in collaboration with technical staff at other regional report cards.
Richard has a background in freshwater ecology research projects and environmental assessments with CSIRO, University of Queensland, Queensland Government and as a consultant. For a long time he’s been interested in freshwater aquaculture and continues this interest through farming freshwater crayfish, alongside other farming activities.

Simon has over 30 years’ experience advocating for waterways across academia, government and the private sector. He started out in marine botany with a fascination for seagrass, mangroves and macroalgae, and has gone on to lead major environmental initiatives both in Australia and overseas. He has established report cards in eight countries.

Louise joined Wet Tropics Waterways as Executive Officer in 2025.
Louise Hateley is an environmental scientist with over 20 years of experience in natural resource management, water quality, and catchment modelling across government, research, and community sectors. She has held senior scientific and project coordination roles with the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy and Terrain NRM, leading projects focused on GBR catchment health, waterway management, and sustainable land use. With a record of published research, stakeholder engagement, and project delivery, Louise combines scientific expertise with practical leadership to drive initiatives that protect the Wet Tropics and support community collaboration.