Aerial view of the Abrolhos Islands - Easter Group 2016 - International Year of Pulses MONTH of JANUARY 2016 31 1 New Year s 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Australia 27 28 29 30
Aerial shot of wetland Coburg Peninsula, Northern Territory MONTH of FEBRUARY 2016 1 2 Wetlands 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Aerial view of Hardy Reef in the Great Barrier Reef MONTH of MARCH 2016 Australasian Bat Night March to April 1 Business Clean Up 2 3 Wildlife 4 Schools Clean Up 5 6 - National Groundwater Awareness Week (6 to 12 March) - Clean Up Australia 7 8 International Women s 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 National Close the Gap 18 19 Earth Hour 20 21 - International of Forests - Harmony 22 Water 23 Meteorological 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
MONTH of APRIL 2016 Australasian Bat Night March to April The Main Penitentiary Building at the Port Arthur Historic Site (Part of the Heritage Listed Australian Convict Sites) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Australian Heritage Week (16 to 24 April) 17 18 Heritage 19 20 21 22 - Earth - Int l Mother Earth 23 24 25 ANZAC 26 27 28 29 30
Birdlife alongside yellow Water lagoon in Kakadu National Park ( Heritage Listed Site) MONTH of MAY 2016 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Int l Composting Awareness Week (1 to 7 May) 8 9 National Volunteer Week (9 to 15 May) 10 OzWater 16 (10 to 12 May) 11 12 13 14 Migratory Bird 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Fish Migration 22 Int l for Biological Diversity 23 Turtle 24 25 26 National Sorry 27 National Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June) 28 29 30 31
North Beach from Kims Lookout, Lord Howe Island Group ( Heritage Listed Site) MONTH of JUNE 2016 1 2 3 4 5 Environment 6 7 8 Oceans 9 Coral Triangle 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 to Combat Desertification and Drought 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Red Nose 27 28 29 30
Birdlife alongside yellow Water Lagoon in Kakadu National Park ( Heritage Listed Site) MONTH of JULY 2016 31 National Tree 1 2 3 NAIDOC Week (3 to 12 July) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Population 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Schools Tree 30
Lily pads on the creek at the Indigenous workers camp site near Truscott Air Field on the Anjo Peninsula Department of the Environment MONTH of AUGUST 2016 1 2 3 4 5 Jeans for Genes 6 7 8 9 Int l for Indigenous Peoples 10 11 12 Int l Youth 13 Science Week (13 to 21 August) 14 15 16 17 18 19 Humanitarian 20 21 22 Keep Australia Beautiful Week (22 to 28 August) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Wattle growing at Lake Clifton in the Peel Yalgorup System Ramsar site MONTH of SEPTEMBER 2016 National Biodiversity Month, Great Northern Clean Up Month 1 National Wattle 2 3 Sea Week (3 to 11 September) 4 5 National Landcare Week (5 to 11 September) 6 7 National Threatened Species 8 9 10 11 - Sustainable House - National Bilby - BMDO 12 13 14 15 16 Int l for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 18 19 20 21 22 - Car- Free - Maritime 25 26 27 28 29 30 17 23 24
Kangaroos at the Mambray Creek Camping Reserve in Mount Remarkable National Park the Environment MONTH of OCTOBER 2016 30 31 1 2 3 Habitat 4 - Animal - Space Week (4 to 10 October) 9 10 11 12 Ride 2 Work 5 6 7 8 13 Int l for Disaster Reduction 14 15 16 17 Bird Week and Aussie Backyard Bird Count (17 to 23 October) 23 24 United Nations 18 19 20 21 22 25 26 27 for Audiovisual Heritage 28 29
Fish of the Great Barrier Reef MONTH of NOVEMBER 2016 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 National Recycling Week (7 to 13 November) 8 9 10 11 National Walk to Work 12 13 14 15 16 International GIS 17 18 19 20 Pollinator Week (20 to 27 November) 21 Fisheries 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
View from the start of the Grand Canyon Walking Trail in the Blue Mountains ( Heritage Listed Site) MONTH of DECEMBER 2016 1 2 3 Int l of People with Disability 4 5 Int l Volunteer 6 7 8 9 10 Human Rights 11 Int l Mountain 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31