EOY Sugar industry function

EOY Sugar industry function

Burdekin cane growers toast a successful year End of Year Sugar Celebration event at the Burdekin Theatre. A chance for those involved with the various NQ Dry Tropics sugar projects to celebrate a successful year. Sustainable Agriculture Program Manager Rob Hunt...
Community Planting Day

Community Planting Day

Community planting effort will protect sand dunes at Wunjunga More than 30 volunteers fronted up to plant out more than 900 native seedlings that, when established, will help secure the sand dunes and protect the access road.  More than 30 participants did their bit...
Hands-on result

Hands-on result

Burdekin Major Integrated Project — Gully Maintenance and Monitoring at TODSURE Hands-on approach in design and execution pays dividend The Site Three sites were remediated on Todsure. This feature focuses on Site Two. This site consisted of a gullied drainage line...
Regaining land

Regaining land

Burdekin Major Integrated Project — Gully Maintenance and Monitoring at THREE MILE Long diversion bank to divert and trap damaging water flow The site (Completed 2020) Earth works were aimed at halting the progress of a linear hillslope gully, about 15m wide and 0.8m...
Manage dry times

Manage dry times

Upper Burdekin graziers manage for dry seasons and drought Kangaroo Hills grazier Dino Penna with the new fence that will keep cattle out of the creeks. Running a profitable business while ensuring sufficient end of dry season ground cover has been at the core of Dino...
Slow the flow

Slow the flow

Burdekin Major Integrated Project — Gully Maintenance and Monitoring at RIVERVIEW Erosion repair close to property boundary succeeds in holding water The site (Completed 2020) Erosion repair works were undertaken at a multi-branched gully in black soil.  This...