Biodiversity boosts grazing
Einasleigh Uplands graziers are gaining valuable insights into the biodiversity on their properties through innovative monitoring as part of the Climate Resilient Rangelands project. Launched in January 2026, the NQ Dry Tropics project is helping landholders strengthen the resilience and productivity of their grazing businesses while reducing the impacts of wildfires, weeds and pests. Across […]
Protected: Erosion control workshops popular
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Protected: Aerial view helps to plan
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Protected: Boost grazing with fire
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GRASS helps set up the future
For George and Marion Whalan, looking after the land at Ukalunda Station is about more than managing cattle — it’s about setting the property up for the future. Located near the Burdekin Dam, approximately 80 km south-west of Collinsville, the 7,100-hectare property supports a mixed herd of Brahman, Brangus, Charolais and Santa Gertrudis cattle. With […]
Protected: Celebrating 10yrs of LDC
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Scientific data a foundation
Almost 30 years of scientific data has provided the data “bones” for change in North Queensland grazing management regimes. Beginning in 1997, led by Department of Primary Industries Principal Scientist Dr Peter O’Reagain and John Bushell, a team of scientists has collected data on pasture condition as well as the production performance of the cattle. […]
Maintenance project wraps up
This month the Gully Maintenance and Monitoring project will wrap up. Between 2017 and 2020, the Burdekin Major Integrated Project (Landholders Driving Change) completed 25 gully remediation projects (five large-scale and 20 small-scale sites). These gully works treated more than 11,000 linear metres of gullies across 54 gully heads, preventing an estimated 10,500 tonnes of […]
Newly completed works rain-tested
A streambank rehabilitation project we’re excited to share in an upcoming video has certainly been on quite the journey. Delivered in the wake of the record-breaking 2021 rainfall and flooding, the works were quickly put to the test again when another major flood event rolled through after completion. The encouraging news is that most sites […]
Rural First Aid essential
Exmoor Station, near Collinsville, took on an unexpected role recently, transforming its homestead lawns into a hands-on emergency response training ground for local landholders. The full-day rural first aid course, sponsored by NQ Dry Tropics through its Burdekin Landscape Repair program, was led by Vicki Revett from Impulse Training. It was driven by Exmoor grazier […]