Growing connections
What started as a simple smoko chat has grown into something special — the Bowen Collinsville Rural Women’s Network and already it is growing connections. It began when local women shared how important — and sometimes tough — looking after their well-being can be when you live outside towns and cities. We listened, and now […]
The design phase
The design phase of the project followed on from the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Water Science Taskforce recommending two major integrated projects (MIPs) in its final report released in May 2016 (GBR Water Science Taskforce, 2016). The Queensland Government, through the Office of the Great Barrier Reef (OGBR) within the Department of the Environment and […]
Gully tour wraps up project
We wrapped up five epic years of Landholders Driving Change (LDC) with a day of celebration and insight in the heart of the Bowen, Broken, Bogie (BBB) catchment including a gully tour. From engineering feats on the riparian front line to grazing land getting a new lease on life, the tour had it all, paddock […]
Regenerative grazing in action
Click on any of the case studies to read them online, or download a PDF. NQ Dry Tropics partnered with Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) to deliver producer demonstration sites to fast-track the uptake of practices that boost productivity and profitability. The Collinsville Region Regenerative Grazier Network Producer Demonstration Site (PDS) included three properties to […]
Clarity around vegetation laws
Landholders seeking clarity about Queensland’s Vegetation Management laws attended a workshop in Collinsville in March. Department of Natural Resources and Mines representatives Peter Webley and Scott Devaney were on hand to answer questions and walk landholders through the process of applying for a PMAV (Property Map of Assessable Vegetation). The workshop helped landholders better understand […]
TropWATER went on a BBB road trip
The Landholders Driving Change (LDC) Community Water Quality Monitoring Group has been active for six wet seasons, since 2018. Nine properties in the Bowen-Bogie-Broken catchments make up this group which was established to better understand the water quality variations throughout the BBB catchment, with a focus on sediment and nutrient concentrations throughout a range of flow […]
Large-scale Station Creek gully restoration all done
A large-scale restoration project on Havilah Station, near Collinsville, is complete. The Station Creek restoration site consists of two highly-active sections of eroding streambank (1050m and 554m), running into the Bowen River. The sites are 2km upstream of the Bowen Developmental Road crossing. Works carried out included: The sites were revegetated with hydromulch to achieve […]
Weed management trial
An aerial view of a prickly acacia infestation on Strathmore Station, near Collinsville. Burdekin grazier Paul Fry, Strathmore Station, is actively tackling the significant environmental and economic impacts of prickly acacia through a weed management trial as part of the Landholders Driving Change project. Prickly acacia, an aggressive woody weed, threatens native vegetation and causes […]