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Regenerating desert land

Chihuahuan Desert rancher Alejandro Carrillo has worked for 15 years to dramatically improve the soil and pasture on his 12,000ha...

Havilah project completed

LDC’s large-scale gully remediation site at Havilah Station, near Collinsville, is now complete. The Havilah gully site was selected as...

Reflections, Opportunities

NQ Dry Tropics is piloting a suite of landscape interventions and land management efforts at catchment-scale to improve water quality...

Legume Field Day

Decades of research has gone into developing desmanthus pastures to increase livestock productivity across northern Australia....

Pests position

NQ Dry Tropics Biodiversity Senior Officer Jaymie Rains has been appointed as the North Queensland representative for Invasive Species...

Desmond passes wet season test

A partnership between neighbouring properties has resulted in effort on one property to halt gully expansion, to benefit both....

Belmore gully

The Landholders Driving Change project’s sixth large-scale gully remediation project has started. Works started in April to treat a...

Breeder Management days

Renowned veterinarian Ian Braithwaite returns to the Burdekin this month to run a pregnancy testing and breeder management workshop in...

NRM Status Report

he Burdekin Dry Tropics Region Natural Resource Management Plan Status Report 2022 is now available. It provides a regional overview of...

Spyglass P2R training

Grazing extension staff have undertaken training to ensure meaningful services are being offered to graziers in the Burdekin region....

Starlink trial

NQ Dry Tropics is trialing new satellite internet service Starlink, allowing field staff to take high speed internet to areas with...

low stress stockhandling

Physical, physiological and mental stress impairs animals welfare and their performance. When animals are stressed they reproduce at...

Carbon Farming session

Burdekin landholders interested in developing a carbon farming project attended an information session in Charters Towers, in April....

CHRRUP work

We’re proud to have supported landholders in the Belyando, Cape Campaspe and Suttor catchments to improve soil health and pasture over...

Extension Convention

The North's graziers stand to benefit most from a collaborative training event at the recent Department of Agriculture and Fisheries'...

Rangelands Conference

NQ Dry Tropics will subsidise Burdekin graziers to attend the Australian Rangelands Conference. The conference is being held in Broome...

Tony Cock Dog School

Dogs and their owners were put through their paces at a working dog training school. Take a squizz at the cracker shots taken by Scott...

Feral pig groups

Landholders from Alpha and Clermont have formed feral pig cluster groups as pig numbers and control costs surge....

Brigalow project finale

Graziers in the Northern Brigalow Belt region, near Mt Coolon, Glenden and Moranbah, have been working to improve the condition and...

Soils Advocate here

NQ Dry Tropics recently welcomed National Soils Advocate, the Honourable Penny Wensley, to the Burdekin....

Landscape Reyhdration day

NQ Dry Tropics plans to run a Landscape Rehydration Workshop before the end of the year. This workshop will provide a foundational...

Vegetation Management workshops

Landholders seeking clarity about Queensland’s Vegetation Management laws are encouraged to attend a workshop at Bowen or Charters...

Gully maintenance

NQ Dry Tropics is maintaining and monitoring gullies remediated between 2017 and 2020 through the LDC project. The aim is to evaluate...

Time lapse cameras

NQ Dry Tropics is using time lapse cameras to monitor gully treatment effectiveness. Cameras are set up at a control site and a...

Weetalaba first test

The dust had barely settled on a Weetalaba Station landscape rehydration project when it copped a lashing from an intense rain event...

RSS MLA field days

A cluster of properties in the Bowen and Collinsville area have been ground-truthing a range of landscape remediation and grazing...

GRASS project extended

A program aimed at helping beef producers improve land condition, reduce soil loss and improve productivity has been extended for a...

Lots on offer — Gullies

Got a small gully or erosion problem? We can help tailor solutions to remediate small-scale eroding gullies. Two options are available...

Lots on offer – Grazing

Bowen Broken Bogie (BBB) catchment graziers are eligible to apply for grants of up to $30,000 to improve grazing land management for...

Dick Richardson roadshow

Bowen and Eungella landholders heard from grazing specialist, Dick Richardson, on how to improve soil health and pasture performance,...

Watershed tour for graziers

A five-day trip to The Mulloon Institute near Canberra turned into a watershed event for 10 North Queensland graziers last month....

White Kangaroo builds resilience

John and Bree Skinner, of White Kangaroo Station, near Bowen, plan to regenerate their 5500 hectare property to increase sustainable...

Extending LDC to 2025

The Queensland Government has announced a further $3 million for the Landholders Driving Change (LDC) project in the Bowen Broken Bogie...

Processing facilities tour

A group of North Queensland graziers had an opportunity to learn more about the other side of the beef supply chain during a recent...

MLA_Weeds_Case_Studies

Meat and Livestock Australia, in partnership with NQ Dry Tropics developed a Producer Demonstration Site designed to showcase what...

Gully maintenance

NQ Dry Tropics has secured funding to maintain and monitor gullies remediated between 2017 and 2020. During this time, Landholders...

P2R Conversations available

The Paddock to Reef Conversations Series brings together stakeholders across the grazing and sugarcane industries in the Burdekin...

Belmore in design phase

Detailed technical design plans are being developed to remediate a large-scale gully system on Belmore Station, near Collinsville....

Havilah cultural survey

A cultural heritage survey and impact assessment was completed on Havilah last month in consultation with the Birriah People to address...

Maintenance funding

Between 2017-2020, the Landholders Driving Change project completed 25 gully remediation projects (five large-scale and 20 small-scale...

Other investments

NQ Dry Tropics will use data collected from these current projects to further target priority locations with high sediment loads, and...

What’s next?

Check out all the exciting developments coming up in 2023 in the grazing support and land management areas....

Community stewardship

In its broadest sense, stewardship is recognition of a collective responsibility to retain the quality and abundance of the land, air,...

Focus on ground cover

Ground cover is important because it can reduce runoff and erosion. Sediment loads can be reduced by maintaining ground cover and...

Grazier support

Grazing enterprises occupy 92 per cent of land in the BBB region. The Grazier Support program aims to provide all local graziers with...

What’s next?

A peek at what 's next in each area: Large and small scale gully remediation; the Water Quality Sampling Group; Other Land Managers;...

On-ground gully works

On-ground remediation works include five large-scale gullies and 20 small-scale gully sites. Collectively, these gully works treated...

Prioritising Gully Remediation

LDC contracted Griffith University to deliver a report that characterises and prioritises the highest sediment producing gullies in the...

Water monitoring

Nine properties in the BBB catchment make up the LDC Community Water Quality Monitoring Group. This group has been established to...

Sediment source

The aim of the LDC project is to stop shifting soils and water runoff at the source. It is doing this by supporting BBB landholders to...

The Challenge

Fine sediment and nutrients from agricultural land are a significant threat to the Great Barrier Reef. The Burdekin catchment is the...

OLM NQ_Gas

NQ Dry Tropics has contracted Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee (MRCCC) to design remediation plans for 10 gully erosion...

Glenmore intervention

Three years ago Collinsville grazier Jim Hillier, of Glenmore Station, reshaped a few small gullies, installed several dams and put in...

MLA Producer Demonstration Sites

NQ Dry Tropics manages two Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Producer Demonstration Sites in the BBB, near Bowen and Collinsville....

GRASS project

The Grazing Resilience and Sustainable Solutions(GRASS) program supports graziers with areas of poor (C) or degraded (D) land condition...

Free maps course

The Maps and Apps workshops aim to show graziers learn how Queensland Globe can assist with property management and planning....

Eungella map workshop

Eleven landholders from Crediton and Eungella attended a Maps and Apps workshop at the Eungella Hall last month. We jumped at the...

NQ Beef Research Council

NQ Dry Tropics has been invited to join the North Queensland Beef Research Committee (NQBRC) as an observer. The committee is one of 11...

RCS rebate

Always being on the learning curve is making sure your business isn't standing still. Burdekin graziers who complete an RCS course will...

Gully grants

Bowen Broken Bogie (BBB) catchment graziers are eligible to apply for a grant of up to $20,000 to fix problem small-scale gullies....

Grazing offers

Bowen Broken Bogie (BBB) catchment graziers are eligible to apply for grants of up to $20,000 to improve grazing land management for...

LCAT training

Our grazing team has taken part in Land Condition Assessment Tool (LCAT) training with Rob Hassett, of the Department of Agriculture...

Contractors EOI

NQ Dry Tropics is updating its register of contractors to work on large-scale gully remediation projects in the BBB....

SOS project

A five-year project that took an unconventional approach to gully management — using livestock for gully remediation — has wrapped up...

New panel member

The LDC project has welcomed a Birriah Traditional Owner to its project panel. It’s important the panel is made up of local...

Dartmoor rehydration

Diversion banks constructed above the head of a gully has halted the progress of the gully head. Water is now being held in the...

BobH

LDC project panel member Bob Harris has worked hard over the past 10 years to get more from his land with the right grazing system. We...

DoR soil surveys

Representatives from the Department of Resources travelled to Collinsville in March to present an overview of the 2021 soil surveys...

Animal health

Bowen and Collinsville graziers had the opportunity to meet with a local veterinarian and DAF staff to discuss the latest knowledge in...

Gully days

LDC has hosted field days at the Havilah and Gattonvale large-scale gully remediation site to bring landholders in at the beginning so...

Maps Apps encore

By popular demand, a Maps and Apps workshop is coming back to Collinsville for a third time. Graziers have identified mapping as a...

Water Monitoring

This year’s wet season provided limited sampling opportunities for the landholders who make up the LDC Community Water Quality...

Monitoring Update

Monitoring project activities helps keep track of milestones and monitor progress towards pre-defined project outcomes....

Gully prioritisation

LDC and Griffith University mapped gullies in the BBB to help prioritise gully rehabilitation projects. Ground verification work has...

Havilah-Gattonvale

Treatment of a large actively eroding alluvial gully complex near Collinsville marks LDC’s fifth large-scale gully remediation site....

UNESCO visit

NQ Dry Tropics hosted the United Nations monitoring mission when it toured North Queensland. So much has been achieved by graziers in...

Gullyremediation

Bowen Broken Bogie (BBB) catchment graziers are eligible to apply for a grant of up to $20,000 to fix problem small-scale gullies....

GLM grants

Bowen Broken Bogie (BBB) catchment graziers are eligible to apply for a grant of up to $20,000 to improve grazing land management for...

Tristan’s new

We welcome Tristan Gibson (pictured) to the team. He is based in the Bowen office. Tristan is from the bush, he grew up in the border...

Gully days

Three field days focusing on gullies will be held at Havilah Station during the next 12 months. The first one — Before The Wet — will...

KASA update

Getting involved in the LDC project opens doors to access technical experts and a wide range of knowledge and skills building workshops...

Landscape remediation update

Problem gullies are the focus of LDC’s Landscape Remediation activity area. The LDC project team is keen to assess problem gullies in...

Land management update

BBB graziers are eligible to apply for a grant of up to $20,000 to improve grazing land management for productivity and water quality...

revisitRASH

The release of the National Soil Strategy in May this year provides a rallying call for all Australians with an interest in the...

IOLM

LDC aims to involve all land managers, including councils, mines, utilities and government departments, to work together and learn from...

Weedwar

Weeds are a huge cost to grazing businesses. They put productivity, the environment, and livelihoods under pressure. LDC has worked...

Eungella multispecies

Landholders in the Eungella region attended a field day in October to discuss the benefits of growing multi species pastures. Graziers...

Griffith Uni about

The BBB generates almost half of the fine sediment exported to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon. For this reason, it is a target hotspot...

Monitoring 2020-2021

The LDC Community Water Quality Monitoring Group is learning more about how, when and where sediment moves throughout a range of flow...

BBB Soil sampling

The Department of Resources has collected soil samples across the BBB to help assess and understand the variability of soils in the...

Mapping workshops

Local graziers have taken part in a Maps and Apps workshop to learn how Queensland Globe can assist with property management and planning....

Ready to wash down

A weed washdown facility, jointly funded by LDC and Whitsunday Regional Council, has been constructed at the Scottville waste transfer...

Hats off to the BBB

Salute to the BBB community. It’s been a privilege working with you on the LDC project since its inception....

Amazing Carbon workshops

Bowen and Collinsville graziers have delved deeper into soil and pasture health with one of the best in the business — internationally...

Marc’s on board

Marc is the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer for the LDC project and brings a wealth of experience with him. We asked him to...

Neil’s back

Neil Cupples has returned to NQ Dry Tropics after a stint working for the NSW Soil Conservation Service. We’re glad to welcome him back...

ENI report

The Office of the Great Barrier Reef is funding a CSIRO and James Cook University collaboration to investigate motivations and barriers...

Washdown No2

LDC has committed to fund a second washdown facility in the BBB. If approved, it will be developed in partnership with the Whitsunday...

Rights

The Department of Resources has met with BBB graziers to raise awareness around land access procedures and protocols....

MIP visit

A steering committee provides oversight of the LDC project, and in June, committee members joined the LDC team on a bus tour showcasing...

GRT field walk

Upper Broken River catchment landholders have taken a catchment-wide approach to manage Giant Rat’s Tail (GRT) grass. The group held...

Glencore support

Glencore has supported the LDC project from the start. Glencore has supported training events and landscape remediation field days...

Young guns

A young graziers event held at Strathalbyn Station, near Collinsville, has provided an educational and networking opportunity for those...

Staff training

LDC project partners and landholders work really hard to trial and adopt land management practices to improve water quality flowing to...

BBB incentives

A key component of the LDC has been to look at ways to address barriers to the adoption of improved grazing land management practices...

NESP

The LDC project has collaborated with many partners during its implementation, providing an opportunity for the team to co-author...

Veg workshop

The ins and outs of vegetation management laws and new reef protection regulations have been discussed at information sessions held in...

Property visits

Graziers visited two properties - Glenalpine and Strathalbyn - to review methods being trialed to remediate gullies and unproductive...

Weed together

Host for one of the field days, Shane Watts, of Sonoma Station, spoke about weed control works being carried out, the resources used...

Soil sampling

The Department of Resources has collected soil samples across the BBB to help assess and understand the variability of soils in the region. ...

Mt P data

The 2019-20 wet season monitoring results are in for the Mt Pleasant Learning Hub and they show an improvement in vegetation on the...

Grass ID Mt P

A well-managed pasture provides a security blanket for the land, good nutrition for livestock, and a healthy bottom line....

Glen Bowen gully remediation

Glen Bowen Station was LDC’s second and third large-scale gully remediation sites. Neilly Group Engineering designed the remediation...

Strathmore responds

Strathmore Station near the Bowen River rodeo grounds is LDC’s fourth large-scale gully. The remediated site has responded well...

Havilah gully

LDC’s fifth large-scale gully remediation site is at Havilah Station. Works are expected to start in July. The Havilah gully site has...

Rehydration at Weetalaba

The Mulloon Institute is designing a cost-effective way to address an erosion hotspot on Weetalaba Station to help hold and keep water...

Gas pipe

The North Queensland Gas Pipeline (NQGP) is a 391km onshore natural gas pipeline system, with capacity to transport up to 108...

WRC drains

The LDC project, Whitsunday Regional Council and Fruition Environmental is monitoring fine sediment export from V bottom and flat...

Funding continues

NQ Dry Tropics has secured a $5million funding boost to build on and continue, the efforts of the Landholders Driving Change (LDC)...

Grit welcome

Welcome to the Winter edition of The Grit. You can expect The Grit to drop into your email inbox twice a year. For those of you who...

BBB funds earmarked

The Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF) is appointing a Regional Program Manager to plan and implement the delivery of its...

From LDC HQ

I was appointed as project manager for the Landholders Driving Change project in November 2020, and along with the LDC team, I look...

Scottville videos

Cluster groups supported by the Landholders Driving Change project help disseminate knowledge and skills in the Bowen, Broken, Bogie...

Burdekin reef regulations

Graziers in the Burdekin will be the first required to meet the Queensland Government’s new minimum practice agricultural standards for...

Strathmore work begins

Work has started on LDC’s fourth large-scale gully on Strathmore Station near the Bowen River rodeo grounds, 1.3km from the Bowen River...

M&E – the journey

Each year the Landholders Driving Change project measures progress towards improved water quality outcomes and submits a Performance...

Glen Bowen update

The second phase of gully rehabilitation work at Glen Bowen Station has been completed with engineering firm Neilly Group signing off...

WRC drains

Rural roads in the BBB directly serve thousands of rural and regional residents living along them. They provide essential market access...

AWA conference

Delegates attending this year’s Australian Water Association Queensland Conference heard about the LDC project, and what it has taught...

Function at Flagstone

Manager Brett Scott has made a strategic decision to focus on landscape function at Flagstone. By introducing landscape rehydration...

Drones at work

People who work with cattle will be able to muster using a drone, but even the most skilled drone pilots with no cattle nous will fail....

MLA monitoring

Monitoring baselines have been established at the BBB region’s two Producer Demonstration Sites (PDS). LDC has partnered up with Meat &...

Managing wild dogs

More than 15 landholders from across the BBB attended a two-day Wild Dog Management workshop held at the Collinsville rodeo grounds in...

LCAT

THE LDC project aligns with State and Federal Government priorities to deliver measurable improvements in water quality for the Great...

LOL Connect

LDC was a proud partner of the ‘Taking Time to Connect’ event that was held at the Burdekin Theatre, Ayr in October. This event brought...

Last Chance done

Nine projects that were approved under the last round of grants offered by the LDC project have been finalised. The aim of the grants...

Building on success

THE Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF) BBB project is up and running, and will build on the success of the Queensland Government...

2020_year

IT may have been a transformative year, but I am delighted to say that during 2020, the Landholders Driving Change (LDC) project...

GBRF funds for BBB

NQ Dry Tropics has secured $5 million to continue to roll out water quality projects in the Bowen, Broken and Bogie (BBB)...

Networking event

Women in the country, and particularly the BBB, are invited to the Landholders Driving Change women’s networking event on 9 October,...

Breeder herd workshop back

By popular demand, veterinarian Ian Braithwaite returned to the BBB in September to run a  pregnancy testing and breeder management workshop....

Ongoing state funding

Through the 2020-2021 Queensland Government budget, NQ Dry Tropics has secured an additional $200,000 to invest in the Landholders...

2020 Community Update

Each year in September LDC holds a community event to showcase the project’s achievements, and to outline the next phase of activities....

Drones in agriculture

NQ Dry Tropics has organised two drone demonstration days to show landholders how to implement drone technology to make land management...

GRT Field Day

Landholders of the Upper Broken River catchment are taking a catchment-wide approach to manage giant rat’s tail (GRT) grass. A workshop...

Collinsville Regen Ag support

The Collinsville Region Regenerative Grazier Network is hosting Grazing Naturally principal Dick Richarson this month. He is providing...

PATCHKEY spotlight

If you can measure it, you can manage it. Developed by CSIRO, PATCHKEY is one monitoring tool used by NQ Dry Tropics, and the LDC...

BBB chemical training

Fourteen landholders, contractors and other land managers attended nationally-accredited chemical training in Collinsville in...

Scottville Cluster update

A group of landholders from Scottville, near Collinsville, banded together two years ago to address erosion issues on their...

Eungella rainforest group

Rainforests are the undisputed champions of biodiversity among the world’s ecosystems. The Eungella Rainforest Cluster Group recognises...

Holistic management

In August, 11 BBB graziers took part in a two-day workshop by Holistic Management Educator Brian Wehlburg to learn about a...

Photo competition 2020

Strathalbyn weed control

LANDHOLDERS and government department representatives have come up with a solution to improve land condition (weed control) on a...

Worona Field Day

LDC hosted a field day attended by more than 25 people, at Worona Station to showcase the work the LeFeuvre family has carried out to...

Ladies Mach II

LDC’s second women’s networking event was a virtual success with 17 women joining the online conference that featured three key...

Eungella soil talks

TWENTY landholders and industry representatives from the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF), Reef Catchments, NQ Dry...

Scottville cluster review

THE Scottville Cluster Group has proven that working together can result in great outcomes. Twenty-five people attended a field trip...

M&E at Mt Pleasant

THE Mount Pleasant Learning Hub, featuring Mulloon Institute landscape rehydration techniques, has been designed to reinstate the...

LDC M&E overview

MONITORING and Evaluation (M&E) is an important part of the LDC project because it collects data progressively to keep track of...

Old photos wanted

LDC has teamed up with Collinsville Connect Telecentre to hunt down photos of yesteryear that have been snapped on properties around...

Spotlight on Flagstone

Flagstone Station, near Collinsville, has undergone transformational change in just 12 months, with manager Brett Scott keen to make...

MLA sites in operation

THE BBB’s two Producer Demonstration Sites have enlisted biosecurity and land management experts to help them meet their objectives....

M&E at Strathbogie

Treatment on the gully system at Strathbogie Station included five hillslope flow diversion banks and a small rock revetment near a...

M&E at Glen Bowen

THE Glen Bowen site was selected as the LDC project’s second major gully remediation project in the Bowen Broken Bogie (BBB) catchment....

M&E at Mt Wickham

The Mt Wickham site was selected as the LDC project’s first large-scale gully remediation site. The gully catchment treatment size was...

Feral animal program

THE LDC project matches landholders’ contributions towards the cost of the aerial control of feral pigs in the Whitsunday region. In...

Water monitoring continues

Nine river and creek sites across the Bowen-Broken-Bogie (BBB) catchment are being sampled by landholders during rainfall-generated...

Priority gullies

GRIFFITH University has delivered a report that characterises and prioritises the highest sediment producing gullies within the BBB...

Last Chance program update

NINE projects have been approved under the last round of grants offered by the LDC to help graziers implement changes to better manage...

Glen Bowen gully work

PHASE two of gully remediation at Glen Bowen is about to start. Two gullies will be treated and the effect of the work will be...

LDC COVID response

NQ Dry Tropics, including the LDC team, moved swiftly to put in places measures to mitigate coronavirus risks while upholding critical...

Strathmore gully

A CULTURAL clearance report has given the nod to LDC  to carry out its fourth large-scale gully remediation project. The assessment...

Community update 2020

LOCK in 18 September and join us on a bus tour of properties showcasing LDC’s achievements. It’s an opportunity to talk with...

Cow scans

More producers are incorporating ultrasound on their properties to manage pregnancy checking. Mt Crompton Station is one of those, and...

MLA demo sites

LDC has partnered with Meat Livestock Australia (MLA) to develop two Producer Demonstration Sites (PDS) to improve business...

Strathmore gully

Work is expected to start at Strathmore Station shortly, LDC’s fourth large-scale gully remediation site....

History photographs

We’re on the hunt for photos that convey some aspect of a forgotten history, or a story not widely known....

Last chance

The LDC project launched its “Last Chance” call for project proposals by BBB landholders last month. With the project scheduled to...

Ladies virtual meet

Rising to the challenge of Covid-19, LDC’s first women’s networking event turned into a virtual event. Seventeen ladies joined the...

More funding

More funding is to be directed into the BBB. The Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF) has announced a $5 million program...

Welcome Dan

NQ Dry Tropics welcomes new staff member Dan Hazelman, who brings with him more than 20 years of civil engineering experience in the...

Rod’s leading

Rod Kerr has been appointed to lead the LDC team. Rod has strong connections with the BBB grazing community having worked with NQ Dry...

GRASS a big help

THE Grazing Resilience and Sustainable Solutions (GRASS) program supports producers to address land in poor or degraded condition....

Case Study – Glen Bowen

A GULLY, covering more than 3ha of Glen Bowen Station has always been “off-limits” to graziers Christian and Melissa Cormack....

The road ahead

As part of an integrated program the LDC team, in conjunction with project partners, is delivering a series of workshops and supported...

Worona field trip

In response to considerable landholder interest, NQ Dry Tropics has become increasingly involved with the concept of landscape...

LDC Policy Engagement

THE LDC project facilitates and fosters grassroots input into policy formulation and implementation. LDC has, through roundtable...

Holistic management

A TWO-DAY ‘Introduction to Holistic Management’ workshop is being held at the DAF Bowen Research facility in May. Take advantage of...

Network for women

LDC would like to host an event dedicated to the ladies of the land. We need ladies input to help organise an event that is fun,...

No boundaries for weeds

WEEDS don’t recognise property boundaries. LDC hosted an ‘Inspect and clean machinery for plant animal and soil material’ (accredited...

Benchmarking land condition

EIGHTEEN graziers took part in a Land Condition Assessment Tool (LCAT) training workshop at Mt Pleasant Learning Hub in March. It...

LDC sponsorships

A SIGNIFICANT and important component of LDC is building community relationships. That’s why LDC is proud to sponsor local events in...

Raining on The Hub

LOOK at the Mt Pleasant Learning Hub. The rain came and the small-scale, low-cost interventions installed at the Hub did what they were...

Eungella update

SWATHES of burnt-out rainforest at Eungella are being transformed thanks to the dedication of the Eungella Rainforest Recovery Cluster group....

Soil secrets

UPPER Broken River landholders are working with soil experts to enhance soil health, increase pasture productivity, and improve...

Trajectory

THE Landholders Driving Change project has laid a foundation on which it can accelerate the rate of transformational change in the BBB....

MLA – weed project

THIS three-year project will develop five demonstration properties within the BBB catchment to trial and promote holistic approaches to...

MLA – grazing

LDC has been successful in securing funding from MLA to establish two Producer Demonstration Sites (PDS). ...

BOM 2019

THE BOM Annual Climate Statement is published in early January each year and provides the initial summary of annual values and overview...

GRT case study

LDC is working with Eungella and Crediton landholders to manage Giant rat’s tail (GRT) grass. A case study on how graziers near Minani...

GRASS

THE Grazing Resilience and Sustainable Solutions (GRASS) program supports producers to address land in poor or degraded condition....

M and E is fun

MONITORING and evaluation (M&E) is used to assess the performance of LDC with the goal to improve current and future management of...

Popular workshop back

BY popular demand, veterinarian Ian Braithwaite returns to the BBB in March to run a breeder management workshop....

Leaders program open

A LEADERSHIP program has been developed specifically for graziers in the Bowen Broken Bogie catchment.  Register your interest by 13 March....

Rainforest field day

RAINFOREST at Eungella is still recovering from the impacts of the 2018 fires that roared through the region, and a dedicated group of...

Scottville field day

The Scottville Cluster Group has proven that working together can result in great outcomes. A field trip is being organised to share...

Small gullies update

THERE'S been a great deal of focus on large scale gully projects in the BBB, but there’s also been a significant amount of work on...

LDC extension

THE Queensland Government has granted the Landholders Driving Change (LDC) project more time. The new completion date is September 2021....

Cash flow key

CASH flow, not calving rates should be the measure North Queensland graziers use to manage their breeding herds according to cattle...

Learning Hub

A DEMONSTRATION site and learning hub at Mt Pleasant Station, Bowen, is trialling how regenerative agriculture practices can restore...

LDC halfway

The NQ Dry Tropics’ Landholders Driving Change (LDC) project has reached the halfway point. It is piloting land management and repair...

Soil health

Graziers in the Bowen, Collinsville Ayr and Eungella regions have delved deeper into soil health with two of the best in the ‘soil...

Leadership program

IN its inaugural year, 13 emerging grazing leaders are graduating from a leadership program developed specifically for graziers in the...

Vegetation management

Landholders seeking clarity about Queensland’s Vegetation Management laws are encouraged to attend a workshop in Collinsville at the...

Phosphorus workshop

PHOSPHORUS is one of the most important nutritional deficiencies in grazing beef cattle in northern Australia. LDC hosted nutrition...

Time to look back

AS the year draws to a close, we are all looking for relief from the atrocious weather conditions that we’re currently experiencing....

Exciting M&E

Monitoring and evaluation is an important part of the LDC project because it collects data as we go.  It also makes sure the right...

Normanby cluster works

THE LDC project has enlisted the expertise of agriculture consultant and qualified nutritionist Jim Wade of Wade Agriculture...

Herd nutrition plan

THE proper nutrition of beef cattle is a key component of a successful production system. Feed usually accounts for the single largest...

Mt Wickham phase 2

GULLY remediation phase two at Mt Wickham has been completed. The work consisted of a series of rock chutes in the main gully and the...

Cultural survey

A cultural heritage survey and impact assessment was completed on Glen Bowen in consultation with the Birriah People to address NQ Dry...

Glen Bowen work begins

WORK has started at Glen Bowen Station, the LDC’s second large-scale gully remediation site.  Machinery was mobilised in November, and...

Regulations info

THE Queensland Government has provided LDC with Reef protection regulations information for Burdekin graziers. It’s a must read.  If...

Christmas catch-ups

The LDC ‘Catchment Catch ups’ are an opportunity for graziers to quiz the LDC team about the project and priorities specific to their area....

Leadership program

REGISTRATION is now open for the Landholders Driving Change Leadership program.  It has been developed specifically for graziers in the...

Scottville success

THE ‘Scottville Mob’ has proven that working together can result in great outcomes.  The cluster group developed an action plan to...

Rainforest recovery

LDC has enlisted the expertise of Pioneer Catchment & Landcare to work with the Eungella Rainforest Recovery Cluster group. The group...

Learning hub

The Mt Pleasant Demonstration and Learning Hub is up and running. Earthworks are complete, and the first field walk, which was open to...

Breeder management

THE key to profitability is not necessarily how little or how much you spend on inputs, but getting greatest return from investments...

Reef report card

The latest reports on Great Barrier Reef water quality are available. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has published the...

Reef, vegetation rules

The LDC project is planning a one day workshop to unpack the vegetation management laws and reef regulations - how will they impact...

Policy roundtable

LDC will host a policy roundtable in Townsville in the New Year.  This will be the second round table to facilitate engagement between...

Low Stress workshop

SIXTEEN landholders attended a two-day low stress stock handling school at Strathalbyn Station with leading education Jim Lindsay in...

Herd performance

The Breeder Management and Preg Testing Workshop will focus on the theoretical and practical skills of pregnancy testing and foetal...

David Hardwick

Graziers interested in boosting their soil quality and increasing productivity got the chance to learn from one of the best in the...

Christine Jones

LDC hosted a week-long tour of the BBB region by Dr Christine Jones, of Amazing Carbon. Workshops were held at Six Mile, Glenalpine,...

Halfway Social

Graziers, project delivery partners, science collaborators and industry representatives joined the LDC team at the Collinsville...

Nutrition workshop

Dry pastures can leave graziers with low protein, stubble and roughage to get stock through summer, so supplementation could play a...

Weed training

A huge response to LDC’s weed hygiene training workshop held earlier this year has prompted the LDC team to organise another one for...

Experts about

The LDC project would not be possible without the help of its delivery partners and collaborations with other organisations and...

Mt Pleasant demo

A demonstration site and learning hub will ground truth a wide range of management and landscape remediation techniques. The aim is to...

Bus tour

SEPTEMBER marked the halfway point for the LDC project. To showcase the project’s achievements, and to outline the next phase of...

Eungella cluster

A Eungella Rainforest Cluster Group has been formed to ensure landholders and the wider Eungella community are provided with on-ground...

Develop training package

LDC is seeking a professional to develop a training package for BBB graziers to make sure they meet minimum legislative requirements...

New panel members

The LDC project is looking for two more landholder representatives on its project panel to provide strategic and management oversight....

All_comp_photos

ALMOST 100 eye-catching entries were submitted in the Landholders Driving Change BBB Photography Competition in September. The...

Mt Wickham update

The Landholders Driving Change Landscape Remediation Activity Area is about trialling different remediation approaches to determine...

War on GRT

Eungella and Crediton landholders are waging war with Giant rat’s tail (GRT) grass. The African native is an aggressive grass that can...

Braithwaite column

Fundamental to any business is having a known and accurate inventory (stock) the business has on hand at a particular point in...

Whoa boy video

Fast flowing water caused by heavy rainfall can wreak havoc on rural roads and access tracks, and fencelines. Constructing erosion...

Gully video

When tackling soil erosion on grazing lands, it’s important to treat both the cause and symptoms. NQ Dry Tropics works closely with...

Gully symposium

More than 100 delegates including engineers, scientists and practitioners, from Australia, USA, China, Japan, Germany, Spain, France,...

Breedcow software

Queensland’s Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) Breedcow software package can help graziers to plan, evaluate and improve...

Weed hygiene

A huge response to LDC’s weed hygiene training workshop held earlier this year has prompted the LDC team to organise another one for...

Nutrition matters

Dry pastures can leave graziers with low protein, stubble and roughage to get stock through summer, so supplementation can play a vital...

Healthy soil

Collective action will secure the conservation and economic benefits of healthy soils in the BBB region. That’s why LDC is taking a...

Property mapping

A property map can assist with property management and planning including: identifying areas on the property that are sensitive areas...

Herd performance

Measuring and benchmarking your herd’s performance and productivity is a key step in analysing the profitability and productivity of...

Whoa boy project

MORE than 20 grazing properties are taking part in the whoa boy project that is being rolled out across the BBB catchment. LDC hosted...

Soil test

THE only way to determine the soil nutrient profile is to undertake a soil test. Soil analysis can measure the soil’s ability to supply...

NIRS Testing

THE quality of the diet consumed by cattle is one of the main determinants of productivity, including reproductive performance, growth...

Forage budgeting

NOW is a good time to start planning for the next dry season. Adjusting stocking rates to meet current feed supply, animal...

Incentives grants

The Exploring New Incentives program area – scoping and trialling incentives and institutional arrangements – works in conjunction with...

Grazier Support 2019

As part of an integrated program the LDC team in conjunction with project partners RCS and DAF is delivering a series of workshops and...

Financials – August

A primary production business varies from other businesses in the sense that there is no singe skill needed to make the business...

Feedback, please

Landholders Driving Change is a three-year project that runs to the end of August 2020. From August to December 2020, the team will...

Marketing School

LDC will pay up to 75 per cent of the cost of an upcoming KLR Marketing school for graziers who live in the BBB to attend. The school...

Carbon Farming Expo

Theme:  Setting the domestic and international scene and advances in the soil C space. Interested in carbon farming? LDC will pay the...

Financials – July

PREVIOUSLY, the Farm Financial Series has looked at smoothing out income (through available primary production concessions such as farm...

MIP visit

MAJOR Integrated Projects (MIPs) Steering Committee chair Bob Speirs and grazier representative Roger Landsberg toured the BBB...

WQ monitoring

The LDC Community Water Quality Monitoring Group and TropWATER scientists reviewed water sampling results from the 2018-2019 wet season...

GRT grass

THIS workshop is an excellent opportunity to connect with other landholders to discuss catchment considerations in managing Giant Rat’s...

Hello Sheridan

Change is afoot.  We farewell Matt Miles and Brendan Smith and welcome Sheridan Callcott to the team. Matt Miles and Brendan Smith have...

WRC baiting

FERAL pigs contribute to soil erosion and weed spread, consume and foul molasses, lick blocks, pasture and watering points, spread...

Herd performance

THE workshop, run by Dr Ian Braithwaite, focused on the theoretical and practical skills of pregnancy testing and foetal ageing in...

Financials – June

THIS article is the second instalment looking at the criteria and advantages of small businesses utilising Capital Gains Tax (CGT)...

Event sponsors

COMMUNITY is all about building relationships. That’s why NQ Dry Tropics, through its LDC project, is proud to sponsor local events in...

Change training

As part of the Regional Extension Coordination program, NQ Dry Tropics is proud to support Allan Parker from Peak Performance to run a...

Normanby cluster

Diagnostic tests from plant tissue, soil and and water is helping landholders of the Normanby Cluster Group to improve nutrition,...

SOS Field Days

The LDC project builds on, and aligns with, existing local initiatives in the BBB catchment. One of those initiatives is the NQ Dry...

Collaborate

CROSS team collaboration is a win for natural resource management, landholders, the environment, and the Great Barrier Reef. NQ Dry...

WQ website

This website is home to the Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan 2017–2022, a joint commitment of the Australian and Queensland...

Dam desilting

The Dam Desilting Rebate has been provided by the Australian Government for up to 25 per cent of the cost of a private contractor to...

Gully book

CHECK out this new gully erosion publication from the Burnett Mary Regional Group, written by John Day and Queensland Department of...

Breeder management

The workshop will focus on the theoretical and practical skills of pregnancy testing and foetal ageing in cattle, and will focus on how...

Symposium

THE Eighth International Symposium on Gully Erosion (ISGE) is being held in Townsville 21-27 July, the first ISGE in the southern...

Monitoring group

THE Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER) trained local landholders on how to collect and store water...

Eungella meet

THE LDC project is extending into the Upper Broken River catchment (Eungella, Broken River, Crediton and Dalrymple Heights). More than...

Whoa boys work

A series of erosion control measures installed at a grazing property south west of Home Hill have held firm despite nearly record...

RASH toolbox

NQ Dry Tropics has developed an online tool box to help landholders assess the condition of soil on different land types across their...

Biosecurity regulations

PEOPLE going onto a farming operation where animals are kept must now comply with the property’s biosecurity management plan when...

Meet and greet

LDC, in collaboration with the Pioneer Catchment and Landcare Group is hosting a ‘meet and greet’ at Eungella Memorial Hall (The Hub)...

Plan to succeed

I STARTED as project manager for the Landholders Driving Change project on 1 April. The irony was lost on me - but a number of people...

Scottville Cluster

DAF principal extension officer (grazing land management) Bob Shepherd is providing expertise to help the Scottville cluster group...

Financials – May

SMALL businesses are the engine room of our economy, representing 99 per cent of all businesses in Australia. There are a range of...

NQDT newsletter

NQ Dry Tropics has launched its newsletter.  It will be published online four times a year. The company is an independent community-based...

Toolbox

NQ DRY Tropics has developed an online tool box to help landholders assess the condition of soil on different land types across their...

Hub

A FACEBOOK group has been formed for BBB graziers and non-grazing land managers who work in the Bowen, Broken, Bogie (BBB) catchment...

Soil

THE only way to determine the soil nutrient profile is to undertake a soil test.  Soil analysis can measure the soil’s ability to supply...

Trial something

WANT to trial something on your property?  Up to $40,000 per enterprise is available to help make your business more resilient while...

NIRS Testing

THE quality of the diet consumed by cattle is one of the main determinants of productivity, including reproductive performance, growth...

Herd productivity

MEASURING and benchmarking the herd’s performance and productivity is a key step in analysing the profitability and productivity of...

Walking landscape

THE field day will visit three properties, Mt Wickham, Riverview and Glen Bowen stations on 1 May. At Mt Wickham and Riverview,...

Leadership course

A LEADERSHIP program, developed specifically for graziers in the Bowen and Collinsville region, has kicked off. Thirteen local...

Taking Stock

THE Landholders Driving Change (LDC) grazier support program for 2019 kicked off with 40 producers attending a Taking Stock - Managing...

RASH

WE have packaged a soil health tool kit for graziers  - a Rapid Assessment of Soil Health (RASH) manual written by well known...

Paneleers

STRONG and ongoing local participation is the cornerstone of the Landholders Driving Change project (LDC).  Local graziers have been...

Hygiene workshop

LDC hosted a Weed Hygiene workshop at the Collinsville Scottville Workers Club in March.  Landholders learned about biosecurity,...

MERI

MONITORING and evaluation of the LDC project is a process of zooming in and zooming out across a number of scales. We zoom in on some...

Whoa

The LDC whoa boy project continues to roll out across the catchment in 2019. Whoa boys are a simple method for controlling erosion on...

Soil test

THE only way to determine the soil nutrient profile is to undertake a soil test. Soil analysis can measure the soil’s ability to supply...

Faecel testing

The quality of the diet consumed by cattle is one of the main determinants of productivity, including reproductive performance, growth...

Forage budget

ADJUSTING stocking rates to meet current feed supply, animal requirements, and ground cover targets is considered best management...

Weetalaba workshop

FIVE quality speakers from RCS, DAF and cattle producers gave informative presentations, and the common message from all speakers was...

Remediation

THE aim of the Landscape Remediation Activity Area is to develop effective and economical approaches to gully remediation.  LDC is...

Clusters

COLLINSVILLE grazier Jim Hillier (pictured) knows a thing or two about landscape remediation - he has spent his whole life working with...

BBB hub

A FACEBOOK group has been formed for BBB graziers and non-grazing land managers who work in the Bowen, Broken, Bogie (BBB) catchment...

Regulations

TO address frustration about the complexity of the regulatory system affecting agriculture - specifically grazing - the LDC project has...

Common ground

THE LDC team is engaging with non-grazing land managers to help them get involved with the project. Two forums were held in Eungella...

Reef regulations

THE LDC project aims to connect landholders around Bowen and Collinsville with government representatives to discuss policy and...

New Boss

I have tendered my resignation to NQ Dry Tropics to support my wife in an exciting career move. Congratulations to Lisa Hutchinson who...

Incentives grant

WANT to trial something on your property?  Up to $40,000 per enterprise is available to help make your business more resilient while...