Strathalbyn Station project sites
Black soil site
Strathalbyn Station project sites
Four projects were implemented on Strathalbyn Station : the black soil , alluvial gully ( multiple project activities ), Dunn ’ s and Beak ’ s paddock sites . The projects were developed from mid 2017 with Bristow and Ureisha Hughes . The alluvial gully site was the location of significant gully remediation works undertaken through Greening Australia , with the Stomping out Sediment activities forming part of the range of remediation techniques trialled for the area .
The landholders participated in , and contributed to , project field events across the five years of the project , including hosting major field events in May 2019 , May 2021 and November 2021 . Dick Richardson , Grazing Naturally also provided regular ( seasonal ) grazing planning consultations from May 2019 to May 2022 . Strathalbyn hosted the project consensus participants in May and a project update for NQ Dry Tropics grazing field staff in June 2022 .
Black soil site
( fencing completed March 2018 ) Background and implementation
The project area is a black soil flat mapped as a loamy alluvials land type but it appears to be a clayey alluvial or Downs land type .
• The site is representative of extensive black soil features across this part of Strathalbyn .
• Situated near old cattle yards and watering points and historically heavily grazed by watering stock .
• Eight gully features of various sizes with relatively stable entry points into the adjoining creek .
• There was very limited ground cover across the site although parthenium and shrubby weeds , mainly rubbervine ( now controlled ), were a feature .
• The adjoining creek is infested with rubber vine but well treed and relatively stable due to the characteristics of the creek channel .
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Figure 48 : Black soil project area in relation to Strathalbyn homestead ( bottom left ).
• A number of heavily used stock crossings had formed across the creek by stock coming into water .