The Grit — WINTER 2023 | Page 8

Weetalaba stands first wet-season test
Neighbours work together on one gully
Time-lapse cameras monitor effectiveness
Monitoring and maintenance continues
Spotlight on gullies

Weetalaba stands first wet-season test

The dust had barely settled on a Weetalaba Station landscape rehydration project when it copped a lashing from an intense rain event which dropped 170mm rain over several days .

Neighbours work together on one gully

A partnership between neighbouring properties has resulted in effort on one property to halt gully expansion , to benefit both . We visited the site to see how remediation efforts were faring following the wet season .

Time-lapse cameras monitor effectiveness

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

Monitoring and maintenance continues

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