A combined Townsville Council, State Government, Commonwealth and
community based initiative to maintain and enhance our waterways in the
coastal dry tropics.


Increasing Community Engagement in Townsville Coastal Catchments for Biodiversity Project
Funded by the Australian Government's Caring for our Country program.


2011 Sub Projects
 

Activities and Events


Bluewater Creek | Bohle Northshore | Bohle Riparian | Bohle Wetland | Clemant Wetlands | Cocoa Creek | Community Nurseries | Creekwatch | Cungulla Foreshore | Cungulla Wetland | GBR Habitat | Geoffrey and Alma Bay | Horseshoe Bay Habitat | Horseshoe Bay School | M.I. Weed Awareness | Mundy Creek | Nelly Bay Catchment | Nelly Bay Turtle | Northern Beaches | Oak Valley Finch | Paluma Catchment | Petersen Creek | Rainforest Birds Book | Ross River | Rowes Bay Foreshore | Rowes Bay Wetlands | Saunders Beach | Toomulla Foreshore | Town Common Bike TrailTown Common Concept | Town Common Volunteers | Townsville Planning Scheme


Short Title: Mundy Creek


Mundy Creek Catchment Care


Location: Mundy Creek, Rowes Bay


Organisation: Creek to Coral / ISS


Project Summary:

Habitat rehabilitation in riparian areas.


Completed actions and events:

•    Site visit with Bernadette Boscacci – 10 February 2012

•    Site visit with Bernadette, CDTLI and NQDT – 11 May 2012

•    Site visit for management plan – 17 May 2012

•    Site visit for management planning – 1 June 2012

•    Meeting and site visit Tvl airport – 26 July 2012

•    Draft Mundy Creek Riparian Management Plan completed – July 2012

•    Site visit with Andrew Hannay (TCC) and Bernadette – 29 August 2012

•    Mundy Creek site visit with Bernadette and Kim Sellars (CDTLI) about CVA team and Everyone’s Environment application - 10 September 2012

•    Site works CVA team at Mundy Creek (shortened due to team leader illness) - 14 September 2012

•    Site visit Mundy Creek check on previous works and requirements for following week - 12 October 2012

•    Site works at Mundy Creek with CVA team in stream weed removal (Para grass). Erica doing documentary. Michael Johnston and Stagpole St crew visited and will arrange workshop/s with Bernadette B - 19 October 2012 (1/2 day)

•    Site works Mundy Creek prepare management line for future works and meet with local volunteers and Qld Health (Stagpole St workshop cancelled out due to lack of numbers) - 2 November 2012

•    Site visit Mundy Creek remove Para grass confluence point - 7 November 2012

•    Site visit Mundy Creek peg management line and remove Para grass and Cumbungi from near footbridge. Tidy up previous works - 9 November 2012

•    Hot grassland fire adjacent to west bank and through the revegetation area – 13 November 2012

•    Site visit to assess the fire damage and work activities for CVA team – 19 November 2012

•    Workshop Stagpole St Druig and Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit (DARU) about CfoC project and habitat management especially Mundy Creek - 21 November 2012

•    20 tonne excavator with slasher attachment in Mundy Creek upstream of the footbridge (Construction and Maintenance contractor)

Site works including some clean-up of the slashed salt couch and cumbungi pulling downstream of the footbridge (CVA, EE and Bernadette B) - 23 November 2012 (morning)

•    Site visit to survey damage caused by the excavator downstream of the footbridge - 26 November 2012
•    Community meeting at PCYC – 12 December 2012

•    CVA site works (morning) – 8 February 2013

•    Community planting – 13 April 2013

•    Fire management planning added to catchment strategy – May 2013

•    Earth team – March/July 2013

•    Draft catchment and riparian management strategy amended – July 2013