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Stage two of the TS Onslow Naval Cadets Shoreline Management Project has successfully been completed. This community-driven project on the northern Pumicestone Passage at Golden Beach aims to repair and prevent erosion of the foreshore and enhance fish habitat using ‘soft engineering’ measures. These measures include planting mangroves and stabilising foredune species with biodegradable coir […]

Healthy Land and Water is proud to be a Gold Partner of the 22nd International RiverSymposium being held in Brisbane, 20 -24 October 2019. As an independent not-for-profit organisation, we are dedicated to protecting and enhancing the natural assets of South East Queensland and beyond. As experts in research, monitoring, evaluation and project management, we […]

  Since the collaborative installation of a shellfish reef array to enhance fish stocks in southern Pumicestone Passage in December 2017, scientists at the University of the Sunshine Coast have found a significant and sustained change in the broader assemblage structure of fish that congregate at the reef site. Such has been the increase in […]

  The residents of Newmarket celebrated the completion of the Davidson Street Creek Restoration Project on Sunday 4 August. Healthy Land and Water (HLW), together with the Australian Government and Brisbane City Council, launched the Davidson Street Creek Restoration project in 2017 to restore a section of Enoggera Creek at Newmarket. The restoration project has […]

On a perfect Brisbane winter day, over 200 people gathered together at the Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens to celebrate 20 years of the SEQ Fire and Biodiversity Consortium. With the theme Fire, Research and Partnerships, this anniversary forum showcased applied fire ecology and onground fire management projects and programs that highlight the value of partnerships […]

Some of South East Queensland’s vulnerable acid frog species now have a bigger, greener and safer native habitat on the Sunshine Coast thanks to a collaborative conservation project. As part of World Wetlands Day celebrations on 28 February, Healthy Land and Water partnered with Stockland, Traditional Owners and local students to expand a frog habitat […]

Healthy Land and Water wishes to provide an update on its participation in the South East Queensland Land for Wildlife program. Land for Wildlife, Australia’s most extensive private conservation program, encourages and helps landholders manage wildlife habitat on their properties. Since 2004, Healthy Land and Water has co-ordinated the Land for Wildlife program in SEQ […]

Healthy Land and Water is excited to present the Mountains, Mangroves and Moreton Bay display at this year’s World Science Festival Street Science! event in Ipswich and Brisbane. The exhibit will educate children and parents alike about the importance of protecting the environment and how taking action upstream in the mountains and catchments has an […]

As South East Queensland prepares to cop the effects of Cyclone Oma, scientists have installed innovative monitoring tools along coastlines to gauge the region’s resilience to wild weather. With Cyclone Oma expected to wreak havoc along the SEQ coast, marine scientists from the University of Queensland, with support from Healthy Land and Water, have deployed […]

A community hunt to find Brisbane’s elusive wild macadamia trees has helped uncover a potential treasure trove of genetic data on the Aussie supernut. The Wild Macadamia Hunt, launched by Healthy Land and Water in 2018, asked the community to help locate and catalogue macadamia trees around Brisbane that are 100 years old or more. […]