Davidson Street | NEWMARKET

The Davidson Street pilot project was launched in 2018, through funding the Australian Government’s Improving Your Local Parks and Environment program.

The aim of this project was to restore an overgrown, eroded section of Enoggera Creek at the end of Davidson Street in Newmarket. The intent was to improve water quality outcomes whilst seeking opportunities to enhance the natural elements of this site and improve the amenity and accessibility of the creek for the benefit of the local community.

Water by Design worked in close partnership with Brisbane City Council, Save Our Waterways Now, CoDesign Studio (now Fourfold Studio), and the local Street Ambrose's Catholic Primary School to deliver the project.

Project works included:

• Extensive weeding and revegetation with over 3,500 native trees, shrubs, and groundcovers to restore the original Three Mile Scrub ecosystem.
• An interpretative trail with interactive signage designed by Street Ambrose students leading to an integrated viewing platform.
• Integrated habitat features, including native beehives and nest boxes fitted with wildlife cameras.
• A dry creek bed, to provide an example of a historical ecological component of the site.
• Taking the stormwater offline to flow into a newly installed raingarden designed to slow down and filter runoff before it enters the creek.

This highly successful, award-winning project was widely embraced by the local community, who stood up their own bushcare to care for the site.

Read the Davidson St case study

This project was supported by Healthy Land & Water, through funding from the Australian Government. Project partners included Brisbane City Council and Save Our Waterways Now.