John Oxley Reserve, QLD

John Oxley Reserve in Murrumba Downs is a public recreational ground, managed by Moreton Bay Regional Council. JBA Group was engaged by the council to develop a bank stabilisation project to help protect the Reserve from further erosion. The final detailed design included multiple fish-friendly rock fillet structures, incorporatingvreef balls and associated mangrove planting to protect the waterway banks.

Project details

Mangroves

Method: Hybrid, Planting

Mangrove species: Avicennia marina, Aegiceras corniculatum

Hybrid structure: Rock fillets, reef balls

General information

Approach

Mangroves

Geographic context

Estuary

Organisation responsible

JBA Group, Moreton Bay Regional Council

Primary objective

Habitat restoration

Coastal hazard

Erosion

Asset vulnerable

Natural

Source of project funding

Moreton Bay Regional Council