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.
Mangroves
Method: Hybrid, Planting
Mangrove species: Avicennia marina, Aegiceras corniculatum
Hybrid structure: Rock fillets, reef balls
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