This revegetation project has been completed by the volunteer Balcombe Estuary Reserve Group (BERG). Along with ensuring ongoing dune stability, the project aims to enhance biodiversity of the dunes, including restoring the threatened Coast Banksia Woodland. All costs were funded by community grants from the Port Phillip Bay Fund.
Dune replanting or construction
Method: Revegetation
Revegetation - species: 4400 plants - Alyxia buxifolia Atriplex cinerea Austrostipa flavescens Carpobrotus rossi Chenopodium candolleanum Correa alba Dichondra repens Distichlis distichophylla Eleocharis acuta Ficinia nodosa Juncus kraussii Leptospermum laevigatum Leucopogon parviflorus Lomandra longifolia Microlaena stipoides Olearia axillaris Poa poiformis Selliera radicans Spinifex sericea - hiko Tetragonia implexicoma
Planting density: Infill of existing vegetation
Approach
Dune replanting or construction
Geographic context
Bay
Organisation responsible
Balcombe Estuary Rehabilitation Group
Primary objective
Pedestrian control, vegetation enhancement
Coastal hazard
Erosion
Asset vulnerable
Natural, Cultural
Length of coastline targeted (m)
2000
Area of project (ha)
15
Date of completion
Ongoing since 2010
Source of project funding
Community grants
Project approvals needed
None
Balcome Estuary Reserve Group – Bushland Regeneration
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