The Bunya Bunya Country Aboriginal Corporation (BBCAC) have undertaken many projects along the Maroochy River and Pumicestone Passage. For the TS Onslow Shoreline Management Project at Golden Beach, BBCAC collected low-growing red or stilted mangrove (Rhizophora stylosa) seeds from Bells Creek under permit, propagated them at their nursery and planted at least 900 seedlings at the site over the past 5 years. A novel fish-scale shaped soil stabilisation system was installed using coir logs for the establishment of highly beneficial living shoreline mangrove gardens.
Mangroves
Method: Hybrid, Planting: seeds
Mangrove species: Rhizophora stylosa
Hybrid structure: Biodegradable coir logs made from coconut fibre
Approach
Mangroves
Geographic context
Estuary
Organisation responsible
Bunya Bunya Country Aboriginal Corporation, MangroveWatch
Primary objective
Habitat restoration
Asset vulnerable
Natural
Date of completion
2019
Source of project funding
Healthy Land & Water through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program, Take Action for Pumicestone Passage (TAPP) through funding from the Queensland Government, and the Caloundra Power Boat Club