by dean | 3 Mar, 10 | General
10am Wednesday morning Originally uploaded by betterburnett Flood warnings are out for the Burnett River and surrounding tributaries and you can see why! This photo is of the Burnett River at Jones Weir at Mundubbera. The weir has been flowing over thanks to a good...
by dean | 26 Feb, 10 | General
What’s in your soil? Originally uploaded by betterburnett We had a great turnout for our Compost Tea workshop in Mundubbera this week. Producers came from all over the catchment to learn about compost, why it’s so good and how to put it to use by making it...
by dean | 19 Oct, 09 | General
Emu and young Originally uploaded by betterburnett I love taking photos, and sometimes the ones you capture can really tell a story. One BCCA member from the north Burnett has done the same, and he has sent them in for us to share with our fellow web users! Check out...
by dean | 28 Nov, 08 | Better Catchments, Catchment Recovery
Last night Better Burnett Coordinator, Katie Muller hosted a teleconference to explain to landholders in the North Burnett the guidelines for Better Catchments funding. Better Catchments is an initiative of the Burnett Mary Regional Group BMRG and is being delivered...
by dean | 27 Oct, 08 | General, Reef Water Quality
On Friday, Industry and Natural Resource Management Groups quietly celebrated the formalisation of partnerships that would see delivery of incentives to landholders in Queensland Reef catchments including the Burnett. At a Reef Summit in Brisbane on the same day, the...
by dean | 20 Oct, 08 | Better Bush
Last Wednesday, a group of landholders gathered in a patch of Spotted Gum and Narrow Leaf Ironbark forest to hear about what opportunities exist for forestry on private land – and how to go about cashing in on those opportunities! The field day out at Monogorilby,...
by dean | 13 Oct, 08 | Better Beef
Meat and Livestock Australia MLA Chair Don Heatley has said in an interview with Agmates, that beef producers should remain calm in the global credit crisis. Our meat industry is 65% reliant on exports and we really just have to wait for any affect to flow back...
by dean | 10 Oct, 08 | Better Waterways
Recently Growcom held a field day for Central Burnett’s citrus growers to showcase the outcomes from their project within BCCA’s Better Burnett Catchment Recovery Program. The field day was held at the property of Ken Harris in Gayndah and was sponsored by AustSafe...
by dean | 18 Sep, 08 | Landcare
It’s only 3 days, until the 2008 Queensland Landcare Conference. As you probably realise the conferenece this year will be held Monto. Monto is of course in the Burnett Catchment, so it is only fitting that the BCCA should make a contribution. So the Better...
by dean | 14 Aug, 08 | General
National Science Week begins on Saturday and it’s a great chance for Australians to reflect on the contribution science makes to our lives. As a Catchment Care Association, BCCA rely heavily on science on a day to day basis to understand the complexity of...
by dean | 11 Aug, 08 | Landcare
From the 21st – 24th September 2008, the North Burnett Landcare Group will play host to the Qld Landcare Conference in Monto. It is an honour to have this event in our catchment and the BCCA are pleased to make a small contribution by hosting two field trips....
by dean | 11 Jun, 08 | Landcare
Most Better Burnett readers will probably be aware that this year’s Queensland Landcare Conference will be held in the Burnett in Monto in fact. The North Burnett Landcare Group have done a great job of putting together a super program and it would appear they...
