Erosion Arrested at Oallen Associated Works on the Property
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Erosion Arrested at Oallen associated works on the property. The gullies were shaped using heavy machinery and the When Carolyn Brennan bought her 45 hectare soil structure improved by incorporating high bush block on Burden Drive, Oallen, she knew rates of gypsum. The denuded area was then she’d need assistance to help arrest the stabilised by spreading a recycled organic severe gully erosion that criss-crossed the mulch, planting native grass and tubestock property. and direct seeding with native grass, shrub “This is my first rural property”, said Mrs and tree seed. The plants were watered in by Brennan. “When a neighbour mentioned the Allan Martin, a resident of Burden Drive and a Catchment Protection Scheme I thought: great member of Windellama Rural Fire Brigade, — I’ll get someone out here who can give me using his own fire-fighting tanker. some expert advice and assistance.” “I was happy to help out another landholder The Catchment Protection Scheme (CPS) is a and learn a few tricks in controlling erosion on long-standing NSW Government program my own property.” operating in the Shoalhaven and Hawkesbury- The supply and application of compost was Nepean River catchments. funded by DECC as part of a partnership with Mrs Brennan met Frank Exon, a Catchment SRCMA to study the use of recycled organic Officer with Southern Rivers Catchment composts on large-scale demonstration sites. Management Authority (SRCMA) at her Previous field trials and research carried out property in February 2007. SRCMA are by DECC demonstrated that surface partners with the Sydney Catchment Authority application of recycled organic composts to (SCA) in delivering the CPS program in the degraded soils can reduce erosion and region. improve soil quality and revegetation. “I took Frank over the block and showed him The special type of compost used for this the erosion problem. I didn’t know where to project was a blend of soil conditioner and start – the gullies were up to three metres deep mulch manufactured from garden organics and washing very badly,” Mrs Brennan said. sourced from Council kerbside collections in “The erodible soils, the highly active gullies, Wollongong and the Shoalhaven, and the lack of vegetation were all combining to produced to conform with DECC’s “Guidelines release large volumes of sediment from the For Using Compost In Land Rehabilitation And Catchment Management”. property. The Shoalhaven River is less than 300 metres from these gullies so, from a water Mrs Brennan was delighted. “It all happened quality perspective, the property rated highly so quickly and with such good results.” when assessed against the CPS criteria,” Mr George Dodds, General Manager, Catchment Exon explained. Operations for the SCA, said this project was a “Looking at the aerial photos of the property it great example of Government agencies and was clear that the gullies had been actively landholders working in partnership. eroding for at least 48 years and that there had “We are very pleased to be able to jointly fund been little, if any, natural regeneration across the Catchment Protection Scheme with the the site in that time. SRCMA and I congratulate Mrs Brennan for “The combined gully area is just over one acre. participating in the program,” he said. So if only an inch of soil washed off the gullies 3 “Her participation will see very tangible water each year that’s over 6,000 m of soil that has quality improvements for the Shoalhaven washed directly into the Shoalhaven River River.” since 1960. You could nearly fill two and a half Olympic Swimming pools with the sediment,” The project area will be monitored over time to he estimated. evaluate the effectiveness of the recycled organic mulch and the various revegetation SRCMA, with practical and significant financial techniques. Mrs Brennan has agreed to keep support from SCA and the Department of the project area de-stocked for at least ten Environment and Climate Change NSW years. (DECC) and landholder contributions, recently completed the $40,000 erosion control and “We just have to see whether the local wildlife treat it as kindly,” she said. 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Page 32 www.windellama.com.au Windellama News - April 2009 Road 92 Update Main Road 92 Upgrade, Nowra to Nerriga March 2009 update The NSW Government has announced an additional $15 million to complete the Main Road 92 upgrade between Nowra and Nerriga. The contract to complete the final stage of work has been awarded to NACE Civil Engineering Pty Ltd. The final stage of the project will deliver 20 kilometres of upgraded road from Tianjara Falls to Billy’s Hill near Bulee Gap. This final stage will improve the steep incline east of Sassafras and link the first two stages of work. The final stage of work is expected to start mid-2009 and be completed in late 2010. The original $80 million estimate for the project has risen to $95 million, since the original budget was determined in 2000. The NSW Government provided $34 million in 2001, with $34 million from the Federal Government and $12 million from Shoalhaven City Council. Stage one, the 24 kilometres from Hames Road to Morton National Park, was finished in June 2007. Stage two, the nine kilometres from Bulee to Nerriga, is under way and expected to be open to traffic in mid-2009. A $22.5 million contract for the second stage of the upgrade, comprising the nine kilometre section from 44 kilometres west of Hames Road (near the Touga Road junction just east of the Bulee mountain area at Billy’s Hill) to Nerriga, was awarded to Nace Civil Engineering Pty Ltd in July 2007. The second stage includes major improvements, widening, realigning and sealing to the existing steep and narrow section from Bulee Gap to the Endrick River. Earthworks and the new bridge near Bulee Gap are nearing completion and 3.5 kilometres of new pavement was sealed before Christmas 2008. For all enquiries concerning operational matters relating to Stage 2 construction activities, please call the NACE Civil Engineering Pty Ltd site engineer, Clinton Woods on 0412 490 602, or the pro- ject supervisor, Bob Meins on 0412 464 866. Changes to road conditions Motorists are advised to drive carefully throughout the construction area and also on the remain- ing section of gravel road as the road conditions are variable. Particular care should be taken in wet weather as the unsealed sections of the road can be slippery and suitable only for 4WD vehi- cles. 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