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Grow Rockhampton Agribusiness Opportunities(PDF, 4MB) ADVANCEROCKHAMPTON.COM.AU GROW ROCKHAMPTON AGRIBUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 220 Quay Street | PO Box 1860 Rockhampton QLD 4700 [email protected] 07 4936 8885 Economic Development, Tourism, Events & Marketing OVERVIEW LOCATIONAL ADVANTAGES LAND + WATER + CLIMATE + PEOPLE + INFRASTRUCTURE + SERVICES = OPPORTUNITY QUEENSLAND HAS A LOW BUSINESS COST ENVIRONMENT AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT AIMS TO MAINTAIN A COMPETITIVE TAX ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESS. The Rockhampton Region is actively seeking new investment in agriculture and associated service and The development of Rookwood Weir and associated agricultural industry is supported by: manufacturing sectors. Availability of land with suitable soils and favourable climatic conditions Rockhampton is home to two major meat processing facilities and the wider Central Queensland region is an › agricultural powerhouse with extensive beef cattle production, irrigated and dryland cropping, horticulture › Proximity to Rockhampton with a large population base and potential workforce and forestry. › Access to higher order health, education, retail and business services in Rockhampton The Rockhampton Region has the largest river on the eastern seaboard of Australia, the mighty Fitzroy Access to key road and rail networks as well as the Rockhampton Airport and Gladstone Ports River. The amount of water annually discharging through the Fitzroy is 5,900 gigalitres. One gigaliter is a › billion litres of water. The Fitzroy also has a high level of water reliability which helps to de-risk larger scale › Access to industrial land in Gracemere and Parkhurst for processing and service industries agricultural investment that relies on large amounts of water. › Comparatively low cost of living and an enviable lifestyle for employees Construction of Rookwood Weir will be the catalyst for the development of high value agriculture in the › Proactive Council and State agencies supportive of agricultural development. Rockhampton Region. When constructed, the proposed Rookwood Weir will supply up to 50,000 megalitres of high priority water annually and enable agricultural development along the lower Fitzroy River. Land that extends five kilometres each side of the river contains more than 45,000 hectares of land suitable for a range of irrigated crops. The weir will also present opportunities for intensive livestock production. 2 3 THE GATEWAY TO NORTHERN AUSTRALIA Rockhampton is centrally located in the wider Central Queensland region and provides higher order retail, health, education, and community services to a regional population of over 230,000 people. Rockhampton is also the headquarters for CQUniversity, the State’s only dual sector university and TAFE, and is a regional hub for government services. Rockhampton is strategically and centrally located on key intrastate road and rail networks and has an international standard airport catering for regular passenger services, international charter flights and both general and specialised heavy lift air freight. Rockhampton also ranks highly in terms of cost of living and housing affordability. 86,000 260,000 $5.12B Rockhampton Population Central Queensland Population 2019 Economic Value DARWIN CAIRNS TOWNSVILLE $217M $370M 600,000 Passengers through MACKAY Value of Agricultural & Food Added value of Tourism, ROCKHAMPTON Product Manufacturing Hospitality & Retail Rockhampton Airport annually BUNDABERG BRISBANE GOLD COAST PERTH ADELAIDE SYDNEY CANBERRA MELBOURNET Beef Capital of Australia & host Service Hub for Trade, 1 hour flight from Brisbane & to world recognised Beef Expo Mining & Investment 200 passenger flights a week HOBART Source: Profile ID and Economy ID ROOKWOOD WEIR FAST FACTS WATER RESOURCES › Full supply level: 45.5m Australian Height Datum (AHD); Minimum operating level: 37.0m AHD › Full supply volume (FSL): 65,402 ML for blended use – medium (MP) and high priority (HP) – subject to final design. 2 THE FITZROY RIVER COVERS AN AREA OF OVER 142,665KM MAKING IT THE LARGEST RIVER › Yield at FSL: 76,000 ML of MP – subject to final design. CATCHMENT FLOWING TO THE EASTERN COAST OF AUSTRALIA. › Weir length: 370m; Impoundment length: 55km Source: www.sunwater.com.au The mean annual discharge of the Associated infrastructure will include FITZROY WATER Eden Bann Weir the Fitzroy Water Management Area 9.7 degrees in July. While broadly Fitzroy River is approximately construction of a new river crossing has significant reserves with relative determined by minimum temperatures, 5.9 million megalitres (ML) per annum at Riverslea and upgrades of Thirsty INFRASTRUCTURE The Eden Bann Weir is owned and low levels of usage. frost is a localised phenomenon and and can range from below Creek Road, Hanrahan crossing and operated by SunWater with a total its severity can vary significantly over a 100,000 ML to over 37 million ML in the Capricorn Highway intersection at Fitzroy River Barrage (Weir) holding capacity in excess of Agricultural producers may explore the very small area. It’s occurrence, extent a year. Because of this variability of Gogango. 26,000 ML. Stanwell Corporation opportunity to acquire and combine and severity can be affected by local stream flow, storages are necessary to The Fitzroy Barrage is owned and has a high security water allocation supplemented (high and medium Construction of the Rookwood topography (frost hollows), cloud even out flows and allow effective use operated by Rockhampton Regional of 24,000 ML supplied by pipeline to priority) and unsupplemented (water Weir project has commenced with cover, humidity and surface winds. of the water resources of the Fitzroy Council which has a high security water meet the water requirements of the harvesting) allocations in conjunction Sunwater undergoing two water sales River. Rookwood Weir will harness allocation of 50,483 ML per annum. Stanwell Power Station which is located with appropriate on-farm infrastructure Rockhampton has a mean annual processes, the first in 2020 providing some of this significant resource. Total allocations of 62,093 ML per approximately 25 kilometers south- and storage to actively manage risk rainfall of 815 mm (1939-2020). the oppotunity to purchase upwards of annum include 11,610 ML of medium west of Rockhampton. and optimise the average cost of water Rainfall averages show a distinct wet 30,000ML of medium priority water priority water used for irrigation, per unit of production. and dry season, with the wet generally ROOKWOOD WEIR for agricultural and non-urban use. A stock and domestic purposes held Unsupplemented Water December to March and the dry June to second water process will take place across individual allocations. Council September. Annual pan evaporation at In addition to water allocations The site of Rookwood Weir is located in 2022 with upwards of 7,500ML of currently uses approximately half of Rockhampton is approximately supplied from weirs on the Fitzroy CLIMATE AND RAINFALL on the Fitzroy River, approximately medium priority water to be sold. its annual allocation and has been an 2,100 mm. River (supplemented) there are a 66 kilometres south-west of active supporter of Rookwood Weir Rockhampton is located on the Rookwood Weir and all ancillary large number of smaller, private Further information can be sourced Rockhampton. to underpin additional agricultural Tropic of Capricorn and experiences infrastructure is tabled to be completed water entitlements and schemes using from the Bureau of Meteorology. industry and economic development in a humid subtropical climate. Typical Water will be able to be accessed and commissioned by 2023. unsupplemented stream flows. These the region. temperature ranges are 22 to 32 °C from the Fitzroy River from the new For more information about this project schemes divert water under natural (72 to 90 °F) in summer with highest Rookwood Weir pool downstream visit www.sunwater.com.au Rockhampton Regional Council is and high flow conditions (water temperatures exceeding 40 °C. Winter to the Fitzroy River Barrage at currently investigating the option to harvesting) and do not receive the temperatures generally range between Rockhampton. increase the volume of water held by benefit of assured water supplied by 9 and 23 °C (48 to 73 °F) with lowest The weir and associated infrastructure the Fitzroy Barrage to further increase releases or pumping direct from the minimums just below 0 °C. the city’s water security. Fitzroy River barrage or the Eden Bann is estimated to cost $352 million and Rockhampton’s minimum temperature take three years to construct. Weir. The total nominal volume for unsupplemented water allocation in is generally above zero degrees with a mean minimum temperature of 6 7 LAND RESOURCES LAND RESOURCE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT ASSESSMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL POTENTIAL OF BOTH THE WIDER LOWER FITZROY AREA AND SPECIFIC SITES. FITZROY RIVER SOILS SURVEY VEGETATION MANAGEMENT management/planning-guidelines/ ATLAS OF AUSTRALIAN SOILS Access to riverine flood studies suitability outside of the areas along method-mapping-mses and maps is available at www. the Lower Fitzroy corridor. These AND LAND SUITABILITY (2000) AREAS (2016) (1991) rockhamptonregion.qld.gov. areas along the corridor may be highly The mosaic of soil types and land Vegetation Management information The Atlas of Australian Soils au/CouncilServices/Floodplain- suitable for large scale broad acre suitability along the Fitzroy River is available at www.qld.gov.au/ AGRICULTURAL LAND AUDIT - (Northcote et al, 1960-68)
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