What do you do with bare-ground country?

That’s the question that’s top-of-mind for many landholders from Muttaburra to Windorah, from Boulia to Urandangi, who have been working on improving degraded country in Western Queensland.

With erosion workshops and demonstrations funded by the Australia Government’s National Landcare, and Sustainable Agriculture Programs, the enthusiasm of landholders has been exceptionally high.

‘Brickwork’ style erosion control in the Desert Channels region.

Daryl Hill, a passionate and widely-known leader in brickworking, has again demonstrated his years of learnings through this project.

‘Race to recovery’

The “brickwork” technique is designed to trap water, holding it long enough to secure infiltration.

This will then cause seed germination and stop the water from quickly dispersing across the landscape.

Following meetings with landholders in November 2022, we’ve already begun to see the almost-immediate application of brickwork techniques all over the Desert Channels region.

One property alone has developed plans to restore over 10,000 acres!

With the predicted good season ahead and with careful stewardship, these sites should race to recovery.