Landholders receive funding to repair Queensland’s flood-affected nature refuges

• Eleven nature refuges across South East Queensland will share in almost $85,000 to help repair and restore damaged properties under the Nature Refuge Disaster Recovery Grants program.
• Grants of up to $10,000 were on offer for projects that will rehabilitate and restore cyclone, rain and flood-affected environments impacted by last year’s weather events.
• The one-off grants program is jointly funded by the Albanese and Palaszczuk Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).

Eleven Queensland nature refuges will share in almost $85,000 to help repair and restore properties damaged by natural disasters during 2021-22.

This one-off Nature Refuge Disaster Recovery Grants program is jointly funded by the Albanese and Palaszczuk Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DFRA).

The program provides grants of up to $10,000 for projects that will rehabilitate and restore cyclone, rain and flood-affected environments to help maintain healthy ecosystems and improve resilience to future disaster events.

The 11 nature refuges that will receive funding are:

• Dundas Nature Refuge – $10,000 to remediate flood affected areas of the fire break and access road for future resilience against significant rain events.
• Carabeen Nature Refuge – $10,000 to repair the road surface of the sole access road into the property and improve drainage to prevent run-off into Spring Creek.
• Dungi Yandi Refuge – $4,131 to restore flood impacted areas through revegetation and weed management, improved access tracks and firebreaks and the installation of logs and rocks to slow run-off and sediment loss.
• Numala Nature Refuge – $10,000 to repair damage to an access track caused by a landslip and subsidence during the weather event. Additional earthworks and replanting will also be carried out.
• Wong’ai Nature Refuge – $10,000 to repair road access, clean and rebuild road drains, and remove debris from the impacted creek to avoid future flood impacts to help restore rainforest vegetation.
• Blue Fig Creek Nature Refuge – $10,000 to repair the fire trail network around the property and repair three creek crossings.
• Upper Austinville Nature Refuge – $10,000 to repair erosion damage and washed-out sections of the fire trail tracks.
• Gil’la Nature Refuge – $4,394 to repair erosion damage in Sandy Creek.
• 3 Moons Nature Refuge – $10,000 to re-establish access roads, tracks and creek crossings, and remove flood debris. The funding will also assist with the removal of lantana on the property.
• Cycadelic Nature Refuge – $3,400 to remove sediment and debris buried in the creek bed from upstream properties which will allow replanting of native plants to slow down water flow and help to stabilise riverbanks.
• Waluma Nature Refuge – $2,810 to repair infrastructure including fencing and boardwalks damaged by multiple flood events in the Gregory River.