A list of resources and useful information related to how products we supply might be used and/or specialist services many of our customers and clients may offer.
This is a guide only; not a recommendation to any one business or service. Some information may require professional expertise or engineering services. We will add to and update the list over time.
The video above from Natural Resources, Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges offers practical information about controlling invasive woody weeds post-bushfire. Recently published in May 2020, their video features up-to-date information regarding which weedkillers are best suited, how and when to apply them for best results with minimal impact on the environment.
Planting Trees as Living Firebreaks
Interesting case studies and articles around planting particular tree species as a natural fire break. Info. by Small Tree Farm Tree Nursery in Balingup, Western Australia
www.smalltreefarm.com.au/Fire-retardants.html
Victorian Landcare Gateway website – Fire Recovery Resources
Lots of information, resources and links on all aspects regarding fire recovery. Compiled afer the Mickleham-Kilmore fire, north of Melbourne, in February 2014 it has been updated to include information for the 2019/2020 bushfires.
www.landcarevic.org.au/resources/fire-recovery/
Soil Erosion and Management – Queensland Government
www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/management/soil/erosion
Healthy Hardwoods – PDF Download / qld.gov.au website
A field guide to pests, diseases and nutritional disorders in subtropical hardwoods. This field guide will assist identification of common damaging insects, fungi and nutritional disorders in young eucalypt plantations in subtropical eastern Australia.
era.daf.qld.gov.au/id/eprint/2039/1/Healthy hardwoods updated July 2015.pdf
Storm Water Netting – South Australian manufacturer and installer
This simple system of using large nets over storm water outflow pipes and creek systems. Offers a fail-safe release mechanism tethered to the surrounding infrastructure. This had some media coverage a while ago but it took some searching to find a local supplier & fabricator.
urbanassetsolutions.com.au/ecosol-net-tech
How to care for urban creeks
Information by the Department for Environment and Water, South Australia. You’ll find posts here for many other things about your local environment too.
www.environment.sa.gov.au/goodliving/posts/2017/03/urban-creeks
Natural Resources – Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
naturalresources.sa.gov.au/adelaidemtloftyranges/home
naturalresources.sa.gov.au/samurraydarlingbasin/publications/bushfire-recovery-and-agriculture
Also see their YouTube channel here
Trees for Life – SA Bushfire Recovery
Help or participate in the recovery and revegetation efforts.
treesforlife.org.au/iMIS_Prod/TFLWeb/News/SA_Bushfire_Recovery.aspx
Catchments & Creeks
A consultancy based in Brisbane . Their website offers lots of useful information in regard to the management of creeks, waterways, stormwater managment and erosion control.
www.catchmentsandcreeks.com.au/index.html
Greener Spaces Better Places
Working with organisations and businesses to grow more and better green spaces in Australia’s urban areas.
www.greenerspacesbetterplaces.com.au
Greening Australia
Great Southern Landscapes – working with thousands of landholders and partners to create Australia’s biggest carbon sink and establish one million hectares of habitat across southern Australia.
greeningaustralia.org.au/programs/great-southern-landscapes