Landscape regeneration
Why we are rehydrating Australia
The Mulloon Institute's vision is to support the rebuilding of a resilient Australian landscape which produces the water, soil and biodiversity required to produce food and water security for the Australian population in the short and long term.
Re-Hydrating the Landscape
Founder of the Mulloon Institute, Tony Coote, speaks about repairing and rehydrating his farm to bring it back to fertility and stability. Video thanks to Eco Films Australia.
The Soil Story with Tony Coote
Founder of the Mulloon Institute, Tony Coote AO narrates 'A Soil Story'. Video thanks to Kiss the Ground.
Mulloon Rehydration Initiative
How our original pilot project along 3kms of Mulloon Creek has grown into a catchment scale project covering 23,000ha, 50kms of creek and tributaries and 23 landholders.
How we regenerate AUstralian landscapes
Landscape function can be restored using leaky weirs made from natural materials such as rocks, logs, soil and vegetation which binds them together.
Building living stream-bed structures
How leaky weir structures become living things covered in vegetation that slow the water flow and become part of the landscape.
On-ground works
current projects with North Qld Dry tropics
Showcasing the work of the Future Drought Fund’s 2023 Science to Practice Forum on the ground, and the partnerships that are responding to a changing climate through innovation.
Mulloon Rehydration Initiative - Stage 1
By August 2020, we had installed 14 leaky weirs over the 3.5 km stretch of Mulloon Creek running from the Mulloon Road crossing to the Kings Highway. At this stage, construction of the leaky weirs helped raise the creek level by nearly a metre. The section was fenced off and thousands of native plants planted and transplanted. Natural regeneration of plants and habitat was astounding - and all during one of the driest periods since records began.
Mulloon Rehydration Initiative - Duralla, NSW
By August 2020, six leaky weirs were installed along a 2km section of Mulloon Creek at the 'Duralla' property. This footage was taken just after a major pulse of water flowed through the creek. With over 90mm of rain coursing through the catchment, what would have previously been a torrential, high energy, erosive flow, was now a sequence quiet ponds and babbling riffles due to the new structures in place.
After landscape rehydration works
Landscape rehydration works completed at Bellmount Forest north of Canberra, with a focus on repairing eroded gullies and reintroducing functionality into the watercourse. Rock ramps and dam spill ways were designed to slow high energy water flows and transform previously degrading rain and floods into beneficial ones that allow for more water infiltration into the soil and prevent further erosion.
Step diffusion system at Mulloon, NSW
The step diffusion system at Mulloon Creek Natural Farms which was installed in March 2018 during severe drought. This footage was shot before the drought had broken and the results at this point were rather astounding considering how little rain had fallen since it was installed. Video thanks to Australian National University Honours student Ming-Dao Chia.