The Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex (CDSCC), west of Canberra, includes part of the Larry’s Creek catchment. Mulloon Institute was approached in 2023 after the team at the CDSCC observed the works we had completed on the adjacent Tidbinbilla Station.
The CDSCC is located within a rural property covering 130 ha in the south of the ACT. The property has historically been extensively cleared and used for livestock grazing and the cultivation of potatoes on the valley floor. Larry’s Creek flows into Paddy’s River and has been subject to concentrated flow and subsequent erosion within the CDSCC property.
In August 2023, Mulloon Consulting was commissioned to explore and make recommendations to address gully erosion in Larry’s Creek and active erosion in the channel floor, resulting in a deeply incised channel with steep banks.
After extensive negotiations with CSIRO and funding ultimately from NASA, Mulloon Consulting was commissioned to prepare detailed designs, gain regulatory approval from the ACT Government and construct landscape repair interventions.
Peter Hazell, joined by Jack Smart, Tony Wells, Mitch Lennon and new landscape planner Ryan Badowski, have been on site these past weeks with Coopers Earthmoving. The team have delivered the in-stream works including log sill and rock weirs, rock weirs, rock groins, rock baffles and an access crossing. Revegetation has also been undertaken as part of the works. This is a fantastic last construction project for Peter Hazell prior to his retirement.
