Around the states with Mulloon Consulting

In WA with the Armadale-Gosnells Landcare group (photo ©Armadale-Gosnells Landcare).

The Mulloon Consulting (MC) team have been busy over the last few months with interesting and challenging projects across the country. The following are a few insights into this work:

We have been piloting our initial site inspection process through the Agronomeye platform for a client in the Central West of NSW. Agronomeye has developed AgTwin, a powerful digital twin tool that we have used to generate conceptual plans for landscape rehydration opportunities on the client’s property.
The rollout of our Communities of Practice Program (CoPP, supported with funding from the Future Drought Fund) continues around the country with Lance undertaking property visits as part of the mentoring program in WA and the NT, and Erin and Annabel doing the same in Victoria. In addition, these team members have continued with other online mentoring support as have Sam Skeat and Tony for the Queensland participants. We are also thrilled with the release of the video that Soils for Life have produced as part of the project. Laura, Peter and Erin have also been working on animations with our consortium partner, Dr Laura Norman from US Geological Survey.
Peter and Laura have recently delivered an on-Country workshop with Rangers from the Coffs Harbour Local Aboriginal Land Council, using the opportunity for shared storytelling and building understanding of landscape rehydration opportunities.
Jack and Annabel were very excited to go over to South Australia for one of our first pieces of work in the State, undertaking an initial site inspection for a rural property south of Adelaide.
Other team members have been kept busy with client engagement in other parts of the country.
Our team continue to work with regulators on the approval of various projects in NSW and Victoria.
In addition to the CoPP learning program activities, our team have also presented programs in the Central West of NSW for Watershed Landcare, a workshop in the ACT for members of the Australian Mohair Marketing Organisation, and in WA for the Armadale-Gosnells Landcare group.
Chris and Jono have been working on a report for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) that were asked to prepare, showcasing the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative as a case study for Australia.
Jono has also attended the Riverbank Management Society’s 11th Australian Stream Management (ASM) Conference, including a presentation regarding the CoPP and the story behind our work with the Swan Brook group near Inverell. He also represented Mulloon at the recent One Basin CRC annual event in Mildura, which was a great opportunity to meet a lot of people working on a number of interesting projects in the Basin.