This project report contributes to the Australian Government’s Reef Rescue program. The project scope included development of a new empirically driven sediment budget model, incorporating improved understanding of water quality management, and undertaking on-ground rehabilitation research. These activities are combined to address the following core questions:
This is the final report from a two-year project funded by the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country Reef Rescue Initiative was undertaken by Griffith University to assess the options for preventing and rehabilitating alluvial gullies in the Normanby Catchment, with implications for alluvial gully management across northern Australia. Alluvial gullies eroding into terraces and elevated floodplains along river frontage with dispersible or sodic soils are a major sediment source in the Normanby catchment and northern Australia.