It is important to see working systems to demonstrate what
equipment is available and how well it is working in regional arid
and semi-arid pastoral areas:
Demonstration sites allow:
- Landholders to see technology in operation
- Build networks between equipment suppliers, equipment
developers and pastoral consumers
- Demonstrate cost effective ways to utilise water as a
property-wide management tool to provide better production and more
sustainable outcomes
Western Queensland
The North Australian Pastoral
Company’s Monkira Station is located in western Queensland's
channel country. The 373,000 hectare grower property for
weaner steers is dominated by the mighty flood plains of the
Diamantina River, which produce highly productive pastures of blue
bush and native sorghum. Monkira will be demonstrating
technologies addressing evaporation, renewable energy and remote
monitoring of water points cut off during the wet.
South Australia
Len & Joy Newton’s Mt Ive Station has been named as
the demonstration site in the Gawler Ranges of South
Australia. Mt Ive is an 85,250 hectare, wool growing property
with saltbush flats that borders Lake Gairdner in the North.
This property offers a broad view of the regional water issues
facing landholders in the Gawler Ranges.
Central Australia
In Central Australia, De Rose Hill Station has been selected to
represent the WaterSmart Pastoral Production™ Project,
located50km south of the Northern Territory/South Australian border
on the Stuart Highway; the property runs agistment and Black Angus
cattle.The Fuller family plan to increase their numbers of solar
bores using Grundfos solar powered submersibles to pump water to
remote hilltop tanks and gravity feed to new water points. This
system will be remotely monitored and controlled using a
Blackmore’s Power and Water GME telemetry system.
Northern Territory
Owned and operated by Roy and Janet Chisholm, the 445,200
hectare property runs 7000 head of Santa Gertrudis breeders in the
mixed arid woodlands, North West of Alice Springs. Napperby
Station is demonstrating a large multi-purpose remote management
network that remotely monitors and controls 15 water points,
including electronic links with solar pumps, water medicators, rain
gauges and cameras.
The Northern Territory Department of Primary Industries,
Fisheries and Mines Research Station covers 50,000 hectares of
sandy Mulga country and open oatgrass plains. High class
Droughtmaster breeders are the focus of the research station and
they are involved in several research projects. Because of their
location Old Man Plains are field testing the QLD made uSee remote
management unit that operates off the NextG network and monitors
water points using still photos and video.
