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Monkira Station Field Day

Friday 4 April 2008

The field day demonstrating technologies that have been installed on Monkira Station and monitored over the past year was held on Friday 4 April 2008.  Over 100 graziers, manufactures and suppliers gathered to share ideas on water management practices and technologies. 

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Left - Anthony Desreaux, manager of NAPCO's Monkira Station tells why he became involved in the WaterSmart Pastoral Production Project.

Right - Field day attendees gather in the main marquee to hear about other WaterSmart demonstration sites around Australia and the technologies on trial there.     

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Field day exhibition area attracted a wide range of maunfacturers and suppliers showcasing their water delivery, storage and monitoring technologies. 

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Left - Trevor Jonsson with the Dinocrete Trough display and Roma's Pumps N Solar.

Right - Sue Gardiner of Desert Channels Queensland uses the SPOT5 satellite imagery to show Coorabulka station staff their property.

Simon Hullock, Yambungan, Craig Lasker Morney Plains, Mark Huntly Pumps n Solar  grundfos and dinocrete display

Left - Simon Hullock of Yambungan Brahmans, Cloncurry with Craig Lasker of Kidman's Morney Plains, Windorah and Mark Huntley from PumpsNSolar, Roma.

Right - Grundfos, Aqua Pumping and Solar and Dinocrete exhibitions.

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Left - Jordan Peach and Greg Twist of Westpac Agribusiness, Emerald.

Right - Grundfos' Mark Robbie with the winner of the solar pump draw Simon Hullock of Yambungam Brahmans, Cloncurry with Ronan and Helena Hullock.

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First field tour took in the remote flood monitoring site with the DPI's Ben Lynes sharing results.

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First stop on the second field tour was Jenny's dam that has been fenced off and equipped with the Grundfos solar pump, Bushmans  tank and 2 Dinocrete troughs, Jennys is remotely monitored by the Observant system

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Left - Observant's Matt Pryor explains the features of the new C2 unit that has been installed at Jenny's bore

Right - Second stop on the field tour is Carbine's where the Enviroliner is being used to stop seepage, Observant system is monitoring turkey nest water levels, flow rates into nest and is taking still photos of the trough.

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Field tour inspects the Enviroliner and telemetry at Carbines.

Anthnoy Desreaux with Evap cap and Observnat gear  Peter Abdy, Allan Abdy, Patrick Oryan, Colleen James

Left - Anthony Desreaux at the third stop on the field tour, Pullawarra where the Evap-Cap is being trialled for evaporation control, The Observant system is monitoring water level, outlet flow rates and rainfall.  The Anti-bird cover is also being trialled to minimise bird damage to the aerial.

Right - Peter and Allan Abdy and Patrick O'Ryan of Hillside, Cloncurry speak with Project Officer Colleen James (right).

Max Brady of Darling Downs Tarpaulins  Chook Kath, Mt Leonard Alistair Malone, Coorabulka

Left - At Pullawarra Max Brady of Darling Downs Tarpaulins speaks about the features of the Evap-Cap. In the foreground the Observant C1 unit is encased in chicken wire to stop bird damage to cables etc.

Right - Henning Kath, Mt leonard and Alistair Malone, Coorabulka

william and peter harrington, chook kath  Policemans stop 4 field tour

Fourth stop on the field tour was Policemans where the Observant system is operating the Kubota RK95 automatically, based on water levels in the tanks 1 kilometre away, when the levels get down to a certain point the pump automatically turns on and when the levels reach full, automatically stops.

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Left - Robyn & Tim Stockman of Stockman Electronics

Right - Pumps N Solar/Iplex Pipelines display

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Exhibitors

  • Aqua Pumping & Solar

  • Bushmans Tanks

  • Darling Downs Tarpaulins

  • Department of Primary Industries Fisheries

  • Desert Channels Queensland

  • Dinocrete Troughs

  • Grundfos Pumps

  • Harrington Systems Electronics

  • Iplex Pipelines

  • Mono Pumps (Australia) Pty Ltd

  • Observant Pty Ltd

  • Pumps n Solar

  • Stockman Electronics

  • The Tank Specialists

  • Westpac Agribusiness

 

Field Day Downloads

Download exhibitor flyer 

Download field day flyer 

Download Monkira Field Day Program 

Download Monkira Field Day Contacts Booklet 

(contacts booklet prints double sided on A4)

 

Field Day Sponsors

Logo Westpac Agribusiness (2)  Logo of the company Observant  DCQ_logo (for email signatures)  Logo_A_blue

Field Day attendees

Craig Lasker, Morney Plains, Windorah

 

Delphine Puxty, NAPCO, Brisbane

 

Peter Hubbard, Galway Downs, Windorah

 

Kayla Easy, Monkira, Bedourie

 

Bob Young, Brighton Downs, Winton

 

Mick Gibson, Bulloo Downs, Thargomindah

 

John De Kloot, Marmboo, Longreach

 

Patrick O’Ryan, Hillside, Cloncurry

 

Abby Desreaux, Monkira, Bedourie

 

Henning Kath, Mt Leonard, Windorah

 

Lorraine Kath, Mt Leonard, Windorah

 

Claire Dyason, Canobie, Cloncurry

 

Ben Schwager, Coorabulka, Boulia

 

Andrew Forster, Monkira, Bedourie

 

John Barnes, Mt Leonard, Windorah

 

James O’Ryan, Hillside, Cloncurry

 

Craig Martin, Coorabulka, Boulia

 

Matt Barrett, South Galway, Windorah

 

Andrew Jones, AACo, Brisbane

 

Chris Sotirion, Canobie, Julia Creek

 

Ernie Cremer, AACo, Julia Creek

 

Paul Deagan, Coorabulka, Boulia

 

Peter Klem, NRW Stock Routes, Longreach

 

Robert Corringe, Morney Plains, Windorah

 

Peter Cairns, Monkira, Bedourie

 

Don Rayment, Adria Downs, Birdsville

 

Emma Lynch, Monkira, Bedourie

 

Peter Pigeon, Glenroy, Stonehenge

 

Baden Holt, Delny, Alice Springs

 

Anthony Desreaux, Monkira, Bedourie

 

Deb Desreaux, Monkira, Bedourie

 

Brett Carlsson, Camerilla, Longreach

 

Alistair Malone, Coorabulka, Boulia

 

Peter Harrington, Olga Downs, Richmond

 

Bill Parker, retired

 

Simon Daley, La Mancha, Longreach

 

Sam Beaucham, Stockport, Edmonton

 

Simon Hullock, Yambungan, Cloncurry

 

Kaylene Hullock, Yambungan, Cloncurry

 

Matt Limbert, Monkira, Bedourie

 

Sam Graham, Dalgonally, Julia Creek

 

Craig Blatchly, Monkira, Bedourie

 

Roger Oldfield, Curawilla, Birdsville

 

Ray Jansen, Canobie, Julia Creek

 

Allan Abdy, Hillside, Cloncurry

 

Geoff Morton, Roseberth, Birdsville

 

Meagan Cover, Coorabulka, Boulia

 

Peter Abdy, Hillside, Cloncurry

 

Jessica Thompson-Gilby, Adria Downs, Birdsville

 

Graham Phillpot, Harraway Pastoral Co

 

Paul Phie, Mono Pumps

 

Sue Gardiner, DCQ, Longreach

 

Brian Worthington, Bushmans, Orange

 

Jordan Peach, Westpac, Emerald

 

Trevor Jonsson, Dinocrete, Hughenden

 

Steve Wilson, DCQ, Longreach

 

Matthew Pryor, Observant Pty Ltd, Melbourne

 

Mark Huntly, Pumps N Solar, Roma

 

Sarah Tune, NRW, Longreach

 

William Harrington, uSee, Richmond

 

Roelie Hartwig, DCQ, Longreach

 

Lynn Brake, GABCC, Adelaide

 

John Smith, Job Futures, Longreach

 

Les Zeller, DPI, Toowoomba

 

Jessica Pubrick-Hearst, Observant Pty Ltd, Melbourne

 

John Dean, Iplex, Brisbane

Mark Robbie, Grundfos, Yepoon

Andy Bubb, DKCRC, Alice Springs

Giles Gibson, Observant Pty Ltd, Melbourne

Kate Wilcock, Queensland Country Life, Brisbane

Jenny Silcock, DPI, Longreach

Ben Lynnes, DPI, Longreach

Max Brady, Darling Downs Tarpaulins, Toowoomba

James Skipworth, Observant Pty Ltd, Melbourne

Robert Evans, Aqua Pumping & Solar, Rockhampton

Robyn Stockman, Stockman Electronics, Burra

Tim Stockman, Stockman Electronics, Burra

Greg Twist, Westpac, Emerald

Trish Leach, The Tank Specialists, Agnes Water

Mark Leach, The Tank Specialists, Agnes Water

Colleen James, WaterSmart DKCRC, Longreach

(this is not a complete list)