Monkira Station Field Day

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. 

 

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.     

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

Field tour inspects the Enviroliner and telemetry at Carbines.

 

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).

 

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

 

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.

 

Left - Robyn & Tim Stockman of Stockman Electronics

Right - Pumps N Solar/Iplex Pipelines display

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

     

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)