Fitzroy Flood 2008:

A Focus on the Fitzroy in Flood -

Update 31 January 2008 (No 1)

Update 22 February 2008 (No 2)

Update 16 May 2008 (No 3)

2008 Fitzroy Flood Forum Presentations:

Coastal Marine - / Presenter / Organisation
* Keppel Bay Salinity and Coral Monitoring - a Comparison of the '91 and '08 flood events / AIMS
* Sediments, Nutrients and Herbicides - Concentrations and loads - the Fitzroy floods of early 2008 / Bob Noble, NRM
* Aspects of the Meteorology & Hydrology of the 2008 Fitzroy River floods / Peter Baddiley, BOM
* 2008 Flood - Winners and Losers below the Barrage / CapReef
*Where did it go? Simulation modelling of the flood plume in Keppel Bay / Barbara Robson, CSIRO Land and Water
*Understanding the 2008 Flood: Impacts on estuarine fisheries / Ian Halliday and Julie Robins, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries.
*A normal day in the Fitzroy – ambient water quality conditions in the Fitzroy estuary / David Scheltinga, Andrew Moss, Simon Costanzo and the EPA Tech Team
*The Keppels – centre stage for trialling adaptive management responses / Sally Harman, GBRMPA
*Go with the Flow.Characterising the 2008 Fitzroy River catchment floods / Natural Resources and Water
*FBA – Priority Neighbourhood Catchments Water Quality Monitoring (PNCWQM) / Nick Kirby, FBA
Monitoring + Modelling + Management. Social Networking Strategies in the M3A Community of Practice using social capital to create richly interlinked knowledge spaces. / John Brisbin, BoaB interactive
How did the corals cope? Water quality in Keppel Bay under flood and non-flood conditions. / Britta Schaffelke and Angus Thompson, AIMS
CapreefBarra Bounty / CapReef
The effect of valley constrictions – tributary junctions on flood inundation and sediment delivery in the Fitzroy River basin; the Medway Creek example. / Chris Thompson, Jacky Croke & David Purvis-Smith, UNSW@ADFA
Radionucleides in the 2008 Fitzroy floods and sediment sources. / Phillip W Ford and Bob Noble, CSIRO Land and Water and Qld Department of Natural Resources & Water
Fitzroy – flood plumes. Transport and processing of nutrients and sediments in the GBR lagoon – sampling in 2008. / Michelle Devlin, Zoe Bainbridge, Stephen Lewis and Jon Brodie, Dept of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Queensland Parks & Wildlife response to Keppel Bay Floodwaters 2008. / Chris Maple and John Olds, EPA
How the Fish Fared – the importance of floods on fish spawning / Bernie Cockayne, Natural Resources & Water
Gordonstone Creek: Focus Neighbourhood Catchment Overview of Three Runoff Events: January – February 2008 / Stewart Neilsen, Cameron dougall, Peter Burger, Natural Resources & Water
The ADCP, Sediview Software and the Estimation of Suspended Sediment Concentration
Land -
Monitoring the Flood in Emerald – What we learnt from the experience / Geoffrey Kavanagh and Ian Rankine, 4T Consultants Pty Ltd
BMA’s Experiences with the Big Wet / Peter Roe and Scott Young, BMA BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance
Too much or too little? Achieving sustainable production in a variable climate: Fitzroy Basin Cropping Industries / Richard Routley, DPI&F
Flood Impact: Emerald District / Bill Wilkinson,Natural Resources & Water
Food and Fibre in the Fitzroy / Fitzroy Basin Food & Fibre Association Inc.
Managing Floodplains / Peter Nardi, Natural Resources & Water
QRAA / Brendan Hamilton, QRAA
Flood impacts on an Emerald Irrigator / Ian Rankine and Wayne Reeves
Central Highlands Floods January 2008. Central Highlands Community Recovery Program. / Cr Peter Maquire (CHRC) and Cr Kerry Hayes (CH Community Recovery Group)
Managing Cattle Enterprises in the Face of Climate Change / Mick Sullivan, DPI&F
A collaborative approach to recovery from an unprecedented natural event / J Power, Ensham Resources
Flooding in the Belyando – Local Response and Recovery Operations in the Belyando River, Mistake Creek Area / Lionel Duck, Isaac Regional Council
Fitzroy River Flood Plain and Road Planning Study / Department of Main Roads
Climate, Variability, Climate Change and Grazing Management in Fitzroy Basin / Xike Zhang, David Cobon, Nathan Toombes, Office of Climate Change
Beautiful Beaches – Capricorn Coast Clean Up Effort after February 2008 Flood / Cr Bill Ludwig and Jeff Carter, Rockhampton Regional Council