Arnwood Place Natural Channel Design Project:
In this project, the N4C has a partnership commitment with Council relating to community involvement and 'awareness' extension work, The project was launched on site on Saturday (31st March) at a public open day. Councillors Tim Quinn, Catherine Bermingham and Mark Bailey were also on hand to support the project. The completion of the first stage of this multi-stage project centred around the Brisbane River Festival's final Riverclean Project held onsite on the 4th August 2001. At this event over 100 people were involved in planting more then 3000 trees, shrubs and ground covers.
Greenslopes Demonstration Catchment Project:
Immediately upstream of the Arnwood Natural Channel Design Project and linked by the South East freeway's viaducts is the N4C's 'Demonstration Catchment Project'. This $115,00 project is part of the Healthy Waterways Program initially approved by the Brisbane River Management Group, the SEQ Regional Water Quality Management Strategy (SEQRWQMS) in conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources and Mines (DNRM). In addition to this grant, the Qld Department of Transport via the South East Transit (SET) Project has awarded the N4C a grant of $20,000 to be used to develop a waterway rehabilitation plan and action program to compliment existing landscape works by the SET project. Both the above fundings are being combined by the N4C in a collaborative initiative with Council, DNR and other relevant state departments/agencies.
This project, while now in progress, has suffered considerable delays due further hydraulic studies which have been further compounded by the Q100 flood event in early March 2001. Further difficulties arose when the N4C's consultant, Grant Witheridge (Natural Channel Design Hydraulic Engineer), had to resign. Fortunately the N4C has been able to employ Darren Rogers (Stormwater Consulting) to replace Grant. Over the December/January break Darren has, through further field work involving site measurements and resident interviews, resolved initial conflicts with the current draft Council hydraulic report.
The N4C's consultant landscape architect, Sophie Grey, has just completed the draft riparian planting plans and proposed instream natural channel design works, which will be passes on to Council's City Design for further hydraulic analysis prior to final plan approval.
A Weed Busters identification field day has been completed and a weed map Management report is being developed. Two macro-invertebrate field days have been held with one Lab I.D. W/S at the N4C Centre.
A Macro-Invertebrete report of the project site has been completed by Andrew Veary (WBM Consultants). This report also includes studies of upstream Ekibin and Glindemann Creeks .
A bird list has been compiled by Greg Nye and this has been included with photodocumentation posters based on work by Graham Jurott and developed by N4C's Consultant Graphic Designer, Chris Saunders.
Bridgewater Creek Constructed Wetland Project, Bowies Flat:
This is Council project commenced in March 2001 and is now completed. It will be officially opened March 2002. The project is another form of Stormwater Quality Improvement Device (SQID). The wetland will play a significant role in removing pollutants such as sediments, nutrients, heavy metals and bacteria from Bridgewater Creek. This Council project involves a partnership arrangement with the N4C, which takes the form of 'on-site' community and school field day inspections and environmental education extension work espousing of the benefits of the wetland throughout the course of its construction.
The wetland has transformed featureless, barren, concrete channel dissected park into clear pools, reeds, ephemeral marshes with large wetland trees and an ecological haven for aquatic wildlife. The wetland will have interpretive signage describing its functions and value. Apart from becoming a haven for aquatic wildlife it is a useful educational resource for local schools and other interested groups. A path and boardwalk system provides movement in and around the park and access to nearby community facilities. A deck adjacent to the boardwalk provides a quiet place to sit and observe the wetland.
Moorhen Flats - Norman Creek FREEKS site:
Moorhen Flats is the 4 ha site of the Norman Creek FREEKS Bushcare Group in Buranda/East Brisbane. It is also a special project of the N4C and is one of the closest bushland habitats to the inner city area. In 1993 Moorhen Flats was a bare, desolate, and derelict, almost treeless area of former industrial land left over from the Norman Creek Flood Action Mitigation Works. Since the first community planting in 1994 to the end of 2000 over 24,000 trees, shrubs, understorey ground covers and grasses have been planted. As part of the Bodyshop National Tree Day on the 20th May 01 over 60 people were involved in planting the palm groves and rainforest plantings. Monthly community plantings are steadily realising its ultimate goal. These plant species now form a Mosaic of habitats from rainforest, eucalypt, melaleuca wetland to native grass meadows. From about 35 bird species listings identified on site in 1994 there has been an increase to over 90 by 2001.
East Brisbane Ward Greenstreet Project:
This project involved the N4C with many other community groups and individuals and was successfully completed on the 10th November 2001. The Project involve treescaping the industrial arc and adjacent residential streets of Coorparoo, East Brisbane, Buranda and Woolloongabba through which the tidal section of Norman, Coorparoo and Kingfisher Creeks flowed. | 
