Goulburn River and Northern Victorian Tributaries

July 6, 2024

Outdoor Education on the Lower Goulburn River

Students from Greater Shepparton Secondary College dive into hands-on workshops on the Goulburn River, exploring environmental flows and river health.

September 1, 2023

Reading the Goulburn River - Spring 2023

July 1, 2023

Reading the Goulburn River - Winter 2023

The Goulburn River in February 2023. Image credit: Andy Lowes.

River Flows and Connectivity

May 22, 2023

Eight years in — perspectives on the outcomes of environmental watering in the Lower Goulburn River

Explore eight years of research on environmental watering in the Lower Goulburn River. Gain insights from experts and community members on how flow management supports native fish, vegetation, habitats, and overall river health in this vital Murray-Darling Basin ecosystem.

March 1, 2023

Reading the Goulburn River - Autumn 2023

The Goulburn River near Shepparton. Source: Greater Shepparton City Council.

Food Webs and Water Quality

November 5, 2021

Golidlocks and the Goulburn River: measuring stream metabolism to get flows ‘just right’

In the Goulburn River, scientists measure stream metabolism to ensure environmental flows support vibrant ecosystems, balancing oxygen and nutrients.

Associate Professor Mike Grace

The Goulburn river viewed from a drone. Image credit: Flow-MER Team.

Native Vegetation

November 17, 2020

Assessing soil and plants from the sky: Drone monitoring in the Murray Darling Basin

Drones revolutionize riverbank monitoring, providing detailed insights into erosion, vegetation changes, and the impact of water management practices.

Neil Sutton

Dr Geoff Vietz

Food Webs and Water Quality

August 3, 2020

Understanding what drives food webs, and how environmental flows can boost energy in riverine ecosystems

Explore how environmental flows boost energy in riverine ecosystems, revealing critical food web pathways and enhancing floodplain habitats.

Dr Paul McInerney

Webinars

Science to practice: Advances in riverbank form and vegetation monitoring inform environmental flow decisions

The Goulburn River and Northern Victorian Tributaries (GRANT) Area-scale Project team, presented by partners from Streamology and Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority, describe the evolution of drone-based riverbank monitoring and how it has strengthened the evidence base for environmental flow management.

When all else fails, just go with the flow: unintended lessons from an experiment in the Goulburn River

Experiments to augment channel retentiveness can increase detritus and dependent organisms and we attempted such an experiment in the Lower Goulburn River. Using established methods we increased retention at four sites by adding woody structure to treatment areas, but not control areas. Over 24 months, the experimental areas were sampled five times at baseflow (1000 ML / day).

Drones do the dirty work

New ways of monitoring can challenge our standard protocols, but also provide incredible insights, unexpected outcomes and opportunities for collaboration.

River Journey stop 3, The Goulburn River

The Goulburn River can be heavily impacted by operational flows called Inter-Valley Transfers (IVT) – or water which is being transferred to the Murray to meet demands downstream. For the first time since this monitoring program began, IVT has barely been used in the water year, allowing scientists to obtain a good reference year for ecologically desirable flows. Fish and vegetation have responded very well as a result.