Resilient Rivers SEQ
For over a decade, we’ve delivered coordinated catchment management to improve the health and resilience of SEQ’s rivers and waterways 🌿
30/09/2026
Resilient Rivers SEQ joined more than 100 mayors, councillors and CEOs at the Council of Mayors (SEQ) Local Government Forum, showcasing how digital transformation and emerging technologies are helping shape the future of South East Queensland, including new ways to better understand and protect our waterways.
The RRSEQ team, alongside Wildlife Queensland's Dr Tamielle Brunt showcased innovative environmental DNA (eDNA) technology being used as part of the region’s first coordinated eDNA monitoring program, helping detect aquatic species such as rakali through DNA traces found in water samples.
The program uses a backpack-style sampling system with built-in GPS mapping to record the precise location of every sample.
Delivered by Wildlife Queensland, the first round of sampling covered 246 sites across South East Queensland, extending from the Noosa catchment in the north to the Logan and Albert Rivers in the south, and west through the Lockyer Valley to the head waters of the Brisbane River.
The $1.2 million program is building the first region-wide picture of native aquatic species in our waterways. The data will help target conservation and habitat restoration efforts into the future.
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From the Noosa River in the north to the Logan and Albert Rivers in the south, our rivers connect South East Queensland. From source to sea, Resilient Rivers SEQ works across our region to rehabilitate river health, reconnect habitat, reduce erosion and support thriving waterways through practical, science-based environmental rehabilitation.
Our rivers support platypus, turtles and native fish, provide the water we rely on, and shape the outdoor lifestyle SEQ is known for. With 6 million people expected to call our region home by 2046, keeping them healthy has never been more important.
Rivers don't stop at council boundaries, and neither does our work alongside councils, communities and partners.
Our rivers matter. Today and every day.
Ever wondered how you rebuild a riverbank? Turns out it starts with 3,423 pieces of timber.
Watch the drone footage — that's the pile fields installation underway along Upper Warrill Creek right now. Each log slows the water down, so sediment settles instead of washing away, and the bank starts rebuilding itself.
Give it a decade, and native plants will have taken over the job for good. 🌿
“Drinking water flows from Ipswich into the Mount Crosby treatment plant and into the taps of thousands of residents across Greater Brisbane. The benefit of the Resilient Rivers SEQ program is that we are all working together through a region-wide approach driving real change to the creeks, rivers and catchments across SEQ.”
— Mayor Teresa Harding, Ipswich City Council
29/08/2026
Landline Hosted by award-winning journalist Pip Courtney, Landline is Australia's only national agricultural television program covering stories from Australia's rural and regional heartland.
24/08/2026
Resilient Rivers SEQ was featured on ABC Australia Landline showcasing some amazing work happening across South East Queensland's waterways.
From breeding biocontrol agents in City of Moreton Bay to flood resilience work in Scenic Rim Regional Council, cod hotels in Somerset Regional Council and region-wide platypus monitoring.
Thank you to the ABC Landline crew for capturing these stories, above and below the surface, so beautifully.
Catch the full segment on iview:
Cod Revival: Restoring healthy waterways ABC Rural News provides authoritative coverage of the business and politics of Australian farming, livestock, forestry, agriculture and primary production
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