Goyder Institute 2023 Annual Report Reflects on a Busy Year
This has been a year of change and growth for the Goyder Institute for Water Research. The year began with the sad farewell to our previous Director, Dr Kane Aldridge. Dr Alec Rolston took up the position of Interim Director for the first 6 months of the year before being appointed Director in August. Following […]
New Project: Measuring the impact of Ground Water extractions on Mound Springs in Northern South Australia
The Great Artesian Basin (GAB) is Australia’s largest underground freshwater resources in the world, it lies beneath parts of the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, and New South Wales spanning 1.7 million square kilometres. To see the area covered by the GAB please see the map. There is roughly 65 million GL of groundwater within […]
CLLMM Research Centre announces a new location in the region
The new Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth (CLLMM) Research Centre announces its new location as the top storey of the Goolwa Aquatic Club on Barrage Road in Goolwa opening its doors in early February 2024. Goyder Institute Director, Dr Alec Rolston, said “We are delighted to be working with Alexandrina Council for our new […]
Introducing the Goyder Institute’s 2023-2026 Strategic Plan
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new strategic plan, designed to provide a clear direction and framework for navigating an evolving water landscape. Led by Institute Interim Director Alec Rolston, we consulted widely with our partners, including holding two workshops where we discussed how to best continue to create meaningful impacts whilst building […]
Working together for better drinking water for bush communities
The three-day ‘working together for better drinking water for bush communities’ forum was held in Alice Springs on 27–29 June 2023, to identify solutions to water security challenges in First Nations remote communities, homelands and outstations nationally. The forum was delivered by the Goyder Institute in partnership with the Australian Government through the National Water […]
Coorong Research Hub to embark on program to address the effects of climate change
The Goyder Institute for Water Research Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Research Hub (the Hub) will officially enter its establishment phase on 1 July 2023, marking the beginning of the Hub’s research program to investigate the ecological, cultural, economic, and social values of the nationally and internationally important Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth […]
Goyder Institute welcomes two new staff to the team
We are delighted to welcome Fiona Adamson and Dr Hamideh Nouri to the Goyder Institute for Water Research team. Fiona has joined us on secondment from Institute partner Flinders University, where she has been providing administrative and strategic support for the past twelve years in her role as Centre Manager of the National Centre for […]
Supporting climate change resilience in the Coorong
The Millennium Drought (1996-2010) had a devastating environmental, economic, social and cultural impact throughout the Murray-Darling Basin. The Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth (CLLMM) region, situated at the end of the Basin, was no exception. Despite increased flows returning to the CLLMM since the end of the drought, parts of the region, in particular […]
Goyder Institute takes home back-to-back national R&D excellence awards
The Goyder Institute for Water Research has won the Australian Water Association National R&D Excellence Award for the second year running. Announced at the OZ’Water 2023 gala dinner in Sydney on 11 May, the award was accepted by Interim Director Dr Alec Rolston for the Institute’s Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin (HCHB) Research Program. “I am […]
Institute scientists head to River Murray to study environmental impacts of flood
The Goyder Institute and Department for Environment and Water have launched a series of research projects to determine how South Australian River Murray environments are responding to the 2022-2023 high flow event. The projects will fill knowledge gaps to inform the future management of riverine, floodplain and wetland habitats. “The flood has created some difficult […]
