Bringing Back the Bruns - Mullumbimby Riverbank Rehabilitation
This consultation has concluded.
For more information please visit Bringing back the Bruns on the Byron Shire Council website.
Council has recently been successful in receiving a grant from NSW Fisheries to rehabilitate the 1.8km reach of the Brunswick River bank from the Mullumbimby Showground, downstream to the eastern end of Riverside Drive, Mullumbimby. The project area is both Council road reserve and community land.
Over the years, the river bank (riparian zone) has become weedy and eroded in places, which has reduced its habitat value for native wildlife, including fish. It is affected by weeds such as Cats claw vine, Umbrella tree, Golden Rain tree, Coral tree, Camphor laurel and bamboo as well as numerous other garden escapees. We are fulfilling our landholder Biosecurity obligation by rehabilitating this land we manage in an on-going staged process.
Project area
The project rehabilitation area is shown in yellow on the below map, being the 1.8km reach of the Brunswick River bank from the Mullumbimby Showground, downstream to the eastern end of Riverside Drive, Mullumbimby.

You can help by
- Once works commence, keeping safe by staying away from the contractors and the area they are working in (but of course you can say hello)
- Using your green waste bins for disposal of all garden waste and clippings. If thrown onto the river bank, this waste spreads garden weeds and hinders bush regeneration efforts
- Not poisoning camphors or other trees along the river bank. Dead standing trees can be a safety hazard.
What works are planned?
See below for information about our planned works
This consultation has concluded.
For more information please visit Bringing back the Bruns on the Byron Shire Council website.