About the Sacha Boodja Water Project

This weekend is a fundraiser for the Sacha Boodja Water Project, which aims to be a demonstration site for showing how human intervention can help restore the small water cycles by slowing water down and allowing it to be received by the landscape for the benefits of all beings - humans, crops, stock, native plants, animals and fungi and biodiversity in general.

These interventions help prevent drought, fire and flood, recharging ground water and allowing life in the biosphere to thrive. The small water cycle has a significant impact on local heat dynamics, enabling resilience to climate change.

Sacha Boodja sits at the top of the Swan-Avon and Blackwood River catchments. The top of a watershed is the ideal place to start with these interventions because the benefits flow on downstream. It also helps prevent salinity issues by keeping freshwater fresh.

Sacha Boodja itself has been in regeneration since the current custodians, Rumi and Mandakini bought it in 2009. The Water Project will give it an extra kick since there are no water bodies on the property currently and plenty of room for larger scale water retention interventions.

We hope that the work at Sacha Boodja can inspire this kind of restoration in the rest of the Swan-Avon and Blackwood catchments, and the wider Wheatbelt.

You can also donate to the Go Fund Me campaign or learn more about the technical approach on the Restoration Services page.