Drone technology is tackling a plague of infestation of the pest plant noogoora burr, that has travelled 19km along Amyton Creek near Willowie, South Australia.
12 landholders are involved in the Northern and Yorke Landscape Board project that aims to eradicate the weed and prevent it from moving further downstream.
The process involved a drone contractor mapping a 100 metre-wide stretch of the 19km terrain with a specialised mapping drone that takes high resolution video and distinguishes the noogoora burr from native vegetation based on colour identification.
