If you can get in good with a local quarry or mine site there is a new
grass on the market called vetiver grass, it is sterile and is used in
the control of sediment flow and bank stabalisation in mine sites and
such. otherwise use tussocky grasses and related things such as
lomandra.
Rob & Shel wrote:
Hi there,

Not long moved out from the hustle & bustle of the Sunshine Coast strip to
acreage near Conondale near Maleny.

There's a dam with a steep clay bank that's eroded by rainfall. There are
some tiny native sapling trees struggling along.
I want to help these saplings along, stop the erosion (as it silts into the
dam), & try beautify the bank with further plantings.

Any ideas what I could do?

So far, I've put down some old wool carpet underlay & pinned it in place
with
thin el-cheapo tent pegs.
Further ideas:
To obtain more of this sort of natural fibre covering & cover the rest of
the bank where needed. Of course, having holes in the covering for the
saplings to grow.
Place mangled long sticks, & stake those in place rather like avalanche
prone areas.
Any long grass slashing; the clippings placed on the sticks.
Chuck any muddy dredging (mainly from the "estuary" part as it's boggy with
leaves & sticks) on the stick grass mix.
Cross my fingers, & hope it works!

Does this sound like it'd work? Any other ideas?

Rob