Kojonup
Charles Darwin
Eurardy
Monjebup
Beringa
Cravens Peak
Yourka
Fan Palm
Edgbaston
Goonderoo
Carnarvon Station
Tarcutta
Hills
Ethabuka
Boolcoomatta
Bon Bon Station
Birriliburu
Wilinggin
Gudanji
Waanyi Garawa
Aak Puul
Ngnatam
Umpila
Nantawarrina
Mawonga
Naree Station
Wunambal Gaambera
Gondwana Link
Tasmanian Midlands
Warddeken
Brogo
Scottsdale
Reedy Creek
Chingarrup
John
Colahan
Griffin
Ninghan
Nardoo Hills
Yarabee Wesfarmers
Kosciuszko to Coast
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Queensland
Construction of a new all-weather road on
Carnarvon Station Reserve enabled the first
bulk-fuel delivery in three years.
A five-year Biodiversity Fund grant was secured
to fund staff, volunteers and contractors to
control Siam weed on Yourka Reserve.
A Cultural Values Assessment was conducted
on Yourka Reserve with Jirrbal traditional
owners and Girringun rangers.
A new tractor was acquired for maintaining fire
trails and tracks, fencing and routine property
maintenance on Cravens Peak Reserve.
The first Healthy Country Plan for Cape York
Peninsula was completed by Umpila traditional
owners, and new partnerships were initiated
with Aboriginal groups in the Gulf of Carpentaria
and Cape York.
Volunteers donated 264 days of labour
to Queensland reserves.
NSW
Naree Station was purchased, protecting one
of Australia's most significant wetland areas.
A two-year partnership with Greening Australia
was established to restore 300 ha of yellow
box woodland on Scottsdale Reserve.
Major erosion control work was undertaken
on Scottsdale Reserve.
Bush Heritage support for the Winangakirri
Aboriginal Corporation saw Mawonga Station
in central NSW purchased for its traditional
owners by the Indigenous Land Corporation.
Volunteers donated more than 800 days
of work to NSW reserves.
Tasmania
Stewardship payments from the Midlands Conservation
Fund were distributed to land owners to assist them
manage conservation assets on their land.
Cultural and natural values of the Liffey Valley
and East Coast reserves were maintained.
Volunteers donated 29 days of labour to Tasmanian reserves.
Victoria
Regional partnership was strengthened between Bush
Heritage, Dja Dja Wurrung traditional owners, Trust for Nature,
Wedderburn and Kara Kara conservation management
networks, two catchment management authorities and
the Department of Environment and Primary Industries.
Cultural values assessment was completed by Dja Dja
Wauuung traditional owners on Nardoo Hills and J C
Griffin reserves.
Nardoo Hills Reserve was used as a reintroduction site
for the threatened velvet daisy-bush and spiny rice-flower
by the Department of Environment and Primary Industries.
Volunteers donated 39 days to weed control work
on Victorian reserves.
Restless Flycatcher, Tarcutta Hills, NSW.
Photograph by Jeroen Van Veen