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Every new reader to our monthly ‘Out on a Limb’ e-newsletter has one native Australian tree planted on their behalf.

 In the past 12 months = 270 new readers

Grass Flat, VIC | 270 trees | 2025

The trees were planted by Natimuk Urban Landcare Group at Grass Flat, in the Wimmera District of the Western Victoria.

Grass Flat home to some truly beautiful and unique Australian wildlife such as wallabies, kangaroos, echidnas, birds of prey, honeyeaters, Blue-wrens, reptiles, native bees and butterflies including the endangered Goldern-rayed Blue Butterfly). It is here that we planted another 270 trees on the behalf of our readers. This indigenous revegetation project is being undertaken at this site is to restore habitat (of previously cleared land) for local wildlife and pollinators.

The indigenous plants will provide other ecosystem services such as slowing water flow to the fresh water and naturally saline wetland/lake system on the property, improving water quality and reducing topsoil loss. Plants will also serve as a future seed source of indigenous species for other revegetation projects.

Some of the indigenous plants that went into the ground included; wattles (Gold Dust, Mealy, Black, Golden and Nealie), Bulokes, Drooping Sheoaks, Silver Banksias, Scarlet Bottlebrushes, Giant Hop Bush and eucalyptus species (Black Box, Yellow Gum, Kamarooka Mallee).

Sunshine Reserve, VIC | 130 trees | 2024

 

 

A mixture of native species planted on the day included; Hop Goodenia, Small-flower Flax-lily, Common Apple-berry, Sweet Wattle, Common Tussock-grass, Common Correa, Spiny-headed Mat-rush, Purple Flag, Tall Sedge, Snowy Daisy-bush, Sweet Bursaria, Soft Spear-grass, Native Raspberry, Silver Banksia, Drooping Sheoak, Black Sheoak, Coastal Manna Gum, Manna Gum, Swamp Gum and Narrow-leaved Peppermint (which koala’s love)!

 

 

Over time, these trees will provide essential habitats for various native wildlife, including birds, mammals, and insects. Some of the larger animals can be found in the reserve include the Koala, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Common Brushtail Possum, Sugar Glider and Swamp Wallaby. Bird species include the Superb Fairy-wren, Eastern Rosella, Laughing Kookaburra, Grey Fantail, New Holland Honeyeater, Magpie, White-plumed Honeyeater, Crimson Rosella, Rainbow Lorikeet and the Black Cockatoo.

 

 

These trees will help establish a wildlife corridor. Bio-links connect separate populations of wildlife, allowing animals to move between different areas and access resources, find mates, and maintain genetic diversity.

 

Yea, VIC | 350 trees | 2023

The trees were planted in the Upper Goulburn district on two UGLN member’s properties at Yea and Yellow/Diary Creek, VIC. The Upper Goulburn Landcare Network (UGLN) looks after a diverse geographical area centred north of Melbourne in Victoria. Their committed volunteers plant thousands of trees every year, with a focus on revegetation and weed control. As any good land carer can attest, part of effective weed control includes establishing strong indigenous flora corridors. This creates an environment that makes it harder for weeds to take hold, while also enabling native animals to flourish, water courses to stabilise, and biodiversity to increase.

Ian and Pat Sichlou have fenced off a large area to provide a wildlife corridor on their farm for wildlife moving from the creek area in the west to a large patch of native bushland in the east.

Chris Cobern | President | Upper Goulburn Landcare Network

Members of the Yellow/Dairy Creek Landcare Group recently did a great job of helping Jan and Michael to revegetate their Yea property. The revegetation site is a significant conservation area that the Coonans have fenced off from stock to protect this important remnant of grassy forest.

We very much appreciate the assistance we received.

Jan and Michael | Landcare Members | Yellow/Dairy Creek

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Article by Sarah Hart

Sarah is an artist whose passions include the stories and experiences of women and narrative driven creative work. Her aim is to delight, to reveal glimpses of everyday beauty, and to celebrate flights of the ordinary. Sarah works across a range of media, with an abiding interest in pen and ink, mixed media and the human form.