Goondicum Station.

Soil Asset Account.

Environmental Account: AU00040
Environmental Asset: Soil
Asset Account ID: AU00040S1
Registration date: 14 June 2022
Certification date: 23 August 2022
Certification level: AfN-Verified
Purpose: Inform sustainable management of the property
Current land use: Grazing
Area: 6,789 ha
Method: AfN-METHOD-S-02

Technical Report

Asset Account snapshot.

Asset summary - baseline.

Asset statement.

14 July 2022 - Registration date
23 August 2022 - Certification date - AfN - Verified
10 October 2023 - Annual Certification Compliance Report (ACCR) -
Over the past 12 months, no significant events have been reported or identified. Mining activities on a 144-hectare portion of the property have ceased, and the remediation process is underway.
29 October 2024 - Annual Certification Compliance Report (ACCR)
No significant event or material change in land use was reported or identified.

Significant outcomes.

The first year of environmental data collection at Goondicum Station has documented an ecosystem in excellent condition despite drought conditions at the time of survey. The high Econd® and Pcond values recorded at Goondicum Station in this baseline year demonstrate that a sustainable grazing enterprise can operate alongside a healthy ecosystem that supports populations of native species. In coming years, the Campbells aim to include additional environmental assets in the Goondicum Station Account, including birds and freshwater ecosystems.

Limitations & disclosures.

Soil phosphorous benchmarks - The soil phosphorous measures are highly variable across the property, including within areas of long-undisturbed native vegetation. Application of the method resulted in some sub-assets receiving condition scores of 0 for this indicator. Given that the vegetation at Goondicum is highly productive and in excellent condition, this suggests that soil phosphorous may not be a suitable indicator of condition at this location.

Mine restoration zone - The mine restoration zone was allocated not assessed due to the significant soil disturbance that has occurred in this area, with large areas of topsoil removed. However, there remain small areas of remnant native vegetation and intact soils within this area, which have been excluded from this assessment. Excluding these areas will have reduced the soil condition scores to a small degree.

Soil improvement history - Fertilisers have been applied to some areas of the property. Soil management practices will have influenced the soil chemical profile. However, documenting, mapping and stratification of the property based on management history was considered too complicated and time consuming for this initial account. In future years, sampling could consider soil management history

Sodosol Sample Site - Only five samples were collected from the sodosol assessment unit of 57 hectares. An additional site will be included in future rounds of data collection.