The property sits at the western foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges, a low mountain range that was covered by wet sclerophyll forest until it was cleared early last century for farming. A fraction of the area’s original vegetation cover remains intact, most of which is more than 50km to the east of Woolamai.

Karl developed and has implemented a long-term plan for the property to return the majority of this land to forest and provide refuge and habitat for native wildlife. In 2017, working with Bass Coast Landcare Network, twenty-five thousand indigenous trees and shrubs were planted on Karl and Rachel’s property, which at the time was the Bass Coast region’s single largest planting project (to be completed in one season). Over time, the restoration project aims to increase biodiversity, improve water quality, provide refuge and habitat for all wildlife, retain moisture and improve soil health, minimise erosion, create shelter, reforest the land and restore the damp forest to the valley.

This account will use the Accounting for Nature® Framework to monitor and validate over time the regeneration of this property’s environmental assets, and to better inform regenerative land management practices.