Kyogle landholder Don Durrant has owned his lush rainforest property for 30 years and he's lost count of the number of native trees he’s propagated and planted in that time.
In 2007, when Candy Lawrence and her partner Bob moved to their remote, forested property in the Bungawalbin wetlands, they knew they had found the peace and privacy they had been looking for.
With bushfires and floods continuing to threaten the land and our communities, Ludo McFerran’s story is testimony to her hard work and dedication to conservation.
Sit at the kitchen table with Jill and Ken Hooper and there’ll be Ken, mug in hand with a label that reads ‘The Boss’, and Jill, yet to pull up a chair, buzzing about the kitchen and calling out a quip or two to back up something Ken’s said.
It can be hard to spot the remnants of western Sydney’s agricultural past, but the most persistent legacy that remains on Wallaroo is the unwanted variety of weeds.
Restoring native bushland to its pre-disturbance state is complicated. When that disturbance comes after decades of mining on threatened wetland and bushland, it’s fair to say environmental restoration requires a little extra planning.
