Buckley Biodiverse Carbon Offset Planting

Seedlings grown from seeds collected from remnant vegetation along nearby road reserves are being planted.

The species planted so far include:

• Lightwood (Acacia implexa)
• Black Wattle (Acacia mearnsii)
• Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon)
• Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha)
• Varnish Wattle (Acacia verniciflua)
• Black Sheoak (Allocasuarina littoralis)
• Drooping Sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata)
• Sweet Bursaria (Bursaria spinosa)
• Sticky Hop Bush (Dodonaea viscosa)
• Swamp Gum (Eucalyptus ovata)
• Manna Gum (Eucalyptus viminalis)
• Hop Goodenia (Goodenia ovata)
• Bushy Needlewood (Hakea decurrens)

The selected plants flower at different times, grow to different heights and have different characteristics such as prickly branches and hollows in later life.

These different features offer habitat for many species, particularly birds, in amongst largely cleared farmland.

Surf Coast Shire staff are working with:

• Torquay Landcare Group
• Rotary
• Friends of Lake Modewarre
• Moriac Primary School
• Bellbrae Primary School
• Surf Coast Secondary College

Modelling estimates that in 25 years' time the cumulative carbon stored will be around 900 tonnes.