Case Studies

When asked about their carbon project, Andrew and Megan Mosely are quick to point out that it’s been so much more than just a carbon project. For their Cobar-based grazing business, it’s been a complete game changer.

Tallering Station is an old sheep station in remote WA with a rich and long history. Part of the vast Australian Rangelands, Tallering was first used for grazing in the 1860s and construction of the homestead, which still stands today, began in 1903. Managed by the Alan Hamilton since 2017, Tallering is now a thriving cattle station and home to over 75,500ha of regenerating native forest.

Everdale lies west south west of Cobar, NSW, in the Cobar Shire. The property is Site #8 in the Darling River Conservation Initiative and is approximately 14,601 hectares in size.

Kulwin rests among the red soils and undulating ridges of the Cobar Peneplain in NSW. It’s been run as a sheep grazing enterprise by Jenni and Bernard Rogers since 2003, but an influx of feral goats and rogue stock from surrounding areas was playing havoc with the land, leading to soil erosion, gully damage, and the destruction of precious native habitat.

Darling River Eco Corridor #36 is situated in Paroo River overflow country and adjoining the Ramsar listed Nocoleche Nature Reserve in north-western New South Wales. As the last free-flowing river in the Murray Darling Basin, the Paroo is home to rare fauna and flora, including water birds and Yapunyah trees. 

Darling River Eco Corridor #34 is a regeneration project that covers three properties in the Bourke Shire, New South Wales. The landholder, Tony Pattrick, was initially nervous about carbon farming, but the area was going through a major drought and financial support for his livestock business was essential.

North west of Bourke in New South Wales, Lakemere Station has been under the care of Jim and Annabel Strachan since the early 1980’s.
The Strachans are well versed in land management, and understand that inhabiting such a dry and sparse landscape does not come without its hardships. Despite their best efforts, the combination of long-term grazing, drought, and feral animal suppression had taken a toll on regenerating vegetation across the landscape.

The Ashwood Native Forest Protection Project is located near Cobar, New South Wales. It spreads across two properties and is under the care of Keith and Glen Francisco and their families.

Resting within the Great Barrier Reef Catchment area, Stonehaven is a multi-generational grazing enterprise run by fifth generation farmers, Dan and Emma-Jane Burnham. The Burnhams have chosen to step away from the clearing regimes of their forebears and committed to stop broadscale clearing by changing the way they manage their enterprise.