Project Paradise – Restoration Works Underway
This video was filmed at the Project Paradise restoration area, on the southern side of the orchard, where planting has begun for the 2025 stage of a 100-hectare restoration project.
Despite hot and humid conditions, the team has made strong progress establishing the next section of the site, which is being restored to reconnect two national parks and create a long-term wildlife corridor.
What’s happening on site
- A wide mix of native species is being planted, including banksia, melaleuca and eucalyptus
- All seedlings are flagged to protect them during weed control and spraying
- Inter-rows are being restored using mechanical seeding, where native seed is lightly buried to establish dense ground cover
- Rows are spaced at around 6 metres, with the aim of returning the whole area to thick, continuous bush
- Temporary irrigation is in place to support establishment during the early stages
Early results from the mechanical seeding are already visible, with strong emergence across multiple native species.
Working together on Country
The project is being delivered with support from Wild Projects, an Indigenous youth organisation working across the Bundaberg and Wide Bay region, alongside Red Ash nursery.
Wild Projects brings Indigenous youth onto Country to take part in real, hands-on restoration work. The focus is on learning by doing — understanding not just how to plant, but why particular species belong in certain places, and how cultural knowledge and science work together in land restoration.
As shared in the video, the work is about more than planting trees. It’s about:
- restoring habitat corridors
- reconnecting Country
- passing on knowledge through shared work
- supporting healthy land and healthy communities
Why this matters
Project Paradise is a long-term investment in landscape restoration alongside productive agriculture. It reflects the way environmental repair, cultural knowledge, and practical land management can sit together on the same site.
Thanks to everyone involved on the ground — including project partners, nursery teams, and the young people taking part in the work.
