Half an hour’s drive from Gunnedah is Breeza Station, a farm owned by Andrew and Cynthia Pursehouse and operated by the couple and their eldest son, James. Since 1986, they have been growing cotton, which is now their main crop, alongside corn and seasonal crops such as legumes and wheat. Working together with Landcare Australia, they have revegetated 15 hectares of habitat for koalas by planting 3,000 trees along the Mooki River. The Biodiversity Project on Breeza Station also includes planting botanical species to increase the presence of pollinators, small birds and microbats in the area.
“This project will help the koala corridor that was put in during the 90s between Breeza and Caroona. We’ve got some big tall trees that survived from that project, but a lot that didn’t survive. The appeal to us of Country Road and Landcare Australia being together is that it’s not just about planting the trees, it’s actually about looking after them in the future as well.” – Andrew Pursehouse
Read more about the Purehouse Family project.
Words have been adapted from content by Country Road.
