The Back Run, Ellendale, Central Highlands - The Back Run is one of the seven successful Round 1 Integrated Farm Forestry Demonstration Sites receiving grant funding to develop landscape scale best practice forestry plantings on their properties at Westerway and Ellendale.
Download PDFOwner | Tom and Sarah Clark |
Property name | The Back Run & Westerway |
Location | Ellendale, Central Highlands |
Property Size | Ellendale 205ha, Westerway 780ha |
Enterprise | Sheep, cattle and brassica seed crops |
Rainfall | 650-700 mm |
Soil type | Coarse sand over clay |
Forest area | 49ha |
The Back Run is one of the seven successful Round 1 Integrated Farm Forestry Demonstration Sites receiving grant funding to develop landscape scale best practice forestry plantings on their properties at Westerway and Ellendale. The Clarks purchased the demonstration sites property a few years ago, with some poor performing E.nitens established on the property. In 2021, a 35ha woodlot area was established using bare rooted seedlings, with a further 14ha being established in 2022. The Clark’s have successfully registered their plantings in the project through the Australian Government Clean Energy Regulator, Emission Reduction Fund plantation methodology. Through harvesting their ex E.nitens plantation and establishing P.radiata they were able to successfully demonstrate their project was eligible for Schedule 2 of the plantation methodology.