Sunday Morning Hills Revegetation

Sunday Morning Hills Revegetation is an environmental planting project located in Glenalbyn, Victoria, approximately 20 kilometers southwest of Wedderburn and 25 kilometers northeast of St Arnaud. Registered in March 2015, the project covers nearly 172 hectares of land that was historically used for agriculture, specifically grazing. The property is situated in the Loddon Shire within the "Box-Ironbark" country, a region characterized by its dry sclerophyll forests and granitic landscapes adjoining the Kooyoora State Park.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings-FullCAM) Methodology Determination 2014. This methodology typically requires establishing permanent native vegetation at a density sufficient to achieve forest cover, often exceeding 200 stems per hectare. For this specific site, the proponent Greenfleet planted over 120,000 native trees in 2014 using a mix of direct seeding and seedling planting. The species mix includes Yellow Gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon), Grey Box, Hickory Wattle, and the critically endangered Buloke (Allocasuarina luehmannii), designed to restore local "Low Rise Grassy Woodland" ecosystems.

The region experiences a temperate to semi-arid climate with a mean annual rainfall of approximately 500mm. The soils in the Glenalbyn and Kooyoora area are often granitic, sandy loams, or duplex soils, which can be prone to erosion when cleared. Consequently, a secondary objective of the project was to stabilize drainage erosion across the property using the new vegetation. The restored habitat now supports native wildlife such as the Yellow Footed Antechinus and serves as a biodiversity corridor connecting to the nearby Mt Brenanah forest.