Allot 21 Walkers Rock Carbon Project

Allot 21 Walkers Rock Carbon Project is an environmental planting project located at Walkers Rock, approximately 10km north of the coastal town of Elliston on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It was registered in July 2025 and covers an area of 77.66 hectares.

Environmental planting projects under the 2024 FullCAM Reforestation methodology involve establishing and maintaining permanent plantings of a mix of native tree and shrub species. Standard requirements dictate that the species mix must be local to the planting area, reflecting the natural structure and composition of the local native vegetation community. These plantings must be managed to reach forest cover, which typically requires planting at a minimum density (often at least 200 stems per hectare) to eventually achieve a minimum of 20% crown cover and a height of at least 2 meters.

The Elliston region is known for broadacre agriculture, primarily sheep grazing and cereal cropping such as wheat and barley, alongside coastal tourism and commercial fishing. The area experiences a semi-arid, Mediterranean climate with relatively low, winter-dominant rainfall averaging around 425mm to 440mm annually. Soils in this coastal part of the Eyre Peninsula are typically highly calcareous sandy loams and limestone-rich coastal sands, which can present agricultural challenges like high alkalinity and subsoil constraints.

Interestingly, Walkers Rock is a prominent local landmark famous for its popular beachfront campground and 4WD access. The carbon project borders the broader Lake Newland Conservation Park ecosystem, meaning these newly established native plantings will likely provide valuable habitat connectivity in a windswept, coastal agricultural landscape. In addition to this site, the project proponents, Andrew Michael Freeman and Ian James Quinn, are also behind the Sec 266 Bramfield Carbon Project, another local environmental planting initiative registered in the Elliston region in 2023.