Hawthorne Farm Plantation Forestry Project - Teebar QLD (Low Risk Pathway)

Hawthorne Farm Plantation Forestry Project - Teebar QLD (Low Risk Pathway) is a plantation forestry project located in Teebar, approximately 55km west-southwest of Maryborough in the Fraser Coast region of Queensland. It was registered on May 6, 2026, and covers a compact area of 3.43 hectares.

Plantation forestry projects under the 2022 Methodology Determination sequester carbon by establishing and maintaining a new plantation forest specifically for the commercial harvesting of wood products. To be eligible, standard requirements dictate that the project area must not have had native forest removed within the previous seven years. The methodology operates by tracking the long-term average carbon stock that is sequestered in the forest and subsequently locked away in harvested wood products, relative to a baseline scenario.

The region around Teebar is traditionally known for mixed farming, timber operations, and beef cattle grazing on native vegetation. The environment is characterised by a sub-tropical climate with high summer rainfall averaging around 700mm to 1000mm annually. Soils in the local valleys and agricultural areas often consist of podzolics on slopes, transitioning into prairie soils and cracking clays (vertosols).

An interesting aspect of this site is its scale and direct financial backing. Operating as a micro-scale plantation forestry project, it serves as a unique vehicle for a private retirement trust to invest directly in carbon farming. The proponent, CN Hawthorne Pty Ltd, is acting as a trustee for the CN Hawthorne Self-Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF).