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 at Teebar, approximately 55km west 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 involve establishing and maintaining a new plantation forest for the commercial harvesting of wood products. Under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Plantation Forestry) Methodology Determination 2022, carbon is sequestered both through the physical growth of the trees and within the harvested wood products over the long term.

The Teebar and broader Wide Bay-Burnett area is historically known for beef cattle grazing, mixed farming, and timber operations on remnant native vegetation. The region experiences a sub-tropical climate with moderate to high rainfall, and the landscape typically features texture-contrast soils such as chromosols and clay loams.

An interesting aspect of this site is the proponent, CN Hawthorne Pty Ltd, who is acting as a trustee for the CN Hawthorne Self-Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF). This makes it a unique, micro-scale initiative where a private retirement trust is investing directly in carbon farming.