Wunman Njinde – welcome to the start of our 500-year journey
Our journey started more than a decade ago when the Phillipson family from the Maffra region of Gippsland, purchased a couple of properties in the Avon wilderness region. They began restoring and connecting these landscapes to allow the free movement of plants and animals and, in doing so, became even more committed to private land conservation as a force for good. EcoGipps is now transforming into a not-for-profit organisation to help individuals, groups and families identify, purchase and protect properties and find innovative ways of sharing them with the community. Visit us again soon to see how this exciting venture develops. In the meantime, you can learn more about our work via the Rendere Trust.
EcoGipps sits on the Lands of the Gunaikurnai people. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Gunaikurnai Land, and throughout Australia, and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners, Custodians and Elders both past and present.
“A thriving living landscape for people and nature”
Through targeted landscape-scale restoration and conservation actions, ecological research and community engagement, EcoGipps can play a much larger role in restoring and conserving these living landscapes for the benefit of our vulnerable species and future generations.
What and Where
Situated 200km east of Melbourne in the Macalister/Avon and Strzelecki Bioregions, EcoGipps currently consists of five diverse properties. Four of the properties encompass riparian woodland and lowland grassland from the edge of the Macalister River to the heart of the Avon Wilderness Park. Our fifth property holds endangered damp forests in the Eastern Strzelecki ranges with lush riparian vegetation, large tree ferns and old-growth trees.
Why and how
Biodiversity loss and climate change are the crisis of our time. The team at EcoGipps is passionate about reversing these trends. Through our biolink corridor, we can directly
safeguard species and habitats and promote landscape restoration.
Properties
Our five properties all have a distinct character, defined by their habitats and topography.
Four of the properties total over 1000 acres reclaimed from former staging posts when cattle were driven through the Avon Wilderness to the alpine peaks for grazing. Our fifth property provides 51 hectares of habitat core for the Strzelecki Koala in the Eastern Strzelecki ranges.
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