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From 2017 to 2025, Officeworks and Greening Australia partnered to deliver Restoring Australia, an initiative that has planted 2 million trees across 2,664 hectares!

Together, we set out to make a lasting, positive difference to Australian ecosystems, with Officeworks advancing their goal of revitalising landscapes as part of its broader People and Planet Positive Plan. In the process we achieved:

8

years of partnership

2 million

trees planted

200

landholders involved

2,664

hectares planted

235

sites planted

13

priority regions

About the Restoring Australia initiative

Restoring Australia was a national program designed to regenerate degraded Australian landscapes and restore vital wildlife habitat. Through this initiative, Officeworks and Greening Australia worked together to restore and conserve priority landscapes across the country, improving biodiversity and reconnecting fragmented bushland.

The program created and improved habitat for a range of threatened species including the Eastern Barred Bandicoot, Eastern Quoll, Eastern Bettong, Regent Honeyeater, Swift Parrot, Corangamite Water Skink and Brolga, helping to reverse their decline and support population recovery. By working closely with local landholders, the initiative also strengthened the productivity and ecological resilience of farming landscapes, improving shade and shelter for livestock while enhancing the health of soil and waterways.

About the Restoring Australia initiative

Restoring Australia was a national program designed to regenerate degraded Australian landscapes and restore vital wildlife habitat. Through this initiative, Officeworks and Greening Australia worked together to restore and conserve priority landscapes across the country, improving biodiversity and reconnecting fragmented bushland.

The program created and improved habitat for a range of threatened species including the Eastern Barred Bandicoot, Eastern Quoll, Eastern Bettong, Regent Honeyeater, Swift Parrot, Corangamite Water Skink and Brolga, helping to reverse their decline and support population recovery. By working closely with local landholders, the initiative also strengthened the productivity and ecological resilience of farming landscapes, improving shade and shelter for livestock while enhancing the health of soil and waterways.

Key project regions

Over eight years, the Restoring Australia partnership brought new life to 235 sites across Australia. In the Southern Highlands, 55,294 trees were planted to restore migratory habitat for the critically endangered Regent Honeyeater and Swift Parrot. On Kangaroo Island, 40,000 trees were planted to expand feeding habitat for the endangered Kangaroo Island Glossy Black-Cockatoo, which depends on Drooping Sheoak cones for food. In Gippsland’s Strzelecki Ranges, 183,010 trees were planted to recreate habitat corridors for species such as the Greater Glider and Strzelecki Koala.

Explore the map below to see where we made an impact together:

 

 

The first site: Julian von Bibra, Tasmanian Midlands

The first Restoring Australia seedlings were planted in 2017 on the farm of fourth-generation sheep grazier Julian von Bibra in Tasmania’s Midlands. Since that first planting, over 190,000 trees have taken root across 275 hectares. The restoration of land has been felt firsthand by Julian, who has seen an immediate micro-climate change on his property together with improved river health and water quality and renewed biodiversity of the land with native animals returning and bird life increasing.

 

“As farmers and landholders, it’s not just about the produce we take to market, we have the responsibility to manage the landscape for future generations and at times this can feel overwhelming. Having the support of Greening Australia and Officeworks is so important, it makes the bigger picture more achievable and provides the resource, expertise and funding to restore parts of the landscape in ways that complement our agricultural needs.” – Julian von Bibra

The first site: Julian von Bibra, Tasmanian Midlands

The first Restoring Australia seedlings were planted in 2017 on the farm of fourth-generation sheep grazier Julian von Bibra in Tasmania’s Midlands. Since that first planting, over 190,000 trees have taken root across 275 hectares. The restoration of land has been felt firsthand by Julian, who has seen an immediate micro-climate change on his property together with improved river health and water quality and renewed biodiversity of the land with native animals returning and bird life increasing.

 

“As farmers and landholders, it’s not just about the produce we take to market, we have the responsibility to manage the landscape for future generations and at times this can feel overwhelming. Having the support of Greening Australia and Officeworks is so important, it makes the bigger picture more achievable and provides the resource, expertise and funding to restore parts of the landscape in ways that complement our agricultural needs.” – Julian von Bibra

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More from our landholders

Roderic O’Connor, Tassie Midlands

“Wonderful to see Australian companies like Officeworks getting behind and investing heavily in native vegetation restoration plantings. Good for the Country, good for the environment and good for the farmer. Without Officeworks investment, farmers would be unable to undertake this vital task due to its size, cost, and complexity. Officeworks partnering with Greening Australia has been a wonderful fit for our operation.”​

Roderic O’Connor, Landholder

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Alan Noble, Kangaroo Island SA

“My late wife Susie and I purchased the property in Jan 2018. Susie and I have always cared greatly about nature. We saw this project as a way to restore some coastal habitat that had been ravaged by almost two centuries of farming. The reveg project happened in 2018. I lost Susie to brain cancer in 2020, but she would be excited to see how we’re transforming the property.”

Alan Noble, Landholder
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Bill Nosworthy, Eyre Peninsula SA

“The grazing has been much more successful with the tree coverage than it was prior. The cover of the trees gives us a longer green season and a better base of the plants that are growing understorey. Increased productivity and the increased survival rate of the young are the sort of benefits that you get. So it’s a better outcome for animal welfare, as well as for the environmental welfare.”

Bill Nosworthy, Landholder

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Alice Armistead, VIC Volcanic Plains

“We’ve lived in the Victorian Volcanic Plains for 17 years. We thought we’d make use of our barriers, which are useless for grazing, to plant shelterbelts to protect our pasture, cattle and calves, and at the same time provide an environment for other native species to thrive. When we plant trees, we don’t necessarily plant for ourselves, we plant for the next person.”

Alice Armistead, Landholder

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Ruth Cripps, WA Wheatbelt

Back in 2020 we planted this site in sandy soils just west of Beverley with Banksias and Marris in the mix. Just last year the landholder Gan called me, ecstatic to see Carnaby’s Black Cockatoos foraging on the flowering Banksias. Building habitat for these gorgeous, threatened birds was the plan all along, but he was amazed to see it happen. It’s fair to say Gan wants to do more, in fact now he wants to create a wildlife sanctuary for native fauna releases!

Ruth Cripps, Land and Restoration Lead Greening Australia 

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Reflections on the partnership

“At Officeworks, we’re committed to putting people and the planet at the heart of what we do. We’re so proud that our customers, team members and partners came together through the Restoring Australia program to rejuvenate Australian landscapes and make this milestone possible. By enhancing biodiversity and improving habitat for threatened species today, we’re helping to preserve ecological resilience for future generations.”

Fiona Lawrie, Head of Corporate Affairs
Officeworks

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