
Recognising that farming cannot thrive without a healthy landscape, David and Louise are passionate advocates for sustainable and ethical land management.Over the last 13 years, they have led significant conservation work across the property, including:
More recently, their focus has expanded to dark‑sky preservation, exploring how light pollution affects wildlife and participating in Bogong moth monitoring to support broader ecological understanding. Join us to hear more about how Highfield is balancing ecotourism, biodiversity and sustainable farming at our upcoming event on 16 April - Taking back the night: celebrating our nocturnal environment

In what is thought to be an Australian first, a portable PIT (Passive Integrated Transponder) reader has been installed in Adjungbilly Creek to help scientists track the movements of the endangered Macquarie Perch.
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We lacked information on the aquatic wildlife of the Upper Billabong catchment, so using Citizen Science - the Refreshing Rivers iNaturalist project and eDNA tests, we have gathered 1,672 observations across the catchment and also completed 9 eDNA profiles in local waterways.
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Courtesy of the Refreshing Upper Billabong project, we have a limited number of tubestock suitable for planting both instream and along creek banks to reduce erosion and create habitat.
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