Wetlands
Building a home for more than people
Some of Beyond Today's first "residents" will not have to pay a cent for the new homes.
The 57 hectares of wetlands within Beyond will provide a magnificent outlook from your property whilst creating a new habitat for many species of native birds and animals.
The restoration and re-creation of a large scale native ephemeral wetland/estuarine eco-system is already being hailed as a best practice educational model project for the benefit of the environment and future generations. It will involve:
- Construction of an extensive wetland basin to collect, treat and store stormwater, prior to it entering the Southern Ocean;
- Large scale plantings of endemic native species. Over 100,000 have already been planted and an additional 15,000 will be planted this year and into 2008;
- Restoration and earth works on severely eroded drainage creek line and saline affected floodplain; and
- Creating large scale native habitat and wetland estuarine ecosystem for the benefit of reintroduced aquatic life and a feeding/nesting habitat for native bird life including estuarine wading birds.
It is estimated the site will create a habitat for about 120 different species of birds.
The project will be used as a demonstration and educational project for field environmental education purposes for schools, tertiary, broader community and farming community in SA.
The planting of native species, including native trees, grasses and reintroduced estuarine plants, will provide a seed bank for other environmental restoration projects in SA, particularly across the Fleurieu Peninsula and nearby Murray River lakes and Coorong systems.