Floydia Bushland Reserve
Greg Downes had a vision of transforming an overgrown piece of bushland west of Woombye into a native tropical rainforest. After removing tens of thousands of weeds, including camphor laurels and lantana from the 13 hectare site at the headwaters of Petrie Creek, Mr Downes and representatives from the Petrie Creek Catchment Group planted more than 15,000 trees to build up the rainforest, which had been depleted following years of clearing for farmland. In doing so, he was able to save a number of plant species listed as rare or threatened with extinction. The Floydia Bushland Conservation Reserve named after the Floydia species of trees including Waratahs was officially opened on 01/03/2008 Date named: 3 January 2008