Significant roadside vegetation

The Shire boasts an extraordinary range of vegetation communities due to the different soil types and considerable variation in rainfall across the shire. Many of these vegetation communities are now only represented on roadsides.

Roadside vegetation

What is a vegetation community?

It is a collection of plant types that generally appear in groups in a certain location.

What is special about roadsides?

  • Roadsides provide wildlife corridors that link isolated areas of bushland
  • They give clues to the type of vegetation that would have grown naturally prior to clearing
  • They are an important source of seed revegetation activities by Landcare and other groups

Our Roadside Management Plan

Roadsides are used and managed by many different people and organisations for various purposes.  Grazing, slashing, spraying, removing rocks and firewood can adversely affect the native vegetation. Some of these actions require prior approval from Council.

Our Roadside Management Plan provides an ongoing resource to identify and maintain our roadsides.

Please contact us for more information or download the Roadside Action Plan(PDF, 2MB).

To find out more scroll down to our frequently asked questions.

FAQs - Actions you can / can’t do on roadsides

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