At 76, a retired Australian doctor restored 120 hectares of a 200-hectare property with thousands of native trees, turning a long-term conservation project into a legacy for future generations
- Photo credit: Stuart Walmsley/The GuardianWhen Susan Downes bought an old farmhouse in York, Western Australia, she had imagined a quiet life in the countryside, with a small garden to look after.
- Instead, she found herself the owner of a 200-hectare property, including a hill where old native trees had survived more than a century of grazing but much of the vegetation beneath them had disappeared.
- Nearly two decades later, the 76-year-old retired general practitioner has turned a substantial part of the land into a conservation project.
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- Photo credit: Stuart Walmsley/The GuardianWhen Susan Downes bought an old farmhouse in York, Western Australia, she had imagined a quiet life in the countryside, with a small garden to look after.
- Instead, she found herself the owner of a 200-hectare property, including a hill where old native trees had survived more than a century of grazing but much of the vegetation beneath them had disappeared.
- Nearly two decades later, the 76-year-old retired general practitioner has turned a substantial part of the land into a conservation project.
Sources: Times of India