Ekmelco Pty Ltd

Owners of the Worst Plantation of the Year Award 2010!

Two Shareholders

Title holders: Allotment 51E, Parish of Mirboo South, South Gippsland, Victoria.

Absentee landholders of 88ha pine plantation in Turtons Creek Catchment (Domestic Water Supply for Dumbalk and Meeinyan).

Shire of South Gippsland.

The following images were taken (June 2010).

June 2010: Tributary of Turtons Creek. Yes this is a domestic water supply. Note build up of water in gully line.

June 2010: Tributary of Turtons Creek. Appalling roading and lack of drainage inside plantation.

ditto.

June 2010: Turtons Creek tributary, collapsing road batters have effectively dammed the drainage line leading to a build up fo water running down steep slopes of plantation.

Road to nowehere.

Another view of roading woes leading to backup of water.

Collapsing batters in heavily erodable soils.

The new dam wall.

A breach in the dam wall.

Run off from the breach.

Back up of turbid water in Turtons Creek tributary.

ditto

A good view of the collapsing batters and new South Gippsland tourist attraction.

ditto

Yes this is a creek crossing a few hundred metres from the new dam.

Creek crossing two in a domestic water supply.

Another view of the dam.

Another view of the creek crossing.

Smouldering logs in a flooded out landscape!

Another non-existent creek crossing.

Dam wall, including breach of recently burnt out plantation.

Drainage line above collapsing batter, another non-included culvert, leading to runoff problems.

Quite steep.

View from Central Road.