00:00This might look like a bit of a mess, but it's work that could future-proof WA's number
00:08one tourist destination.
00:11Here on the Kings Park escarpment, 42 big 100-year-old trees had to be removed because
00:16of the shothole borer, but the park is using it as an opportunity.
00:20That project is a combination of reprofiling works, restoration works and drainage improvements
00:27to manage the kind of increased risks that we might have associated with land slip resulting
00:31from the tree removals.
00:33Up at the top of the hill, special drainage cells are being installed underground to slow
00:37the infiltration of water and stop it running off the slope causing a land slip.
00:42It also keeps the water available to the plants and trees.
00:45We know with climate change, drying climate, more irregular rainfall patterns, these kind
00:49of improvements are really important to the ongoing resilience of our collections.
00:53It's also a chance to rehabilitate the area.
00:56This year we've got 20,000, just over 20,000 plants to put back in, which is a great achievement.
01:01Last year we did 20,000 in another location.
01:04And then going forward we're looking at doing potentially 30,000 per year the next few years.
01:09These seedlings have been propagated from seeds and cuttings collected from plants naturally
01:14growing along the escarpment.
01:15I've got some scovolas, similar to the malaleuca's, really great for that soil binding.
01:21It's planting day, and once it's finished the trails will all be reopened to the public.
01:26Botanists expect it to be a huge success.
01:30Much like this section just up the road, which has only been in for a year but is already
01:34thriving.
01:35We're seeing fauna returning into the area that we hadn't seen in there before.
01:39Native species for the wind.
01:40We're seeing fauna returning into the area that we hadn't seen in there before.
01:42Native species for the wind.
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