Sustainability

Conserving our environment

Resimax Group places significant importance on sustainable development, looking to conserve and enhance natural resources as much as possible. As one of the largest owners of offset sites in Victoria, the active management of native vegetation and biodiversity is a key focus of the group. Furthermore, significant measures have been taken to ensure water conservation, treatment and passive irrigation are common practice throughout the township.

Water Treatment Plant

Resimax Group has also developed an on-site recycled water treatment plant which converts Class C water into Class A for use on Eynesbury’s Golf Course. This significantly reduces the amount of fresh water required for irrigation and will ensure the golf course is looking green all year round.

Class A Recycled Water

Each household has two water supplies – drinking and Class A water. Recycled water is treated to Class A standard and is supplied to homes through purple-coloured pipes. Each property will have two separate meters, one for drinking water and the other for recycled water.

Passive Irrigation

Given the west of Melbourne typically receives approximately half of Melbourne’s annual rainfall, it’s important to capture as much storm water runoff for passive irrigation of streetscapes. During the services planning phase, the engineers and landscape architects work hand in hand to maximise the number of passive irrigation pits to service as many street trees as possible. This also helps to reduce pollutants and minimise runoff into the existing creeks and river systems.

On-site Native Nursery

Resimax Group has plans to establish an on-site native nursery. Once established, it will be an environmentally friendly initiative that will utilise the on-site water treatment plant and supply native plant species direct from within the project to new front yards as they are landscaped.

Environmental Conservation Fund

While Resimax Group is continuing to build the Eynesbury township, Osey Pty Ltd preserves the future of environmentally significant sites throughout Victoria that share similar native flora and fauna with Eynesbury.

The management of these sites, under the ownership and control Osey, will be in accordance with agreements with the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning and Trust for Nature. This will ensure high quality, environmentally sound landscapes are maintained for future generations.

 

Fund Brochure

Our Offset Sites

Morrisons
This property features Grassy Dry Forest and Herb-rich Creek lines that support many of the native species that would have been found prior to European settlement in Eynesbury. These are now listed as threatened species in the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.
Buchan
Austral Tobacco (VE) is the most prominent of the Eynesbury species that has habitat preserved on this site.
A significant herb, Bear’s Ear (Cymbonotus lawsonianus) (VE), has been found on the property. 176 Hunter Lane is a ‘nature rich’ property. With steep ridges and a permanent creek containing habitat for over 50 threatened or endangered species being preserved.
Glenmore
There is a variety of environmental sites across this 463 hectare property. It is made up of native grassland, old woodlands, regenerating woodland, small eucalypt plantations and some paddocks that were used for cropping by a previous owner.
Kenley
Osey Pty Ltd is currently in the process of purchasing this property from Trust for Nature. The terms of the purchase ensure the protection of 187 hectares of native bushland, while providing habitat for over 100 species of Australian birds, animals and plant life. Over 650 large trees will
also be protected. This site is of particular interest as, like Eynesbury, it provides habitat for the Red-chested Button-quail (VE).
Parwan
Currently in the process of being purchased by Osey Pty Ltd. Preliminary inspections of this site show that it provides habitat for a thirty-two significant species that would also be found in Eynesbury before European settlement. Overlooking the Melton Reservoir, this site has riparian landscape and open woodland, both found in parts of Eynesbury. The rare Melbourne Yellow-gum (AE) is found on the site.
Parwan
With settlement due in December this year, it is expected that works will commence in the new year. Non-indigenous weeds such as prickly pear, serrated tussock and an old pine tree all have to be removed. Inspections to date have found that this site provides habitat for many species also found in Eynesbury; suitable for Small Golden Moths (ACE), (a yellow native orchid), the Grassland Earless Dragon (ACE) and the Velvet Daisy-bush (VE) to name just 3 of the 34 critical species habitat protected.