All Her Fault
All Her Fault is a mystery thriller series produced by Carnival Films with production services from Matchbox Pictures – both part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group. Filmed primarily in Melbourne, the series prioritized sustainability on set – and with assistance from the cast and crew, the show achieved Australian firsts for a film & TV production.
Matchbox Pictures has partnered with Wilderlands to purchase 15,000 Biological Diversity Units (BDUs) – each BDU representing one square metre of land that will be protected, managed, and cared for on their behalf. As a token of appreciation to the production crew for their collective efforts to reduce the production’s environmental impact with everything from electric vehicles to plastic-free catering, 5,000 BDUs were gifted in their name. The remaining 10,000 BDUs will be retired in Matchbox Pictures’ name to support permanent protection of these natural habitats
Biodiversity units are a newer approach to conservation that supports the long-term management of ecologically valuable land. Wilderlands works with owners of land to place it under permanent protection through conservation covenant regulations and supervises its on-going management with custodians and expert ecologists for at least 20 years or until the ecosystem has returned to normal balance. Each biodiversity unit is geotagged, certified, and independently registered, and Wilderlands’ software enables purchasers to track and receive regular reports on their biodiversity units and the impact of the care.
The production has chosen to support the Coorong Lakes project – an ecologically rich, culturally significant region in South Australia – as the home of this legacy.
Coorong Lakes
Coorong Lakes is located south of Meningie in South Australia, at the south-east edge of the extensive Coorong Lakes system. The reserve is owned and managed by Cassinia Environmental as a conservation reserve in partnership with the Ngarrindjeri people.
About Coorong Lakes
The Coorong Lakes region is located south of Meningie in South Australia. The reserve is owned and managed by Cassinia Environmental as a conservation reserve in partnership with local Ngarrindjeri people.
The Coorong Lakes Project complements the internationally important wetland systems of Lake Alexandrina, Lake Albert, and the Coorong Lagoons, with the diversity of ecosystems making a significant contribution to the importance of this area. Rising above low-lying saline wetland communities of samphire and melaleuca shrublands are sandy dune systems of mallee and heathy woodlands, host to a rich diversity of native plants and animals.
The project is home to a rich diversity of native birds with a total of 64 species identified, including the Purple-gaped Honeyeater (Lichenostomus cratitius) which is listed as rare under the SA National Parks and Wildlife Act.
Amongst the primary objectives for this project are landscape protection, habitat connectivity, community partnership, and the opportunity for sustainable livelihoods delivering healthy country outcomes.
The number of species is considerably high given that the surrounding landscape has been heavily impacted by land clearing and grazing and species such as the Purple-gaped Honeyeater, Black-eared Cuckoo, Shy Heathwren and Elegant Parrot are not particularly common.
The native plant diversity in the Coorong Lakes Project reached a total of 223 species in the most recent monitoring reports, with the noteworthy addition of Slender Smoke-bush (Conospermum patens), a species regarded as endangered under the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is, however, the native orchid diversity that continues to standout with over 30 species recorded including the world’s largest known populations (on private land) of the nationally endangered Metallic Sun-orchid (Thelymitra epipactoides) – one of Australia’s largest and most impressive sun-orchids.
Coorong Lakes is a rare pocket of intact native remnant vegetation in a region that has largely been cleared for agriculture.
Where are All Her Faults' biodiversity credits located?
The project is home to five vegetation communities including Mallee Woodlands, Banksia Shrublands, Melaleuca Shrublands & Samphire Shrublands. Whilst Goodman Group’s geotagged biodiversity units are located within the zones below, the conservation activities occurring across the property take a landscape approach to management.
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All Her Fault Units In These Zones
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Desert Banksia & Sand-heath Grasstree Shrubland
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Mallee Honey-myrtle
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Swamp paperbark shrubland
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Saline Samphire Low Shrublands
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Coastal White Mallee
Sustainability on All Her Fault
Sustainability Was No Mystery on the Set of All Her Fault
The commitment to protect a patch of precious biodiversity was one of many sustainability initiatives on All Her Fault.
Flagship Species
The project is home to threatened fauna including the Purple-gaped Honeyeater (Lichenostomus cratitius) which is listed as rare under the SA National Parks and Wildlife Act as well as threatened flora species including the Slender Smoke-bush, Metallic Sun-orchid, Cleland’s Beard-heath , and Limestone Needlebush.
Purple-gaped Honeyeater
Lichenostomus cratitius
In South Australia, the Purple-gaped Honeyeater is considered rare under the National Parks and Wildlife Act. This small, plain honeyeater is found in mallee woodland and heathland across southern Australia, including parts of southwestern Western Australia. It can be described as being olive-brown above, paler below, with a grey crown and a dark grey cheek patch edged in yellow. A thin purple line separates its throat from its ear coverts, and it has an entirely black bill. Its calls include loud squeaks and a rattling trill.
Slender Smoke-bush
Conospermum patens
Slender Smoke-bush is classified as globally endangered according to the IUCN Red List. The Slender Smoke-bush, thrives in the dry heathlands and woodlands of South Australia and western Victoria. This shrub, standing at about 1m, is distinguished by its branches adorned with fine, whitish hairs. To date, only 4 individuals have been located on the property.
Cleland's Beard-heath
Styphelia clelandii
Cleland’s Beard-heath is a delicate shrub, about 30 cm tall, and features branchlets with soft hairs. Its unique leaves, broadly ovate and less than 6mm long, extend horizontally or curve backwards from the branches, displaying a discolourous pattern with a smooth upper surface and a papillose lower side.
From April to September, it flowers with small, solitary or paired white flowers in leaf axils, attracting various insects and birds with its nectar. Its fruit, a drupe, is favoured by birds and lizards.
Metallic Sun-orchid
Thelymitra epipactoides
The Metallic Sun-orchid is a nationally endangered species. As one of Australia’s largest sun orchids, it gets its name from the shimmering, metallic bronze appearance of its flowers.
Like most native orchids, it has an intricate relationship with specific insect pollinators and soil fungi. It begins to flower in August, with flowers that open solely in full, direct sunlight. Unfortunately, the orchid faces numerous threats due to urbanisation, agriculture, and changes in land management practices which have significantly reduced the available habitat for this species.
Monitoring Report
Project Report: Coorong Lakes (March 2025)
Wilderlands Annual Project Report for the Coorong Lakes project provides insight into the management and monitoring activity that has occurred over the past year and highlights key results and findings of significance.
Conservation Partner
The Coorong Lakes project is owned and co-managed by Cassinia Environmental as a conservation reserve in partnership with the Ngarrindjeri people.
Wilderlands work closely with these organisations who perform active management of pest plants and animals across the reserve as is required under the conservation agreement these landowners have entered into with the South Australian Government. The agreement is registered on the land title to permanently control land-use and management ensuring protection and conservation.
For both Wilderlands and Cassinia, collaborating with Ngarrindjeri people for co-management and sharing of knowledge is a high priority.
Wilderlands have selected Cassinia Environmental as our conservation partner across a number of projects given their deep expertise in managing land for conservation outcomes.
Over the past 20 years they have delivered over 100 landscape scale projects across four states for a diverse range of stakeholders, including State and Federal Governments, international corporations, NGOs, and Traditional Owners.
Species Highlight
Special Edition: Scaly species of the Coorong
Discover the creatures uncovered by the Wilderlands team during a recent trip to the Coorong focused around pitfall trapping to monitor for small-ground dwelling animals, invertebrates, mammals, reptiles and amphibians.
Monitoring
Wilderlands undertake various monitoring activities throughout the year. These activities include standardised bird surveys, quadrats, transects, tree density and size distribution assessments, photopoint monitoring, passive acoustic recording, as well as deployment of remote cameras. As of 2024, we have partnered with TAFE SA Aboriginal Access Centre and Ngarrindjeri to undertake pitfall trapping and nest box monitoring.
Photopoints
Floristic quadrats
Transects
Bird surveys
Remote cameras
All Her Fault Visits Coorong Lake
Highlights from our corporate immersion to the Coorong
Explore the magical moments from our first immersion to the Coorong Lakes project alongside a group of leaders from some of Australia’s largest companies.
Biological Diversity Units (BDU’s)
How do Wilderlands Create Biodiversity Credits?
At the Coorong Lakes site, one BDU equates to one square metre of land permanently protected to maintain and enhance the integrity of its biological diversity. In South Australia, these units are defined and issued by the South Australian Government via a State-managed registry.
Cassinia, the Coorong Lakes landowner, voluntarily “retires” these statutory compliance units, so they can’t be used as a compliance offset.
Wilderlands geotags each unit and registers the now “voluntary” units on the independently managed Vegetation Link registry – effectively creating the Biological Diversity Units. When you purchase these units, each purchase is linked to a certificate of Sale issued by Vegetation Link.
Periodic inspections are conducted by the South Australian Government, with additional monitoring conducted by Wilderlands Ecologists.
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