Riverbend Natural Capital.
Environmental Account.
Environmental Account ID: AU00052
Account Holder: The Trustee for Stewart Family Trust
Location: Grantville, Victoria, Australia
Purpose: To measure condition and track change over time and better inform land management options to improve biodiversity values and soil health.
Current land use: Grazing
Environment type: Gippsland Plain
Total Property Area: 311.4 ha
Account Area: 311.4 ha
Environmental Asset Account.
Environmental Asset Account ID: AU00052V1
Status: Certified - AfN Verified
Asset Area: 311.4 ha (100% of Property)
Assets: Native Vegetation
Method: AfN-METHOD-NV-06
Environmental Asset Account.
Environmental Asset Account ID: AU00052S1
Status: Certified - AfN Verified
Asset Area: 255.2 ha (82% of Property)
Assets: Soil and Sediment
Method: AfN-METHOD-S-02
Certification Passport.
About the account.
Riverbend is a 311.4-hectare grazing farm located in the picturesque Bass Coast locality of The Gurdies. The property is situated on the Gippsland Plains overlooking the Bass River. The property has been in the family for 154 years and has always been managed as a beef and/or sheep operation. The stock are rotationally grazed throughout the property based on seasonal conditions and feed availability.
The property is predominantly cleared, apart from one large remnant area, which is approximately 20 hectares in size. This remnant is protected under a Trust for Nature conservation covenant. There are also numerous areas of revegetation on the farm, including the Bass River frontage.
Deep gradational soil profiles are characteristic of the area. Soil orders are Dermosol throughout the property.
The reasoning for producing this environmental account is to measure ecosystem condition and track change over time to better inform regenerative land management practices, enhance ecosystem function and set targets for improvement.
Account location.
Annual certification compliance & material disclosures.
No current disclosures relating to this account.
About the Account Holder.
The Account Holder is The Trustee for Stewart Family Trust, which operates the property primarily as a beef enterprise, with sheep included for diversification. The farm balances commercial productivity with a strong focus on improving soil health and biodiversity and contains substantial paddock trees and approximately 60 acres of covenant-protected remnant vegetation.
Last update: 20 January 2026