SPOTTING A KOALA IN the bush is a life-affirming experience for any nature-loving Australian. When Sharon and Russell Costin recently sighted one in a tree they planted 40 years ago at Limpinwood Botanic Gardens and Nursery, their business and home in the north-east of New South Wales on the traditional lands of the Bundjalung nation, it confirmed the value of their lifelong dedication to our homegrown ecology.
The couple’s Tweed Shire property backs onto Limpinwood Nature Reserve and Lamington National