This trail of caches takes you along a section of the Old Stuart Highway – the original alignment built in World War Two to speed supplies to frontline Australia north of the 13th parallel.
Buffel grass is an introduced plant in the NT for soil errosion control and live stock feed. Unfortunately, with any introduced plant or animal, issues pop up many years after introduction. Buffel grass grows on all types of soil, commonly on sandy and stony soils. Useful for erosion control and as a pasture species. Can withstand heavy grazing. Often regarded as a weed of alluvial flats and riverine sites. Still spreading. Major environmental weed of northern Australia where it displaces native species. Plants are fire resistant but have the ability to carry fire in areas where fire was not normally part of the ecosystem. The species requires summer rain and is not cold tolerant.