About Bushcare Services
Bushcare Services works with project partners to manage bushland assets and restore disturbed habitats.
We seek to understand our clients’ needs and find solutions for complex and competing land uses.
Bushcare Services provides practical in-field design and installation solutions to support natural area restoration projects and parks asset management.
We seek to work with our project partners to develop a healthy and sustainable natural open space that can accommodate complex and competing land uses.
Bushcare Services has extensive industry knowledge, experience and networks that can deliver compliant projects on time and in budget.
Our business philosophy is about providing our land manager clients with a more interactive ‘information based’ experience when working with our teams. Supervisors are taught to value add by providing a clients progress reports and a more holistic awareness of properties to assist with management.
Key Areas of Operation and Expertise
Bushland Restoration programs and bush regeneration.
Bushland asset management services – utilising our specialised plant/ equipment and technical staff.
Bushcare Services works with organisations and industry groups including government, development, construction, linear infra-structure and community groups.
Bushcare Services works with organisations and industry groups including government, development, construction, linear infra-structure and community groups.Bushcare Services has been operating since 2005. Our operational activities focus in the growth areas of South East Queensland region including the Gold Coast, Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.
Our clients are diverse in size and nature. They include State Government departments, municipal authorities, community groups, architects, construction companies, developers and utility companies.
The Bushcare Management Team
Phil Hosking
Managing Director
Bushcare ServicesAbout Phil
Phil has been working in the Bushland Management industry for more than 20 years – with a focus on bushland restoration. As the owner/founder of Bushcare Services, Phil has operated as a self employed field technician – later developing the business into an enterprise that services large and complex projects. His professional interests are around developing innovative solutions to manage Open Space for conservation, sustainable recreation and bio-diversity outcomes. His focus is around working with project partners to review restoration solutions by applying industry knowledge and focusing his crews to deliver high quality outcomes.
Bsc in Parks Recreation and Heritage, Diploma in Resource Management.
Paul Ellis
General Manager
Bushcare ServicesAbout Paul
Paul has a lifelong experience with managing conservation projects – more than 20 years. Paul’s project management skills include delivering on many large and diverse revegetation projects, including some in excess of 100,000 native trees. Paul’s role includes business development, contract administration and compliance with business Quality Management Systems.
BAppSc and Diploma in Conservation and Land Management
Dan Foster
Operations Manager
Bushcare ServicesAbout Dan
Dan has had 6 years of experience in the bushland restoration industry – 5 of those years with Bushcare Services. Through his competent experience and technical knowledge, he has worked his way through the ranks to hold the title of Operations Manager. Dan has a very practical response to managing projects, including several large and complex projects for diverse clients such as development, infrastructure and government. His responsibilities sit with providing exceptional service to clients and project partners and resourcing project outcomes through our staff and trusted contractors.
Diploma in Conservation and Land Management, Cert 4 in Project Management
Thom Goldsmith
Project Co-ordinator
Bushcare ServicesAbout Thom
Thom has worked in the Environmental and Landscape industry for more than 10 years.
During this time he has worked in several field based roles including supervising bush regeneration projects, landscaping and revegetation offsets.
Thom has a very hands on approach to restoration and has extensive knowledge of horticultural practices.
In his role with Bushcare Services, Thom is developing logistical plans to ensure that all sites in our control are managed effectively and that our time is priority focused and in line with our clients expectations.
Diploma in Conservation and Land Management
Daniel Evans
Civil Construction Manager
Bushcare ServicesAbout Daniel
Daniel has been working in the restoration industry for more than 8 years, employed on field based projects. His main area of expertise is the implementation and support of civil and landscaping projects in natural areas and open space; working with Government land managers and developers. Daniel is a highly experienced and confident machine operator (more than 15 years experience) using excavators and skidsteers to develop and refine drainage, fire tracks, FRZ fuel reduction zones, (mechanical mulchers) sediment extraction, recreation trails, parks infrastructure (bollards, gates etc) rock work and final trim for earthworks.
Daniel represents our bushland civil division and is the frontline for running technical projects for asset development and management.
Cert 3 in civil construction, and machine tickets
Ben Parker
Senior Technical Project Supervisor
Bushcare ServicesAbout Ben
Ben is a long standing employee with Bushcare Services (10 years) who has a ‘can do’ attitude and excellent customer skills. Coming originally from the forestry industry, (qualified) he is very capable and familiar with managing bushland operations from the field. He is mostly focused on our construction projects and performs best when he has a clear goal and is aligned with what the client wants to achieve. You will often find Ben operating our heavy equipment, excavations and trucks, tree work and bushland tracks.
Industry Performance
- Member of the Society of Ecological Restoration International (SERI)
- Member of Weed Society of Queensland
- Member of the Australian Association of Bush Regenerators (AABR)
- Quality Management System (AS/NZS ISO 9001:2000)
- Environmental Management System (ISO 14001:)
- OHS Management System (AS/NZS 4801)
- Fully insured for public and products liability: $20 million
- Professional Indemnity Insurance
- Unrestricted ACDC and commercial operators licence
- DPI Ground distributors contractors licence
- Environmentally qualified staff (tertiary studies)