More than 50 per cent of the wetlands in the reef catchment have been lost since European settlement, while many of those remaining are degrading. The focus of Restoring Australia planting here will be in regions including Lake Mary and Lake Serpentine. Restoring coastal wetlands will reduce the sediment ending up in the reef, improving water quality and increasing the reef's resistance to climate change. It will also create habitats for a multitude of creates including Barramundi, the White-Throated Snapping Turtle and the Plumed Whistling Duck.

The North Cape Revegetation Project on Kangaroo Island, about 100km south west of the Adelaide CBD, will primarily focus on increasing the abundance of the endangered Glossy Black-Cockatoos through the establishment of feeding habitat. This project will restore habitat and mitigate key threatening processes to a host of threatened fauna species on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Other species that will benefit from on-ground work include the Kangaroo Island Echidna (EPBC endangered), Kangaroo Island Narrow-leaf Mallee, Southern Brown Bandicoot EPBC endangered), Eastern Osprey and White-bellied Sea-eagle.

This site is north of Port Lincoln on the Eyre Peninsula will restore habitat to support a host of threatened fauna species and is part of a wider landscape effort to protect and restore areas of Sheoak Grassy Woodland, an ecological community that has recently been nominated for listing under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity (EPBC) Act. The area supports the western-most population of the threatened Diamond Firetail, that was once abundant in this area. Other species that will benefit from on-ground work include the Malleefowl (EPBC endangered), Eastern Osprey and White-bellied Sea-eagle.

Tasmania is the last refuge in Australia for many small mammals, such as the adorable Eastern barred bandicoot, Eastern quoll and Eastern bettong. These were once common across south eastern Australia, but their habitat's now in decline in Tasmania. This project will plant trees and shrubs to improve existing habitat and recreate new habitat for these species, working on private land in partnership with the local farmers and graziers.

The Victorian Volcanic Plains grassy woodlands between Melbourne and Hamilton in western Victoria have been over cleared. These areas offer potential for reviving the habitat for the Corangamite Water Skink and Brolgas. There is great interest from private landholders around Colac in restoring grassy woodlands on their properties for both biodiversity and stock shelter.

The WA Wheatbelt region sites, including the Restoring Australia site Avondale Park, are experience land degradation. Planting across the Wheatbelt sites will revegetate the area following a historical legacy of extensive clearing. In addition to combatting erosion and salinity, this work will improve habitat for several endangered species, including three types of black Cockatoo: Carnaby's, Baudin's and the Forest Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo.