SWWAT started up in April 2019 with the intention of raising awareness of Sweet Pittosporum and other woody weeds and implementing an on-ground works programs.

The group is headed up by local Fisherman Garry Kerr. Garry is the founder of the organisation and is supported by a great team. The group has a strong work ethic and has delivered over 3,000 hours of volunteer weed work to the Portland district since its inception.

Vision statement
We believe that the country roads of Portland, public land and private land should be free of woody weeds, especially Sweet Pittosporum and Italian buckthorn.
Mission
Our mission is to motivate, inspire and support community learning by promoting, and sharing information about how to control woody weeds.

Key Achievements

Since incorporation we have rid virtually all of the Forest Park section of the Cobboboonee Forest of sweet pittosporum, and to some extent boneseed. The only exception being small sections of roadside adjacent to farms at central Gorae, the owners wishing to maintain privacy. We have now begun work at the Mount Clay forest.

Also our group has succesfully restored roadside character and in tern biuodicresity by removing woody weeds from the following roads:

• Wilsons Road
• Blacks road
• Murphys Road
• Spinks Road (west of the creek)
• Tonkins Road
• Levetts Road
• Pennys Road
• Evans Road
• Hodgetts Road
• Berrys Road
• Gorae Road (west of Berrys Road)
• The Eight Mile Waterhole.