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The colonies were identified by surveyors who visited the property. Ms Walters said she had not seen nor heard the worms, as they never surfaced. "However, we had been considering doing some revegetation work with Melbourne Water, and if we do that we have certain areas where the worms are and we have to be careful with how we space the trees there." "The cattle just graze the grass … they can't do much damage to the earthworms. Having cattle coexist alongside the worms was "pretty straightforward", she said. "I feel like it's quite a privilege to have the giant Gippsland earthworm on our property," Ms Walters said.

The worms live along a creek which feeds into the Lang Lang River. Their 84-acre property is home to four colonies of giant Gippsland earthworms. Libby Walters and Sam Gibson farm at Mountain View, between Warragul and Korumburra. "It sounds like water gurgling down a bathplug," Ms Taylor said.