Starting at Mt Erica car park and passing through Mushroom Rocks this summit walk features unique Montane Wet Forest dominated by Alpine Ash and Sub-alpine Woodland characterised by a sub species of Snow Gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora. ssp acerina) endemic to the Baw Baw Plateau area.

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Facilities

BBQ Facilities unavailable
Camping Facilities unavailable
Fire Place unavailable
Car park at the end of Mt Erica Road
Picnic Tables available here
Public Toilets available here
Shelter unavailable
Water unavailable
Wheelchair Access unavailable

Activity

Walking

Track Difficulty

Grade 3

Moderate

Distance

8km Return

Elevation

1512m

Environment

Sub-alpine Woodland – Snow Gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora) dominated

Accessibility

2WD on well formed roads

Mount Erica Road, Baw Baw, Victoria, 3833, Australia.

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The Central Highlands of Victoria have been logged for more than 150 years, with the majority of timber extracted going into making paper or cardboard boxes. As a result of past overcutting and recurrent wildfires, there is now very little forest that if logged will produce sawn timber. Only poor-quality trees that will be chipped for paper making are left. The bottom line is that Victoria will be financially better off without logging in Mountain Ash and Alpine Ash forests; some estimates suggest that the state would be ahead by between $110 million and $190 million annually if logging stopped today. This problem needs to be recognised.

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