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Accessible from Yea Link Road this tree is a hidden gem that has survived the threats of fire and logging. A short walk along an old logging track takes you to a scarred and resilient Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans). A hollow base gives you the opportunity to stand inside this majestic tree. This hollowing process is what makes Mountain Ash such an important species for a diversity of other arboreal life forms that rely on these old growth trees for habitat. This walk is unsigned so keep a keen eye on the right hand side of the road for an old logging track when driving down Yea Link road from Sylvia Creek road.
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Yea Link Road, Toolangi, Victoria, 3777, Australia.
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.
Share your voice to preserve these regions for generations to come. Contact your local MPs and encourage them to support the creation of the Great Forest National Park.
We propose adding 355,000 hectares of protected forests to the Central Highlands of Victoria to form the Great Forest National Park
Currently there is only 170,000 hectares of parks and protected areas in the Central Highlands of Victoria