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    An apocalyptic vision of what remains after the loggers are gone by: sunnynyssen Views[442] Local resident and forest educator Steve Meacher stands in what was once Mountain Ash forest and Tree fern gullies in Rusty coupe, Toolangi. Steve now campaigns full time to save the forest from further logging and is the president of the Friends of Leadbeatters committe and a spokesperson for the Great Forests National Park proposal. by: sunnynyssen Views[1102] Clear-fell logging is being conducted in the Toolangi State Forest. These heavy-duty logging machines do not stay idle for long. Logging contractors have been known to work around the clock, seven days a week. by: sunnynyssen Views[666] Toolangi State Forest, located in the Central Highlands of Victoria is a cool temperate forest making it highly carbon dense. Unlike the rainforests of the tropics the organic matter in these forests take a relatively slow time to decay. by: sunnynyssen Views[1374] A solitary giant Eucalytpus regnans stands in what was once lush, thick forest. Symbolic of the area, Toolangi State Forest has been ravaged by recent clear-fell logging activity. by: sunnynyssen Views[415]
     

    Logging Victoria's Native Forests: Toolangi

    Monday, 24 Nov 2014 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

    For the past 10 years I have been working in an office as a finance manager - boring! In 2010 I decided to study photography part-time and have just completed my Advanced Diploma of Photography at Photography Studies College, Melbourne, Victoria. I ... Read more >
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