Photos from the Otway Ranges, Victoria Australia... conservation versus clearfelling.
Last updated: 13 March 2000

Mud Road... Otway Ranges

The Aim of this site (click here)

MORE OTWAYS FOREST PHOTO PAGES

Coldwater
Creek
.
GO TO COLDWATER CREEK PAGE

Riley's
Ridge
.
GO TO RILEY'S RIDGE PAGE

if you have photos to contribute to this site, please contact me via e-mail: gaia@pipeline
.com.au


LINKS TO MORE FOREST INFO SITES

NATIVE OTWAYS FOREST AT MUD ROAD

PHOTO ABOVE: Victorian residents gather in a clouded Otway forest, awed by the might of it's trees... devastated by the ignorance of those gone before them. Feb 2000.

Is this the only way we will be able to see tall trees in the near future (as photos)?


Does the Victorian State Government have any brains or guts?


Why would a sensible government sell off a prime source of tourism revenue, for a mere pittance... because of pressure from a small group of greedy industrialists?


Click on any of the photos below for a closer look:

MAKING A POINT - CLICK TO ENLARGE MUD RD. STAGING AREA - CLICK TO ENLARGE FAMILIES IN THE FOREST - CLICK TO ENLARGE

The shot below shows a mountain of wood chips, ready for export.
Midway Forest Products in Geelong, sells Victorian forests to overseas buyers
...to produce paper!
ENVIRONMENTAL VANDALS - CLICK TO ENLARGE

Thanks to Stuart McCallum for the photos on this page.


For more images of what's happening in the Otways Forests, go to
The Riley's Ridge Page


For more details on the issue, including current conservation campaigns, go to:

The Otway Ranges Environment Network (OREN)

Doctors For Forests

AND

Geelong Community Forum



Comments or questions regarding this web site to:
Paul McMahon, e-mail: gaia@pipeline.com.au