Current view of existing coupe with Mt St Leonard Fire Tower in the background

The following is the view from Healesville

Contractors have moved into new coupes to the left and below is an artists impression of what it will look like from Yarra Glen and Yerring and tourist pots in Toolangi if VicForests logging requests are granted by the DSE.

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Contractors back in the coupe 297-84 this year digging up logs that were buried underground

The following are proposed logging areas that VicForests has asked for which are currently under review by DSE

This has been approximately added to the following Google Earth map

To create the following views from around the Yarra Valley

This area at the base of Mt St Leonards is the start of the National trail and makes up the proposed C.J. Dennis Centennial Trai l from Kinglake to the Monda Track. The proposed logging is right across the national Trail.

What VicForests have requested to do next? - this map of public safety zones shows where the next logging coupes will take place

This area at the base of Mt St Leonards is the start of the National trail and makes up the proposed C.J. Dennis Centennial Trai l from Kinglake to the Monda Track

Logging the National Trail

Created as a tourism and environmental icon as part of Australia's Bicentennial celebrations, the Australian Bicentennial National Trail (ABNT) is a 5,330 km multi-use trail. Most people are surprised by Environment Minister Gavin Jenning's decision to allow logging of the Australian Bicentential National Trail. Public safety zones around the logging areas make it illegal to use the Victorian end in Toolangi. Other logging in the area is going to impact the recently proposed CJ Dennis Memorial trail that will connect Kinglake and the Monda Track. Read More