FLIGHTS
Fly over East Gippsland and Goolengook
-too far to drive ?
In 2002 -
MPs flew over Goolengook leaving on a Saturday and returning Monday morning.Carlos Carli and Glenys Romanos, , accepted an invitation by Environment Victoria to see for themselves the old growth forests the Bracks Government is clearfelling.
Andrew Picone, author of the Goolengook National Park Proposal, guided an on the ground tour of the forest. The group, flew from Melbourne over the Errinundra Plateau and Goolengook in a plane donated for the occasion and piloted by Alan Austin. The MPs stayed in cabins at Cape Conran and on Sunday were taken to Brown Mountain with Jill Redwood. There they saw the ancient eucalypt forest compared with a thinnings coupe on the Errinundra Road. The trip originated out of a public meeting in Brunswick earlier in 2002, at which Carlo Carli presented the Government’s position on the logging of Goolengook.
AUGUST 2002 Nicky Moffat
2004 -Yes! you can still take a tour of East Gippy!
in a plane, at cost price, with wonderful guides and be back the same day ( or stay for a better look.) Ingrid is still organising them ,- contact her as below for Flights beginning December 2004! From the air discern the change in canopy from Mixed Temperate Eucalypt Forest to Rainforest in the Old-Growth treasure chest of East Gippsland . See also views of Rainforests bushfire-regeneration-failure where logging has removed the protective shield of graduated forest types from around the ancient rainforests. An exhilarating trip ! Accomodation suggestions available on request.email:
icpl@netlink.net.au ; phone 9870 8378; Ph/fax 9876 0571; mob 0403 07 3478