Ep2
Today we decided to visit the Grove of the Giants, a coupe of huge old eucalypts recently (2023) protected from forest operations.
It contains the world's largest Blue Gum tree , named Lathamus Keep, discovered in 2021. "Lathamus" is the genus name for the critically endangered swift parrot.
22 years ago I first visited the Valley of the Giants , a similar conservation site saved from logging.
I last visited this neck of the woods in 1980 in 1st year uni...fishing/bushwalking. We took a VW Beetle, an uncomfortable go-anywhere vehicle.
It remains today a potholed road that will trap the unwary.
Well we enjoyed a superb 2 hour walk through the cool rainforest. So many massive trees within an area logged in the 19th century. We found parts of what was probably the old horse driven haulage tramway.
Saw nobody else, the beauty of getting off the beaten track. It's a pretty awkward walk for anyone not used to rough conditions underfoot.
Here I am right alongside the reserve. They stopped this sort of desecration in the nick of time!
Today we decided to visit the Grove of the Giants, a coupe of huge old eucalypts recently (2023) protected from forest operations.
It contains the world's largest Blue Gum tree , named Lathamus Keep, discovered in 2021. "Lathamus" is the genus name for the critically endangered swift parrot.
22 years ago I first visited the Valley of the Giants , a similar conservation site saved from logging.
I last visited this neck of the woods in 1980 in 1st year uni...fishing/bushwalking. We took a VW Beetle, an uncomfortable go-anywhere vehicle.
It remains today a potholed road that will trap the unwary.
Well we enjoyed a superb 2 hour walk through the cool rainforest. So many massive trees within an area logged in the 19th century. We found parts of what was probably the old horse driven haulage tramway.
Saw nobody else, the beauty of getting off the beaten track. It's a pretty awkward walk for anyone not used to rough conditions underfoot.
Here I am right alongside the reserve. They stopped this sort of desecration in the nick of time!
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