Greg's Tree was a 600 year old Cut-tail Ash, before it was felled and left as waste.
In Easter 2001 a blockade was setup to protect this forest, and Greg's camp was at the base of this tree.
Greg's particular motivation for joining the blockade was to stop the wastage of resources that happens when forests are clearfelled.
One day, the Department came in to "Get the Greenies out of the forest". They chased people through the forest for a few hours, but couldn't catch anyone. They then "confiscated" all of the people's possessions, including the backpacks, containing personal medication, the first aid kit, the food boxes, the water bottles, the tents and the sleeping bags. They directed all the vehicles to not only leave the coupe, but to drive all the way home to Goongerah, 80km away. One this was done, a gate was constructed and locked at the start of the only access road, Sellers Rd.
The Department knew that they'd left people in the forest. They knew that at this elevation (1000m) at this time of year, temperatures often drop below zero.
They had deliberately stranded people in life-threatening conditions.
That night, the people re-grouped and camped at the base of Greg's Tree. A fire was lit and the people huddled miserably around it, exhausted and with no idea how far it was to the nearest town, or even whch roads to take to get there, There was no way they could have done it, especially with no warm clothing. They did what all the survival books instruct: stay and wait for rescue.
Some people realised the situation and walked in with some supplies, but it was still a very dangerous situation. It was a long, cold night after a long, hard day.
Justine was one of the people there, she was more determined than ever to protect the forest and stop the destructive practices of the Department.
When the Department came back next, she was in a tree-sit, 40m up Greg's Tree.
The Department spent thousands of dollars hiring arborists to climb the tree, grab and arrest her and take her away.

Greg's Tree will live long in our memories.

As you can see, the entire tree was cut and left as waste. The twisting you can see in the ridges on the trunk continue through the timber, so if it was milled, all the planks would warp & twist. In the photo above, you can also see that the trunk was largely hollow.
These features make the tree unsuitable for milling, and are recognisable before the tree is felled.
"The loss of hollow bearing trees from Victorian Forests" was listed as a "threatening process" in the Flora and Fauna Gaurantee Act in 1992. The Act requires the Department write a "threat abatement plan" to determine how they will negate this threat "as soon as possible".
There is still no plan and hollow-bearing trees continue to be felled and left as waste in logging coupes across Victoria. This habitat destruction is needless and should be stopped.