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Goolengook
By Tony Hastings 12/11/05

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"Lorien",

a part of Goolengook forest which was partly logged in 2002.


Giant tree-ferns,

in the area that was logged in 1997.


The Big Tree,

with Kestrel & Ben.


Glen Arte camp,

used while 'exclusion zones' keep the public out of Goolengook during the 2002 logging


Goolengook River


Rough Tree-fern and Blanket -leaf lit by spotlight


View from the Big Tree,

taken as the first rays of sun kiss the tops of the ferns.


Down the Big Tree's trunk


Sitting n the tree-sit,
45m off the ground and rock solid in the giant's arms. A safety line hooks each person's harness to the tree.


Goolengook River,

taken with wide-angle, where the river bends from east to south.


'Quadpod' on the bridge,
a25m tall monopole was later added to stop loggers entering the proposed coupes


View from a monopole,
which obstructs the log-loader and bulldozer, during the 1997 blockade.


Mixed Forest,

rare example of Warm Temperate Rainforest understorey beneath a giant Manna Gum, logged in 1997.


Coupe boundary,
pink spray paint on the tree-fern marks the coupe boundary, which was later found to be illegally within the Heritage River buffer.


Monopole on the bridge,
after months of continuous blockades, yet another hastily rigged structure blocks access to Goolengook, at Bee Tree Bridge.