Dec 4, 2021 | Art & Culture
Toolangi Sculpture Trail by Steve Meacher by Steve Meacher In 1996, nine artists from Australia and across the Asia-Pacific were selected to create the first ever Sculpture Trail in the Toolangi Forest. The sculptors created installations using materials sourced...
Dec 4, 2021 | Environment
As one door closes, another one opens. The day Gould League came to town… by Anne-Maree McInerney, Director of the Gould League Although the closing of the Forest Discovery Centre in 2012 was a massive blow to the community of Toolangi, it didn’t see the demise...
Dec 3, 2021 | Environment
Toolangi Forest Discovery Centre by Steve Meacher by Steve Meacher In the late 1980s there was increasing controversy regarding the native forest logging industry, particularly the wood chipping sector. The industry was spending millions of dollars to improve its...
Dec 3, 2021 | Environment
Shadows of a Great Forest by Bernie Mace The small settlement of Toolangi, located on the ridge of the dividing range approximately 70 kilometres northeast of Melbourne, has long been appreciated for its mountain forest ‘ambience¢. In the context of the much broader...
Dec 3, 2021 | Environment
Knitting Nannas of Toolangi by Lynn Dean by Lynn Dean The Knitting Nannas of Toolangi (KNOT) was a group of grandmothers from Toolangi and Healesville who were deeply concerned about the logging of Toolangi State Forest. Even though there was a history of logging...