Toolangi Sculpture Trail

Toolangi Sculpture Trail

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...
Toolangi Forest Discovery Centre

Toolangi Forest Discovery Centre

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...
Environment of Toolangi – Pre and Post Settlement

Environment of Toolangi – Pre and Post Settlement

Environment of Toolangi – Pre and Post Settlement by Steve Meacher by Steve Meacher  The Toolangi-Castella area prior to European settlement Prior to the incursion of Europeans, the mountains of the Great Dividing Range surrounding Toolangi and Castella were dominated...
Black Saturday Bushfires

Black Saturday Bushfires

Black Saturday Bushfires by Steve Meacher Saturday, February 7 The weather conditions in Toolangi on Saturday 7 February 2009 were exactly as we had been warned throughout the previous week, very hot with a blustery wind from the north. As predicted, the fire weather...