Re-establishing forest We decided to begin forest re-establishment with ripping the degraded pasture along hill contours, to maximize the moisture holding capacity of the soil. This job was dangerous and expensive, but allowed us to use direct seeding method to begin the forest. Wherever seeding was insufficiently successful we planted missing species of trees and […]
Our rainforest
Our rainforest Following the "progress" of our civilization, there are very few patches of rainforest left in Victoria, Australia. You are looking at one of them. People who appreciate the environment and care about its preservation are invited to come to Mt Best to help us in our efforts to maintain and expand our patch […]
Grow forest?
Grow forest? One of our main aims, apart from achieving pollution-free self-sufficiency is to restore the forest that was destroyed here nearly 100 years ago as a result of barbarian and ignorant policy of the Australian government. The policy was that unless people cleared their land from trees, the land was taken away from them. […]
Fern tree gullies
Fern tree gullies Fern tree gullies have steep slopes and are difficult to access. Some of them are deeper than 100 meters. The world of fern trees is cool, humid and quite dark, even on sunny summer days. Trickling creeks accompanied by sounds of birds and insects create quite unique atmosphere, which seems undisturbed by […]
Forest
Forest Adjacent to Mt Best, Strzelecki State Forest contains some of the tallest eucalyptus trees in Australia. To scale them in the picture on the right above, consider that the road is about 5 m wide. Australia is in general a dry continent, but at Mt Best the rainfall exceeds 1 meter per year, so […]
House in the forest
House in the forest
