Errinundra Rainforest Walk Goongerah, Victoria, Australia
By greynomads on 09-Nov-10. Waypoint GA2743

Heritage
This area was declared a national park in July 1988. It has a diverse cultural history. The plateau was linked to ancestral trails and meeting places for local Aboriginal tribes. European history is evident from derelict mine shafts, old fence lines and machinery associated with early grazing leases, gold mining and timber harvesting.
Errinundra Plateau is the source of seven rivers flowing both south and north, providing water for many of the region's communities before flowing into Bass Strait or becoming part of the Snowy River system.

The Errinundra Saddle Rainforest walk, is a self guided trail of about 1 km. under a rainforest canopy, past elegant ferns and colourful fungi. A large part of the track is along a boardwalk raised above the forest floor designed to enhance the comfort of visitors of visitors and protect the rainforest environment.Currently Parks Victoria are planning repairs to the boardwalk, as the walkway is very slippery when wet, so caution is required.

There is plenty of parking available for visitors. Toilet facilities, water and picnic tables are provided for your comfort.

Fauna of Errinundra Rainforest
Mature trees provide hollows for the greater glider and yellow-bellied glider as well as the boobook and powerful owl. The forests provide habitat for some animals considered rare, endangered or vulnerable including the long-footed potoroo, sooty owl and Jervis Bay tree frog.

Vegetation
The park includes Victoria's largest stand of cool temperate rainforest, dominated by southern sassafras and black oliveberry. The plateau's tall wet eucalypt forests of shining gum and cut-tail include some giant specimens many hundreds of years old. These species occur in some areas over an understorey of rainforest, forming a mixed forest which is rare in mainland Australia. The park's diverse array of vegetation types includes 15 ecological vegetation classes, supporting more than 600 plant species. One of those is the mountain plum pine which occurs in tree form and is unique to the Errinundra Plateau.
(Details sourced from Parks Victoria)

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a) How long ago was the fire that allowed the eucalypt seedlings to germinate??
b) In ‘Wildlife... Whereabouts’ who or what is the accomplished mimic?
c) According to the ‘Recycling Forest’, what grows on the rotting trunk?
d) What did Chief Seattle have to say in 1853
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