The four wheel drive tracks throughout Bunyip State Forest were affected by the Bunyip Ridge fire. A large number of hazard trees were assessed alongside the track and were marked for removal.
In October/November 2009, Sherbrooke Tree Service was engaged to open these tracks before the recreational four wheel drive season started.
Aside from the tricky access issues on the four wheel drive tracks, all the works went to plan and the trees were safely removed.
Fire damaged tree over the car park is trimmed with a travel tower
Felling a dead tree across the track
The walking track to the waterfalls needs trees removed
Another one leaves the stump
Aside from removing trees already blocking the track, trees that were going to block the track later were also removed
Trees that had asthetic or habitat importance were pruned and left
Trees marked for removal may have been affected by nearby trees
The intense fire killed many trees. Due to the intense heat very few of these will recover, however the forest is already showing signs of coping
Dead tree over popular 4WD pull over area is removed
Bunyip Ridge in Cardinia Shire had harsh fires that created many natural hazards