Harvest of the Hills

See Victoria's Forestry Heritage - victoriasfores...
Professional Forest Commission Victoria (FCV) production -1954. (+ sound).
General overview of the then timber production activities occurring in Victoria's forests. Includes: cross-cut saw, the use of 'axe on boards' to scarf tree; Heyfield sawmills; Connors Plains; sawmill activities and scenes; rail transport of sawn timber; (possibly) Glen Wills bush sawmill; Ezard's sawmill - Swifts Creek; Otway harvesting operations; diesel-powered winching of logs; spar-tree and cable systems; two-man chainsaw operations; and post-harvest forest regeneration activity.

[@ishure8849]

Once again thanks for this footage my father was born in forrest and his father was the forestry officer there at that time 1931. The responsibility of the protection and management of our forest reserves must rest with the commission and its selective logging practices, unfortunately they are no longer with us like the vast knowledge of those men and women, as for now the sole responsibility of our Victorian forests and lack of management is controlled by six inner city councils and their armchair expert residents whose preference is to look at desiduous trees.

[@basaltplainscreationsaustr1194]

It is such a pity that greed has caused the demise of the timber industry in Victoria. I run a small-scale milling operation south of Ballarat, only processing about one hundred tonnes per year. Regards Liz.