Stoodley Forest Story from Sally Mineur

During the past 10 days various members of my family have visited Stoodley Forest 4 times! This forest is a great resource for our family activities.

We ride bikes along the Tassie Trail to the Beech Forest for a picnic. 2 of my daughters ride their horses around the great tracks through the forest, this in the only public area accessed from town that they are permitted to horse ride. We enjoyed, with our grandchildren, a scramble around the waterfall checking the amount of water flowing after the recent rain and finding a cave we hadnt spotted before. We then "bush bashed" our way back to the car, orienting ourselves using significant landmarks, we even spotted black cockatoos and a platypus in the creek!

Another child is making a film for a Production Course she is doing, the film is set in the Stoodley Forest using the evocative settings and those magical fairytale toadstools.

This forest plays a significant part in my whole family's lives and we all would love to see it conserved for the larger community to enjoy and appreciate.

Sally Mineur

Stoodley Arboretum Logging Boundary Map

Please have a look at the attached map. Logging is proposed within the yellow boundary.

Please note that not all this area is proposed to be harvested. The darker y shaped area is the area targeted. This will take the heart out of the arboretum.

This area is well used and well loved by residents. We want to see it preserved.

Councillor Penny Lane at Stoodley

Thanks fellow councillor for the photos from Stoodley. A great place to visit. I hope we can keep it that way.

Photos from Stoodley Arboretum

Stoodley Arboretum to be logged

Stoodley Arboretum is a lovely place to visit and relax.

The majority of the forest is up for logging later this year.

I want to see the arboretum preserved so people can continue to enjoy this special place.

I will provide more information soon about the proposed logging activity.

Have you visited the arboretum? Head out there and see for yourself. The arboretum is located on the western side of the Railton Road between Sheffield and Railton.

More information to come soon.

I want to see the arboretum preserved.

Tim Wilson