Spend Easter in the heart of East Gippsland with expert biologists and tour leaders.
Camp by the Brodribb River with like-minded people at night and be guided by expert biologists during the day.
Be awed by 600 year old forests and the diversity of a pristine rainforest. Discover how forests are vital for climate calming, and spotlight for nocturnal wildlife.
Learn wildlife survey techniques or take an organic farm tour.
Visit Brown Mountain’s old growth forests which were successfully protected with a Supreme Court case in 2010. Then be inspired to help save our forests.
$60 for adults ($40 conc) or $20 a day ($15 conc). Teenagers half price, Under 12s free.
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All proceeds go to help save these forests. Please book early as numbers are limited.
This camp has been held in East Gippsland since the local environment group formed in 1982. It is EEG's main annual fundraiser so we can continue to campaign to save these forests and protect the environment of the region.
The camps are held in a small farming settlement called Goongerah, about 70 km north of Orbost and nestled between the Snowy and Errinundra National Parks. The Goongerah camp ground and adjoining farm is the base for walks and other activities.
The tour leaders include people with many years experience in the forests of this region. A regular well-known personality is botanist - 'Sir' David Cameron.
His boundless enthusiasm and knowledge of the plants and history of East Gippsland enthrals his audience; his specialty being rainforests.
If you chose to take a walk with David, be ready for information overload. David also brings his famous rainforest slide show to explain every fascinating aspect of the living rainforest ecosystem. This show is presented under the marquee with Yellow-bellied gliders calling from the trees above.
Another guide is long-time resident and outspoken conservationist Jill Redwood. She coordinates Environment East Gippsland and is another raconteur of the walks.
She will explain the environmental and European history of the region. As these forests have also provided the logging industry with wood for many decades, the results of forest management on the ecology and biodiversity of these areas are also explained.
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