November 29/30 Biodiversity tours More info? : email mreforce@telstra.com

This is a new site identifying tour routes where you can see for yourself a variety of ecosystems, successions, features and uses.

NEWS Keep up to date with what’s happening On 29/30 November at http://otwaytours.blogspot.com Colour coded roads showing major features and eg’s only A. Heath (Bambra-Aireys) B. Closed scrub (Carlisle-Gelli) C. Woodland (Cape Otway Rd) D. Sedgeland (Carlisle –Gelli) E. Private Forest -GOR, Binns F. Tall Open Forest -Waitawhile G. Rainforest – GOR Maits Rest H. Volcanoes Red Rock ¯ Some waterfalls · Recent volcanoes n Old volcanoes What to experience? -Wettest place in Victoria -November Tours -Twelve apostles What to listen to ? -Otway FM 104.7 99.1FM New National Park. Some Options(1-5) O1 Add bits O2 Link1 Southern O3 Link2 Southern O4 Some water catchments O5 Most water catchments More on Parks ,Reserves and Conservation -Existing diversity D1,D2,D3 -Future Directions -What VEAC DP says -What others say? -Why most experienced students and managers of biodiversity disagree with the Government and VEAC . - do you think VEAC DP report is adequate to make a sound decision ? - More info To discuss on line http://otwaysoptions.blogspot.com Home

Otway Tours -- November Weekend Ask for detailed itinerary at mreforce@telstra.com. keep up to date by bookmarking http://otwaytours.blogspot.com Show your support for all responsible land managers (public and private) and turn up at Forrest, Victoria, Sunday Midday November 30^th. November 29/30 represents a once in a lifetime opportunity for the public to meet with the most experienced ,well trained Victorians in biodiversity and sustainability; Those who know the local biodiversity ,sustainability and water catchment impacts in the area . Here how they feel about the very best way future generations can protect our natural resources - to ensure those impacts will not be of practical concern to future generations of Victorians . Clue: they are not young, but they do know their territory. Pick the places you want to go. How you get there is yours to know. CD’s available at Forrest Football Ground on 29/30 to help This page is incomplete at time of posting in November 2003. Some browsers do not show everything email for more info Questions? mreforce@telstra.com Great Ocean Rd Victoria Watch this space for more News on Otways Options. While considerable care is exercised to ensure accuracy in the content here, the contents are for initial planning purpose only. Unchecked clarification, use or modification of the maps can sometimes result in significant errors. Biodiversity references: (full and summary lists available at Forrest Football Ground on weekend) -Study of Land in the Otway Range and Plains. A.Pitt -Royal Society Proceedings CD’s describing sites of interest -http://otwaysoptions.blogspot.com