Baw Baw frog
RSOS logging
Melb. waterOverlays for Google Earth
VRN has designed this website to be an education and campaign tool about Victorian rainforest and clearfell logging issues. So far forest issue overlays for East Gippsland and the Central Highlands have been completed for use in Google Earth.
Download overlays when you see a symbol like this 
The tables below summarise the individual overlays and the associated webpages where issues are discussed and background information provided.
The Victorian Rainforest Network welcomes feedback.
Description boxes
Click on the folders or placemarks in Google Earth and pop up description boxes will open that explain issues.
IMPORTANT!
- If it is your first time using overlays with Google Earth, please first read the instructions/help page for optimal use with your computer.
- If other third parties wish to use these kmz overlay files in their own campaigns / web sites, you are required to acknowledge the source as VRN and provide web links back to this web site.
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Baw Baw frog photo: Julian Bentley. |
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Melbourne water supply
Click on any of the taps in Google Earth to read the story in the pop up window. |
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East Gippsland rainforest
Click on any of the owls in Google Earth to read the story in the pop up window. |
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Virtual reality export woodchip tourGo on an export woodchip tour from the forests of East Gippsland to the huge industrial pulp mills in Japan (owned by Nippon Paper) via the export mill in Geelong called Midway Pty Ltd. To go from place to place you must click on the place mark (or folder) to open a pop up window and select the next destination where it says "ContinueTour". |
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Virtual reality rainforest buffer auditCheck rainforest buffers yourself to see if logging practices breached the governments rainforest buffer guidelines. |
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See how Cool Temperate Rainforest within the Snowy River National Park survived the 2003 bushfires at Gelantipy plateau. |
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Read the endangered Baw Baw frog's story about its possible extinction by clearfell logging.
Read the brass tap's story of how clearfell logging in the forested Melbourne water supply catchments is reducing water supply.
Read the owl's story of how the Government will allow logging near rainforest in East Gippsland even though the Government's own planning processes say these areas should be protected.
East Gippsland & Central Highlands overlays
Note for Internet Explore Users
Some of the overlays contain images that are downloaded as zipped files. Some web browsers will un-zip and open these files automatically for Google Earth , while other popular web browsers such as Internet Explorer may not be set up to automatically extract and run these files.
To make things easier for all users,
Select "Download all" option to download a single tree place mark
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Then click on the within Google Earth to open a pop up box to get easy access to all the overlays.
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VRN recommends the Fire Fox web browser to automatically extract and run all overlays downloaded directly from this website.
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| Downloads a single tree place mark where all above overlays can be accessed within Google Earth. |
Cool temperate rainforest EVC 
Warm temperate rainforest EVC 
National Park
Other reserves 
Logging - late 80's to June 2004 
Logging - prior to late 80's 
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Frog & tree cartoon by Free Clip Art
Owl Cartoon by Rubber Stamp Co. (U.K.)