March 2007 - Institute of Foresters of Australia

T HE F ORESTER 

A publication of The Institute of Foresters of Australia 

Registered by Print Post, Publication No. PP299436/00103 

Volume 50, Number 1 March 2007 ISSN 1444-8920 

IFA Forest Policies Workshop 

Several members met with the IFA Board of Directors in Melbourne on 16 

November 2006 to participate in a Workshop to develop Forest Policy Statements. 

The Workshop was told that as the profile of the Institute grew and it participated 

more in the public debate, there had become a need for the Institute to have an 

approved Policy in a wide variety of areas of forestry. 

The Workshop participants directed their attention to the principles to be included 

in 16 Policies and then undertook to go away and write drafts for members to 

view and comment. 

Project Director, Gary Featherston, chaired the Workshop which was attended by 

Dr Peter Volker, Dr Bob Thistlethwaite, Dr Ross Peacock, Melissa Syme, Ron 

Wilson, Lew Parsons, David Wettenhall, Phil Pritchard, Cathy Skippington, 

Roger Underwood, Aiden Flanagan, Diana Lloyd and Mark Poynter. 

The drafts are currently being compiled and will shortly be made available to 

members who will be invited to comment. 

INSIDE: 

The Scribbly Gum 

Story 

Page 9 

Foresters Forest 

Page 18 

Obituary 

David Rose 

Page 23 

ANZIF 2007 

Page 27

Contents 

NATIONAL 

NATIONAL 

NEWS 

NEWS 

From 

From 

the 

the 

President 

President............................................................ 

............................................................3 

3 

National 

National 

Office 

Office 

News........................................................11 

News ....................................................... 11 

RPF 

RPF 

ACFA 

ACFA 

apply 

apply 

for 

for 

RPF 

RPF........................................................ 

........................................................8 

8 

ANZIF 

ANZIF 

2007 

2007 

Minister 

Minister 

Eric 

Eric 

Abets 

Abets 

and 

and 

Bill 

Bill 

Jackson 

Jackson 

attend 

Attend 

ANZIF 

ANZIF 

Conference.................................................27 

Conference ............................................... 27 

IFA 

IFA 

FELLOWSHIP 

Fellowship 

Ian 

Ian 

Barnes..........................................................................4 

Barnes ......................................................................... 4 

Tony 

Tony 

Bartlett 

Bartlett..................................................................... 

.....................................................................5 

5 

SPECIAL 

SPECIAL 

FEATURES 

FEATURES 

The Scribbly Gum story ................................................... 6-7 

The Scribbly Gum story....................................................6-7 

The Makings of a Tourism Icon ....................................... 13 

The ANZACS Makings helping of a Tourism each other............................................ Icon........................................13 14 

ANZACS 2007 NZ Fire helping Service each deployment other ............................................14 

to VIC ....................... 15 

2007 International NZ Fire Forest Service Students Assoc. ................................ 16-17 

deployment 

Foresters Forest 

to Victoria......................................................15 

- S.A. ...................................................... 18-19 

David Forrester - 2006 Max Jacobs Grant ....................... 20-21 

International High Plains Grazing.......................................................... Forest Students Assoc. ................................16-17 22 

Foresters Forest - S.A........................................................18-19 

David Profile Forrester - 2006 Max Jacobs Grant........................20-21 

High Phil Shedley Plains Grazing ...................................................................... 10-11 

Barrie May ........................................................................ 12 

- Norman Endacott ............................................................22 

NW Jolly Medal 

PROFILE Call for Nominations ........................................................ 24 

Phil Shedley ......................................................................10-11 

Barrie IFA REMEMBERS 

May.........................................................................12 

David Rose........................................................................ 23 

NW JOLLY MEDAL 

Call FORESTRY for Nominations.........................................................24 

COURSES 

The Australian National University.................................. 9 

IFA The University REMEMBERS of Melbourne ........................................... 26 

David Rose ........................................................................23 

REGULAR FEATURES 

FORESTRY Coming Events.................................................................. COURSES 

8 

The Benefits Australian of being National an IFA University..................................9 

member .................................... 24 

Notice Board ..................................................................... 25 

The University of Melbourne............................................26 

Letter to the Editor............................................................ 28 

Summary of Email Bulletins ............................................ 28 

REGULAR Welcome to new FEATURES members ............................................... 28 

Coming Application Events for ..................................................................8 

Membership ............................................ 30 

Benefits About the of Institute being an ............................................................ IFA member.....................................24 31 

Merchandise...................................................................... 32 

Notice Board .....................................................................25 

Letter 

ADVERTS 

to the Editor 

- Forestry Keith Jennings.................................................................28 

Tools................................................................... 25 

Summary of Email Bulletins.............................................28 

Welcome to new members................................................28 

Application for Membership.............................................30 

About the Institute.............................................................31 

Merchandise ......................................................................32 

ADVERTS 

Forestry Tools ...................................................................25 

National President 

Peter Volker 

Board of Directors 

Bob Thistlethwaite, QLD 

Ron Wilson, NSW 

Phil Pritchard, ACT 

Gary Featherston, VIC 

Lew Parsons, SA 

David Wettenhall, WA 

Andrew Wye, TAS 

Executive Director 

J. Adrian O’Loughlin 

Office Manager 

Cassandra Spencer 

National Office 

PO Box 7002 

YARRALUMLA ACT 2600 

Building 6, Wilf Crane Cres 

Yarralumla ACT 2600 

Phone (02) 6281 3992 

Fax (02) 6281 4693 

Email: ifa@forestry.org.au 

Web Site 

www.forestry.org.au 

Next date for copy: 

10 May 2007 

(Vol 50, No. 2) 

Editor: J. Adrian O’Loughlin 

Design: Cassandra Spencer 

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IFA 

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2 VOLUME 50, NUMBER 1 - MARCH 2007 THE FORESTER

From the President 

The end of the school holiday season heralds the start of new 

beginnings and focus on work for most Australian families. 

However, for many foresters it marks a hopefully, quieter time 

in the bush after a long and tiring summer of fire control. This 

has especially been the case in Victoria and Tasmania. 

There has been debate about the root cause of the fires and 

whether or not fire management practices are adequate to 

protect against such fires. The time to engage in these 

debates is not at the height of activity, but when things have 

calmed down and people can look back in a calm and 

considered approach. The points made by the 

IFA in our submission to the Australian Senate 

Inquiry on Management of Conservation Reserves 

in 2006 make our position clear. In fact, I believe 

the submission clearly shows the IFA has taken 

the most proactive approach to managing risk in 

our forests. Whether those in power heed our 

position remains to be seen. 

In 2007 there are many challenges we must face 

to take the IFA and the forestry profession 

forward. I hope to work in a number of key areas 

to assist this over the next year. The 

announcement of government funding to support a 

two year MSc (Forestry) program through 

collaboration of five Universities (Qld, SCU, ANU, UM, UTas) 

is an exciting development. The IFA needs to throw its 

weight behind this program to make it a success. The 

advantage of such a program is that it may attract more 

mature students such as recent graduates or those in early to 

mid-career who wish to gain the necessary skills to become a 

professional forester. The program ensures the individual 

universities can focus on their academic and research 

strengths. Students may be required to travel or undertake 

distance education to take advantage of these strengths. It is 

my aim to establish a national scholarship program to support 

these students as well as undergraduate programs. It is 

important that industry supports such a program if we are to 

have any chance of further assistance from government. I 

ask members who work in industry to contact me if they feel 

they could assist in this area. 

Have you registered yet? 

Early bird specials have 

now been released. 

Register online at: 


A further challenge will 

be to manage the IFA 

involvement in many 

areas of policy 

development at 

government and NGO 

levels. The IFA must 

actively engage in these 

processes or we become irrelevant. It is almost impossible 

for this to be done adequately by volunteers including 

Divisional Chairs and me. While our 

administrative officers can assist and coordinate 

they cannot be expected to provide 

the professional forestry perspective. As an 

‘I ask members who 

work in industry to 

contact me if they 

feel they could assist 

in this area.’ 

IFA President 

Dr Peter Volker RPF 

organisation we must find a way to be 

involved and the Board will be looking at 

means to fund people to undertake 

preparation and advocacy on our behalf. 

In the past year we have been actively 

engaged in discussions and activities with 

both ACFA (Consulting Foresters), AFCA 

(Forest Contractors). By working together 

we compliment each other and bring strength 

to our sector of the community. I also 

acknowledge the fantastic work of TCA 

(Timber Communities) in their support of forestry families and 

communities throughout Australia, they have also provided 

many opportunities for IFA members to participate in 

advocacy for the profession. 

I am really looking forward to the ANZIF Conference from 3 -7 

June 2007 at beautiful Coffs Harbour NSW. The NSW 

Division has been working hard to make this a success and it 

deserves your support. I encourage you to attend and 

participate. There have been many significant changes in the 

forestry scene in NZ, which will provide valuable lessons for 

Australia. Not least of these changes has been a virtual 

cessation of plantation establishment (for the first time in 

about 50 years the area of plantation in NZ has decreased) 

due to government carbon sequestration policies. This is a 

perverse outcome, and it will be interesting to hear the 

opinion of our colleagues. 

ANZIF 2007 Presents 

Max Jacobs Oration 

by Bill Jackson 

Director, Global Programme 

IUCN - The World Conservation Union 

3 - 7 June 2007 

Coffs Harbour NSW 

THE FORESTER VOLUME 50, NUMBER 1 - MARCH 2007 3

Ian Barnes RPF 

The IFA celebrates as two members 

are awarded Fellowship 

The IFA Board of Directors at its meeting in May 

2006 was unanimous in accepting the nomination of 

Ian Barnes as a Fellow of the Institute of Foresters 

of Australia, for outstanding service to forestry and 

the Institute of Foresters of Australia. 

Ian was presented with the Fellow Certificate at the 

NSW Division IFA Annual Dinner following the AGM 

at North Sydney, on 18 August 2006. The 

presentation was made by Nick Cameron, Divisional 

Secretary, who worked closely with Ian in the 

Southern Region at Bateman’s Bay. 

Ian Barnes graduated with a Bachelor of Science 

(Forestry) in 1976 from the Australian National University and 

joined the IFA in 1977 while in his first posting to Kyogle as a 

field forester with the then Forestry Commission of NSW, which 

changed to State Forests and is now Forests NSW. 

Ian gained valuable experience in this role and after 5 years in 

Kyogle moved to Kempsey in 1982 where he worked for 3 years 

as a specialist in aerial photographic interpretation. His 

experience on the north coast of NSW managing native 

hardwood forests was a valuable training ground for his future 

career. 

After Kempsey, Ian moved to Bega and became District Forester 

there. Bega was a busy place at that time with the large scale 

hardwood operations to supply the local sawmilling industry as 

well as Harris Daishowa at Eden. There was considerable 

controversy in the area with a full program of forest inquiries and 

protests from conservation groups. Ian became a strong 

advocate for hardwood forest management and had many 

occasions when his professionalism was tested during this 

period. 

After Bega, Ian moved to Bateman’s Bay in 1992 as Regional 

Planning Manager, where he still is today, and has made many 

significant contributions since taking on that role. Ian’s career 

includes 25 years of practical forestry management experience 

in a large forest management agency. 

Some of Ian’s achievements during his career have been; 

As a strategic decision maker and negotiator: 

• In 1995, Ian volunteered for a 6 month ‘tour of duty’ with the 

Federal Department of Primary Industries & Energy as Acting 

Secretary for the Standing Committee on Forestry, to better 

inform himself on Australia’s strategic forestry issues. 

• Ian recognised very early the significance of the NSW 

Government’s native forest reform agenda and led State 

Forests’ Comprehensive Regional Assessment of its southeast 

forests (1996-97 Comprehensive Regional Assessment 

Coordinator); 

• Ian proved to be an effective inter-departmental negotiator on 

forested land management issues with other NSW agencies, 

including the NPWS, EPA, DUAP, DEC and DNR; 

• Ian has been relied upon to defend forestry practices in the 

southern NSW forests when protest actions have arisen, a big 

job that requires collaboration with police, media and local 

government. Ian managed incidents at Bega, 

Badja, Tallaganda and Wandella. 

As a long term committed advocate of the 

practical application of sustainable forest 

management: 

• Ian continues to play an important role in 

advancing native forest management planning 

standards and information systems in NSW: 

• In 2001 Ian developed and managed the 

technical implementation of a 5 year $4 million 

silviculture program for southern forests; 

• Ian guided the development and managed the 

implementation of Integrated Forest Operations Approvals 

(IFOA) for the southern NSW Forests; 

• Ian was the architect of Ecologically Sustainable Forest 

Management plans for the southern NSW forests. 

As a leader in a variety of disciplines: 

• Ian has been a leader within the IFA, in various roles 

including as President; 

• In the field of forest mensuration where Ian chaired a 

resources functional working group within State Forests for 5 

years; 

• Ian has acted as an Incident Controller for many large fires 

and is a highly experienced manager of bushfires. He was 

recognised as a pragmatic voice of reason in times of 

emergency during the 2003 bushfires in the Southern Alps; 

• Ian has been and continues as a mentor for many who work 

in the forests of southern NSW. 

Ian recognised the importance of the IFA early in his career and 

became a loyal and committed forestry professional: 

• He has been an active voting member of the IFA for 19 years 

from 1977; 

• He was Chair of IFA NSW Southern Branch, 1999-2000; 

• Ian was chair of the NSW Division and Director of the IFA, 

2001-2003; 

• Ian was National President & Chair of the IFA for three years, 

2003-2005. 

• He became a Registered Practicing Forester in October 

2004. 

Ian’s preparedness to volunteer and accept nomination for the 

time consuming and sometimes difficult roles within the IFA over 

a significant period demonstrates a high level of integrity to the 

profession. Ian has been a strong supporter of IFA members and 

has always been prepared to discuss issues and attend IFA 

functions. 

A significant achievement which Ian has made as President has 

been the building of IFA into a strong well managed financially 

sound association with an up-to-date Strategic Plan. He nurtured 

the RPF scheme and fostered a culture of big picture 

professionalism during his watch. 


Tony Bartlett 

IFA members were informed that the IFA President, 

Peter Volker announced to the 2006 AGM in 

Melbourne that Tony Bartlett had been awarded the 

level of membership of ‘Fellow’ for ‘Outstanding 

Service to Forestry and to the Institute’. 

A summary of Mr Bartlett’s service to forestry and the 

Institute of Foresters of Australia is given below. 

Tony Bartlett’s contribution to forestry 

Tony Bartlett has made a major contribution to the 

forest industry across a number of states, nationally 

and overseas. 

Tony Bartlett has worked in forestry for over 30 years including 

nearly 25 years working in Victorian forestry agencies from the 

Forests Commission (1975) to the Department of Natural 

Resources and Environment (1999). During that time he worked 

in the Otway Ranges, East Gippsland, North Eastern Victoria 

and Melbourne. While working in the Otways he was involved in 

the 1983 Ash Wednesday bushfires and wrote a paper for the 

1983 IFA Conference which was later published in the Australian 

Forestry Journal. 

In 1984 Tony was awarded the Russell Grimwade Prize and 

went to the University of Oxford, U.K., to complete a Master of 

Science in Forestry. On his return to Victoria he moved to Orbost 

where he worked on various projects including conservation of 

long footed potoroos, preparation of a regional fire protection 

plan and preparation of the East Gippsland Forest Management 

Plan. He was Incident Controller at the 1998 Tingaringy wildfire 

and subsequently wrote a fire research report that documented 

the suppression of that 60,000 ha fire by both NSW and 

Victorian fire agencies. 

In 1990, Tony took up a 2 year position on the Nepal Australia 

Forestry Project, where he was involved in implementing 

community forestry programmes in the Middle Hills of Nepal. 

Tony documented some of this work in articles that were 

published in the Commonwealth Forestry Review and the 

Journal of Forest Resource Management. 

Upon returning to Victoria from Nepal Tony managed the first 

comprehensive regional assessment of national estate values in 

East Gippsland, which was the precursor to the development of 

the East Gippsland Regional Forest Agreement. He was 

promoted in 1994 and moved to Benalla to become the Manager 

of Forest and Fire for the north east region. 

In 1995, Tony took up a 2 year position as the Principal Forest 

Officer in the Department of Forests in Vanuatu, where he 

helped the Vanuatu government introduce a Code of Logging 

Practice and led the development of the Vanuatu National Forest 

Policy. He subsequently published an article about this forest 

policy in the International Forest Review. 

In 1997, Tony was appointed as Manager, Forest Policy in the 

Department of Natural Resources and Environment. During this 

time he led a review of the Victorian Forests Act and assisted 

with the formation of Forestry Victoria as a commercial entity. He 

also began representing the State and Territory Governments on 

Australian Delegations to the United Nations Forum on Forests 

and its predecessor for the past 10 years. In doing 

so he participated in the development of global 

actions to facilitate management, conservation and 

sustainable development of the world’s forests. In 

2002 he collaborated with the World Bank to 

produce a summary guide to the 270+ proposals for 

action that had been agreed to at the 

Intergovernmental Panel on Forests and the 

Intergovernmental Forum on Forests. 

From 1999 to mid 2005 Mr Bartlett was the Director of 

ACT Forests. While Director, ACT Forests he was 

awarded the Prime Minister’s Silver Award for 

Excellence in Public Sector Management. The award was in 

recognition of the reform process that had occurred in ACT 

Forests under Mr Bartlett’s leadership. This saw the ACT 

plantation harvesting business move from an operating loss of 

one and a half million to a real profit of around $100,000 and 

improved outcomes to both government and forest industry 

customers. Mr Bartlett also represented ACT Forests in a range 

of Government and other fora, including the ACT Bushfire 

Council. 

The fires of 2003 devastated forests and woodlands in the ACT, 

and 2/3rds of the ACT’s plantation estate was destroyed. The 

rebuilding process that followed has been difficult and 

challenging for the community, Government and for ACT 

Forests, which lost its offices. This brought the need for a 

radical shift to forestry and community engagement within the 

organisation. Mr Bartlett and his team lead the early planning 

and response to the fires and worked towards a new approach to 

forestry in the ACT, coupled with a major focus on community 

engagement and participation. 

Due to Mr Bartlett and his team we have seen: 

The clean up of much of the burnt forest estate (10,500 

hectares); 

• Extensive reestablishment of forest infrastructure; 

• Native tree plantings and reestablishment of plantations on 

former pine plantation sites; and 

• Community and non-Government support for the replanting 

efforts. 

Importantly, Mr Bartlett developed innovative and successful 

strategies to involve the community in the post-fire restoration, in 

partnership with Greening Australia. The strategy set the basis 

for community engagement which continues today. 

The significance of the challenges involved in this activity cannot 

be underestimated. In recognition of his achievements, the 

Division awarded Mr Bartlett, and the ACT Forests Team, 

certificates of ‘outstanding contribution to forestry and forest 

management in the difficult and challenging environment that 

followed the 2003 fires’. The award recognised his leadership of 

ACT Forests during a time of great change, and his advocacy of 

innovative post–fire forest policies. The Division also recognized 

the significant commitment and sacrifice of all ACT Forests staff 

to forestry and forest ... 

Continued on page 29 


The Scribbly Gum story 

By Max Day 

& 

Marianne Horack 

Three of the very earliest gum tree species to be described 

were scribbly gums, all are common near Sydney. 

Later, the scribbles were given publicity by May Gibbs in her 

classic children’s stories, particularly in her best selling 

‘Snugglepot and Cuddlepie’, first published in 1918 and never 

since out of print. But it was not until 1935 that it was learned 

that they were caused by the larvae of a moth burrowing in 

the bark. The moth was given the name Ogmograptis 

scribula, and for many years it was assumed that all scribbles 

were caused by this same moth species. 

Now, 70 years on, we know that there are several species of 

moths that cause scribbles. We also recognize that there are 

many gum trees that may have scribbles, all in the subgenus 

Eucalyptus. We can distinguish about half a dozen types of 

scribble, all in the superficial layers of the bark. 

It came as a surprise when the moth specialists at CSIRO 

found four species of Ogmograptis from the Canberra area 

alone, where there was only one scribbly gum species in the 

area. We knew something of the life history of the moth that 

produced the scribble on the common scribbly gum, but what 

were the other three species feeding on? The problem 

became one of associating the moth with the host tree. And if 

there were 4 moth species in only one locality, how many 

species were there over the entire ranges of all the potential 

eucalypt hosts which range from Fraser Island to Tasmania? 

The moth species we know are minute, dull in colour and 

inconspicuous. The adults live for only a few days, and 

appear for only a few days of the year. They are not the sort 

of insect to attract attention. We found a way to collect the 

pupal stages of different moth species, and this provided 

information also about the host tree. 

In the late months of 2006, with the help of numerous 

collaborators, we placed nylon fabric around scribbled trees 

and later, after the bark had begun to shed, collected pupae, 

which later produced adult moths. If we are able to repeat 

this with a number of species we hope to associate the moths 

with their eucalypt hosts. Currently these include more than 

twenty species, but there are undoubtedly more that have yet 

to be recognized. 

We would welcome help from interested people. 

Max Day 

Email: max.day@csiro.au 


Above left: The markings on an Eucalypt caused by larvae 

Far left: Nylon fabric is placed around scribbled trees to collect pupae 

Left: The adult moth - Ogmograptis scribula 

Above: Scribbly Gum writing from ‘The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot & 

Cuddlepie’ By May Gibbs 

Right: Max Day 


RPF News 

Association of Consulting Foresters of Australia (ACFA) 

apply for RPF 

Late in 2006 the RPF Registration Committee agreed 

to ‘grandfather’ accredited members of ACFA as ‘GPF 

- Consulting Foresters’ under the RPF Registration 

scheme, without assessment, reference check or fee. 

This arrangement recognises that the RPF scheme is 

based on the original ACFA accreditation scheme and 

that the requirements are very similar. Of course the 

RPF scheme covers other forestry areas of expertise. 

The following persons have availed themselves of the 

new arrangements. 

• Adrian Goodwin - ‘GPF with recognised 

skills in Consulting Services’. 

• Stephen Henry Collet - ‘GPF with 

recognised skills in Forestry Consulting’. 

• Jeremy Wilfred Leech - ‘GPF with 

recognised skills in Consultancy Services’. 

Adrian Goodwin RPF 

Steve Collet RPF 

Coming Events 

3 - 7 June 2007 ANZIF 2007 Conference, 

Coffs Harbour, NSW 

17 - 21 February 2008 “Old Forests, Newmanagement” 

Conservation and use of old-growth forests 

in the 21st century 

RPF Scheme promotion 

Members received a pamphlet in the December 

2006 edition encouraging them to apply for RPF. The 

scheme is gradually gaining recognition. There are 

some measures that have been announced to 

members that will make the scheme more appealing 

in future. 

One of the previous announcements was that the 

IFA will be promoting the RPF scheme to employers. 

A copy of the pamphlet being sent to employers is 

included for your information. A covering letter 

seeking employer recognition and support, such as 

that given by Auspine, will accompany the pamphlet. 

Members who are in positions of supervision in 

government and private industry are encouraged to 

promote the scheme as much as possible. 

Join your colleagues and take the next step. Apply 

for RPF recognition. See www.forestry.org.au for 

details. 

Correction – Dr Matthew Wood RPF 

The December 2006 edition of The Forester stated 

the wrong ‘expertise’ area for Dr Matthew Wood. His 

approved registration is in the category of ‘Forest 

Science & Research with expertise in Plantation 

Silviculture’. This was an editorial error. 

More information at: 


Contact: 

mark.neyland@forestrytas.com.au 

If you have a 'Coming Event' you would like included, please email ifa@forestry.org.au with the details of the event. Alternatively, 

paid advertising of your event in this newsletter as a full or half page is as easy as contacting the National office on 

ifa@forestry.org.au or phone 02 6281 3992. 


New professional forestry joint Masters 

program for 2008 

ANU Forestry 

Alumni & Friends News 

March 2007 

• phone: 02 6125 2579 fax 02 6125 0746 • 

•email: forestry@anu.edu.au www: http://sres.anu.edu.au/• 

In late December 2006, the ANU, University of Melbourne, University of 

Tasmania and Southern Cross University were awarded a grant of $1.58 M by 

the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training to develop and 

offer a joint forestry Masters program from 2008. The case for the grant was 

greatly assisted by the comprehensive report, Wood and Paper Products 

Industry Skills Shortage in Australia, prepared in 2006 for DEST by Dr Lyndall 

Bull on behalf of NAFI and A3P. Strong support from the IFA, the Forestry and 

Forest Products Committee, and NAFI and A3P was also fundamental to the 

success of the application. 

The grant will partly fund development and the first two years of delivery of a 

two-year Masters program, modelled in part on similar programs in Europe (eg 

www.sutrofor.net). Like its European counterparts, the Australian Masters is 

built around both shared curriculum elements and student mobility between 

participating institutions. The DEST funding will support both these components. 

The structure, content and delivery of the program are still under discussion 

between the participating universities, and should be able to accommodate 

some level of participation from universities with relevant strengths that were 

not part of the original application, such as the University of Queensland. We 

plan to discuss the new program further at the June ANZIF Conference. 

The benefits & hazards of urban trees … 

Dr Cris Brack’s work on urban trees has continued to attract significant media 

interest, as the drought continues to take its toll on urban trees in Canberra and 

elsewhere, and as enhanced awareness of climate change raises awareness of 

some of their benefits. Cris’ work first attracted the national media spotlight 

when Mungo McCallum, in his account of the 2004 federal election Run, 

Johnny, Run, creatively quoted him as saying that a falling eucalypt limb might 

“assassinate” the Prime Minister on his morning walk. Since then, Cris has been 

a regular commentator in the local and national media, explaining – amongst 

other things – that trees age and eventually die, that dead wood can be good, 

and the extent of the toll the drought has taken on Canberra’s urban forest 

(about 60,000 of Canberra’s 400,000 public trees are in a worse condition than 

we would otherwise expect, as a result of the drought). As Cris points out, 

deciding on the optimum investment in urban tree planting and management in 

an increasingly risk-averse society presents urban tree managers with some big 

challenges. 

Mary Hobley to deliver 6 th Jack Westoby 

Lecture 

Dr Mary Hobley, a UK-based community development consultant with long 

experience of community-based forestry and rural development work in Africa 

and Asia, will deliver the 6 th Jack Westoby Lecture at ANU on 3 April. ANU 

Forestry’s biennial public lecture series, named in honour of the late influential 

international forestry figure Jack Westoby, was established in 1997 with the 

support of the Westoby family and the FWPRDC. Dr Hobley will speak on the 

topic “Forests – the poor man’s overcoat: foresters, agents of change?”. 

Dr Cris Brack with a nonthreatening 

urban tree 

One of ANU’s campus trees 

showing typical responses to 

drought stress 

THE FORESTER VOLUME 50, NUMBER 1 - MARCH 2007 9 

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Member Profile: Phil Shedley 

Early in 1950 after graduating from the Australian Forestry 

School I started work for the WA Forests Department. My 

first posting was to the tiny forest settlement of Willow 

Springs – nestled in tall karri forest. Willow Springs had 

been a Kauri Timber Company sawmill that had burnt down 

a few years earlier. There were ten Forests Department 

cottages; Assistant Forester Jim [Stringer] Crawford, 

previously an axe and crosscut saw faller, occupied the old 

mill manager’s house and the Department Overseer and 

gang occupied the others. There were two other houses, 

one used as the school and the other to house the 

schoolmaster. Then there was a camp for single men well 

away from the houses and my unlined hut beside the office 

and storeroom at the bottom of the hill. A storeman went 

twice a week for provisions to Nannup some 15 miles away. 

Two weeks after arriving, the infamous 1950 wildfires had 

just started and Stringer had collected me and the two lads 

of my assessment crew from our temporary assessment 

camp at Ellis Creek. It was mid-morning and we travelled in 

an open sided Jeep towards the fire to relieve Forester 

Oscar [Oc] Pears who had been there all night. But we 

didn’t make it. By 12 noon I was on the ‘phone from Nannup 

to my boss John D’Espeissis, the Divisional Forest Officer at 

Pemberton, to explain how, while on the way to relieve Oc 

Pears, we had been trapped in a wildfire on private property, 

the Jeep canopy had caught fire and we had, solely by the 

courage and fortitude of Stringer, narrowly escaped death. 

He sent me off to relieve at the first fire while Stringer spent 

the next three months in hospital recovering from severe 

burns. 

Some 10 days later, back in Willow Springs, I fled from 

advancing flames to take refuge by the settlement’s only 

water supply, a 10,000-gallon tank at the top of the hill. Also 

there were the Conservator of Forests, Dr Stoate, the Fire 

Control Superintendent, Mick Milesi, a few exhausted men 

and those women and children who had not been evacuated 

earlier. Moments later, with a thunderous roar that 

continued for some 15 minutes, we watched in awe and 

terror as the wildfire that had raged for the past fortnight, 

suddenly tore through the crowns of the mature karri forest 

followed immediately by a ferocious ground fire. From our 

high vantage point looking across the treeless old sawmill 

site we had the rare experience of witnessing a crown fire in 

tall karri forest not half a mile away. 

Finally it rained and I returned to find that the fire had been 

extinguished just 10 feet from my hut and the fuel store. 

That was my introduction to life as a professional forester. 

My next move was to Shannon River, where a large Stateowned 

sawmill had just started up. There, as well as 

managing a small District, I became efficient in supervising 

house building and mastered air photo interpretation for the 

construction of 1,000 miles of roads. [Kelly McGrath wanted 

to fail me in Forest Engineering at the AFS, I think because I 

was better at hockey than rugby. Fortunately Max Jacobs 

thought my ability at golf and tennis would see me through, 

so over-ruled him]. What I did not master was how to 

adequately regenerate karri forest that had been harvested 

on a selection-cut basis that was then being tested by the 

Department - a stark contrast with the dense regrowth that 

followed the Willow Spring wildfire. 

When after seven years I was thoroughly water-logged and 

a request for a transfer to dryer climes was refused, I 

accepted the position of Forester with the Kauri Timber 

Company. [The Company had previously sought my 

services while at Willow Springs but at that stage I was still 

bonded by my scholarship conditions]. The work with KTC 

involved the purchase of privately owned timber for five 

small mills cutting railway sleepers, supervising them and 

managing the harvesting operations for the three mills at 

Nannup and the two mills at Northcliffe. After a spell as 

manager of the two mills at Northcliffe, I was appointed Mill 

Superintendent for all the company’s mills with a workforce 

of 175. It was a time when the hardwood industry was 

moving from green structural production to kiln dried 

products. We built our own drying kilns, controlled air-drying 

and dressing facilities and the passion I developed for value 

adding continues to this day. 

When in 1963 KTC sold its WA interests, I returned to the 

Forests Department, again at the bottom rung of the 

professional ladder. The job of OIC Collie for eight years 

included supplying logs to a vibrant hardwood industry, 

rapidly expanding the radiata plantations and doing 

battle with an average of more than 50 wildfires each 

year. 

A two-year stint at Harvey saw more of the same 

plus operating the Department’s small pine sawmill 

before moving to Head Office in Perth. Here my 

initial tasks as Utilisation and Marketing Officer were 

marketing sawn timber from the Department’s four 

pine mills and its one jarrah mill and negotiating 

harvesting contracts. When four of the mills were 

sold, I managed the remaining mill at Harvey and 

expanded it into a research facility. Features of the 

research program were to convert small thinning 

logs using commercial rather than laboratory scale 

equipment into value added products and to directly 

involve industry. Significant achievements were the 

use of high temperature drying schedules for 

eucalypts; the development of VALWOOD® 


laminated panels and cost-effective solar drying kilns. For a 

number of years I ran lunchtime aerobic sessions for the 

‘shiny-bum’ forest workers in Head Office. 

On retiring from the government service, I joined forces with 

long-time friend Ed Sprengel and his son-in-law Kevin 

Bentley to establish a forest industry consultancy, Valuwood 

International Pty Ltd. Ed had recently retired as General 

Manager of Millars Timber and Trading Company, one of 

WA’s leading sawmilling companies at the time. Initially we 

promoted CALM’s intellectual property in China, India and 

Malaysia. Later we managed two Federally funded research 

projects that developed an innovative and efficient approach 

to converting small native forest regrowth logs and thinnings 

as young as 6 years old, from E, globulus plantations, into 

quality laminated flooring. 

I believe the future of our native forests depends on our 

ability to thin overstocked regrowth stands and to use those 

thinnings to replace the now-preserved old-growth 

National Office News 

The cup overfloweth 

The work being undertaken at the National Office is 

overflowing current resources at the moment. 

The Board has a dynamic Strategic Plan that is working but of 

course resources are required to implement the Plan. The 

Board has approved those resources. 

I have been involved in the development of many Strategic 

Plans since it became a buzzword in the 1980’s. However 

most of Plans fall over due to lack of resources and changes 

in the people driving the Plan. 

I am pleased to report that the IFA Strategic Plan is working 

very well. Progress is being made and will be reported to you 

later this year. 

A contract has been let to Forsci Pty Ltd (Marcia Lambert and 

John Turner) to extract and coordinate abstracts of theses 

undertaken on Australian forestry at the Masters and 

Postdoctoral degree level. The abstracts will be added to 

existing entries on the IFA website and updated. 

It is also proposed to load the previous ‘hard copy’ issues onto 

the website. 

The Board of Directors has made Peter Jowett Hawkins 

Memorial Funds available for this project and Bob 

Thistlethwaite, Gary Bacon and Keith Jennings have been 

appointed to the sub-committee over sighting this project 

A strong promotional campaign covering RPF, Membership 

eucalypts. Next year I’ll turn 80, so to keep my passion 

alive, I have resorted to lobbying all-and-sundry and 

beavering away to set up a conference on “Borers and Rots 

in Eucalypts” for the Institute. 

Regards Phil Shedley 

Email: pshedley@iinet.net.au 

PS My father Charles was one of the first Australian trained 

professional foresters. He obtained a Diploma in Forestry 

from the University of Adelaide on the 16 th December 1914. 

I have now started writing my memoirs entitled “The Second 

Rotation Forester” or perhaps that should be “The Regrowth 

Forester”? 

and the ANZIF Conference 

has also required 

considerable administrative 

development. The Institute is 

fortunate that Office Manager, 

Cassandra, has special skills 

and a strong interest in 

promotional work. 

Some private contracting work has been necessary to achieve 

quicker turnaround of projects and a Forestry University 

student, Gabrielle Smith, has been employed part-time to help 

with some of the basic administrative work. 

Seen SYLVA? 

Executive Director 

Adrian O’Loughlin 

The National Office is looking for the publication ‘SYLVA” or ‘A 

discourse of Forest—Trees and the Propagation of Timber’ - 

First Edition—published in 1664. (yes - the year is correct!) 

Gary Bacon has advised me that the Institute purchased the 

publication some years ago. CSIRO Library staff has kindly 

undertaken a Library search and found the location of the 

Second Edition. But the location of the First Edition IFA copy 

remains a mystery. 

If you know where the original First Edition is, then please 

contact the IFA National Office at ifa@forestry.org.au. We 

would love to hear from you. 


Member Profile: Barrie May 

I have been an Associate Member of the IFA for about 8 

years, but decided to take the plunge this year and become a 

Full Member. To my mind, foresters have always been an 

exceptional breed of people. Unlike the average Joe Blow, 

who views long term as maybe the next AFL Grand final, 

foresters, by the nature of their profession, must see things in 

terms of decades and even centuries. The seeds they plant 

now, many will never see grown into mature trees. Thus, the 

idea of leaving a legacy to future generations, so foreign to 

many in our “get it while you can” society, seems completely 

natural to a forester. 

I was introduced to forestry at around the age of 3 by my Dad 

(Frank May) who was a District Forester with the Victorian 

Forestry Commission from 1951-1983. Being the last of his 

tribe of seven children I missed out on much of the adventure 

of growing up in the great places where he worked such as 

Mount Taylor, Buchan, Marysville, but still have fond 

memories of the forest and people of the little sawmilling town 

of Powelltown and the Dandenong Ranges. 

One of my earliest memories is playing with gigantic balloons. 

Dad used to mark paths for aeroplanes spraying phasmids 

(stick insects) in the mountain ash forests near Powelltown . 

Both my parents installed in me an awe for the early pioneers 

by showing me the remains of railways, tressel bridges and 

sawmills hidden deep in the forests and the enormous 

stumps of trees that handfelled in the early 1900’s. They also 

taught me to appreciate the trees, birds, ferns 

and flowers with their encyclopaedic 

memories for botanical names and 

knowledge of their use and role in the 

ecosystem. 

I decided then that a life far from the noise, 

traffic and concrete of the city, and close to 

the forest was the place for me. 

After, completing a Forestry Degree at 

Melbourne University, I embarked on PhD 

under the guidance of one of the giants in 

this field, Peter Attiwill, studying understorey 

growth and soil nutrient cycling after timber 

harvesting forests. This research gave me 

the opportunity to spend as much time as I wanted in some of 

the most beautiful (and difficult) country in Australia, the 

mountain ash forests of the Victorian Central Highlands. I 

soon discovered that much of my work involved fighting my 

way through thickets of wiregrass, dodging falling trees during 

harvesting operations, getting lost in leach infested swamps 

and spending freezing nights in a tent eating charcoal 

encrusted steak and eggs. However, I loved every minute of 

it and learnt from the local foresters and timber harvesters 

and from the books I read. 

After a job came up working for CSIRO in Mount Gambier in 

1996, I found myself working with the then Forestry and 

Forest Products Division at the Plantation Forest Research 

Centre. This work, involved establishing experiments across 

a range of plantations and working out which plantations 

responded best to fertiliser and what to apply. Other 

interesting sidetracks I ventured down included investigating 

defoliation associated with a newly arrived insect the 

Monterey pine aphid, studying the effects of stand 

management on wood quality, looking at growing trees for 

‘I decided then that a 

life far from the noise, 

traffic and concrete of 

the city, and close to 

the forest was the place 

for me’ 

production of bio-energy and, currently 

recently, helping collect data for a life cycle 

analysis of wood production across Australia. 

This work has given me the opportunity to 

develop close working relationships with many 

of the forest managers in the region and to 

learn from their experience. 

The excitement of working as a forest scientist 

with CSIRO has been tempered by the reality 

of continually having to try to convince both the 

timber industry and government to invest hard 

earned cash for new projects, spending long 

hours at night on weekends crunching 

numbers and writing reports, and having to 

deal with ever increasing amounts of paper work and redtape. 

Balancing work with family life has been an issue, as 

my long suffering wife Sandra and two children Gavin and 

Amber would testify. However, the apparent lack of interest 

from either the government or industry in funding forest 

research has been balanced by the immense satisfaction I 

get from working with a highly motivated team in CSIRO and 

seeing findings implemented in the field by very supportive 

group of forest managers. 

With the announcement of the pending closure of CSIRO’s 

plantation research centre in Mount Gambier, my career has 

entered a new phase. After deciding to settle down in what, I 

reckon, is one of God’s paradises on earth and building a 

house, the prospect of packing up and moving to Melbourne 

is not all that appealing. Luckily, I have 6 or so months to try 

to tie up the loose ends of my research and get the work 

published before the doors are locked for the last time. 

Hopefully, with one door shutting others will open allowing me 

to contribute what I can to the future of forestry in this 

country. 


The Makings of a Tourism Icon: 

Peter Hewett and the Bibbulmun Track 

By Wayne Schmidt 

Western Australia’s Bibbulmun Track is one of Australia’s 

great long distance walks and is amongst the best planned 

and maintained long distance hiking tracks in the world. 

Stretching nearly 1,000 kms between Kalamunda in the 

Darling Range east of Perth to Albany on the State’s south 

coast, the Track enables walkers of varying ages and abilities 

to experience the beauty of this corner of Australia, be it via a 

half day stroll or an end-to-end trek lasting 6 weeks or more. 

Since its humble beginnings over 3 decades ago, the 

Bibbulmun has grown in popularity and the Track now 

accounts for over 137,000 walks per annum. Each year 

increasing numbers of interstate visitors and trekkers from 

around the globe are making their way to WA to hike the 

Bibbulmun, and to many young West Australians “walking the 

Bib” has become a rite of passage. 

The Track traverses a diversity of landscapes, ranging from 

dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest dominated by jarrah, marri and 

wandoo to the steep, pine covered hills of the Blackwood 

Valley. Further south, the Track wends it way through stately 

stands of karri and tingle and along some of the State’s most 

stunning coastal headlands and beaches. En-route, there are 

48 campsites spaced within a day’s walk of one another, 

each with a timber sleeping shelter, tent sites, toilets, tables 

and fire rings to accommodate the needs of both day and 

long distance hikers. 

The Bibbulmun Track also boasts a professional and very 

effective support group, the Bibbulmun Track Foundation 

(BTF). This is an incorporated non-profit organization founded 

in 1997 that works in partnership with the Department of 

Environment and Conservation to promote and maintain the 

Track. In 2005 alone, BTF volunteers contributed 13,000 

hours towards Track maintenance and the Foundation 

actively communicates information about the Track to its 

members and a national and international audience via its 

website and a regular newsletter. In addition, the BTF has 

also worked closely with local community groups and 

businesses to help generate new and expanded business 

opportunities associated with bushwalking. 

Recently the Bibbulmun was awarded the 2006 Significant 

Tourism Attraction against some very stiff competition at the 

WA Tourism Awards and is now in the running for a National 

Award. But this account is not so much about the present day 

Bibbulmun as the origins of the Track and the involvement of 

Peter Hewett, one of WA’s most respected foresters, in the 

establishment of this top tourism icon. 

The idea of developing Western Australia’s first long distance 

walking track belongs to Geoff Schafer. A keen bushwalker, 

Geoff approached the Minister for Forests, the Hon. H. D. 

Evans in mid 1972 with the idea of encouraging more people 

to get outdoors and enjoy nature by developing a long 

distance walk through the southwest of WA. Mr Evans 

directed Geoff to the Forests Department where he 

fortuitously met up with Peter Hewett. The rest is, as they 

say, history. 

Winning internal hearts and minds 

By today’s standards, the planning and construction of a long 

distance track of nearly a 1,000 kilometres through State 

forests, national parks and water catchments would constitute 

a major 

undertaking. But 

some 30 years ago, 

it was a massive 

challenge. 

For starters, the 

concept of “forest 

recreation” was not 

at that time readily 

Wayne Schmidt 

seen as a legitimate 

part of multiple use forest management, nor was there a high 

demand from the public. As Roger Underwood put it in Tree 

Climber, writing about the 1960s: 

“…few West Australians in those days regarded the 

forest country as a place to take a holiday or go camping for a 

long weekend. Recreation meant the coast, boating or just 

lazing on the beach. The bush meant work.” 

As late as 1970 you could count the number of WA foresters 

actively engaged in forest recreation on one hand and still 

have several fingers left over. Forest recreation was actually 

discouraged by some of the older generation foresters who 

saw it as a threat. 

But in 1972, the Government appointed a new Conservator of 

Forests, Bruce Beggs. Bruce recognised that recreation had 

a place in multiple use forestry and was quick to steer the 

agency in a new direction. He appointed Peter Hewett to 

head up a new Recreation and Extensions Branch. It was to 

prove an excellent appointment for a number of reasons, in 

part because Peter had credibility with district staff, having 

been involved in plantation work, fire control and district and 

regional administration for many years. Subsequently Peter 

duly earned and rightly deserves the title of WA’s Father of 

Forest Recreation, but in the short term he faced many 

challenges. Not the least of these was how to win support for 

a long distance walking track. 

The first difficulty was that in those days public forests were 

of three different tenures (State forests, national parks and 

nature reserves) each managed by a different agency with 

different policies. A second problem was that within State 

forests each separate Forests Dept district operated like a 

self-contained kingdom. The Bibbulmun Track would need to 

cross about 12 of these, and along the way must attract the 

support of each Divisional Forest Officer (DFO). The DFOs 

also were responsible for deciding on the best route for the 

track in their own districts and often the start and end points 

of the track did not meet up at district boundaries. 

Walking on water 

By far the greatest challenge Peter faced was the intransigent 

attitude and outright opposition he faced from WA’s water 

supply agencies of the day, the Metropolitan Water Authority 

and Public Works Department. Much of the jarrah forest is 

overlain by water catchments that at that time were the 

source of over two-thirds of the Perth Metropolitan Region’s 

drinking water and the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. 

Water supply engineers of that era had no interest in multiple 

use forestry, but adopted a “primacy of water” doctrine. In this 

view the only good catchment 

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ANZACS helping each other 

In 2006, the USA had one of its worst fire seasons ever, with 

over 3.9 million hectares of wildfires, the most since at least 

1960. The season started early in Texas in January, and was 

still going in southern California in October. Because the 

season was so long, and so many large fires were still 

uncontained by August, US firefighters, particularly middle 

management, were becoming stretched and many requests 

for key personnel were unfillable. At that point, US fire 

authorities requested assistance from Australian and New 

Zealand (ANZ) resources, and subsequently from Canada 

and Mexico. 

I was in the first wave of 48 ANZ firefighters, comprising 27 

Aussies from multiple agencies across five states and 

By Julian Armstrong 

territories plus 21 Kiwis. There were a few IFA members 

scattered amongst the group, which included Incident 

Management Team specialists, field commanders and 

aviation experts. In all, three waves of ANZ firefighters, 

totalling about 150 personnel, were deployed. The US 

government paid our home employers for our services and 

covered all costs. 

In mid-August, we arrived at the National Interagency Fire 

Center in Boise, Idaho, where we received 2 days of 

comprehensive briefings, were issued with US fire equipment 

and practiced using their portable aluminium foil fire shelters, 

known amongst the older hands as “shake-n-bakes”. About 

half of the group were then sent to the Tripod fire in northern 

Washington state, and the other half was sent to a fire in 

Oregon. 

My group spent four weeks at the Tripod complex of fires, 

which grew to 71,000 ha from several lightning strikes in 

remote forested country where the major forest species are 

Douglas fir, Ponderosa pine, Lodgepole pine and Black 

spruce. This fire was the largest in Washington since 1903., 

cost US$82 million to fight and at its peak employed 2,300 

firefighters from five countries. 

We slept in one-person tents at a fire camp with up to 800 

other firefighters for four weeks. The food was generally 

good, with massive meals supplied by a mobile kitchen on a 

semi-trailer. I spent many days walking the fireline in steep 

country, and despite the 6000-calorie-a-day food still 

managed to lose a couple of kilos. The Americans treated us 

like royalty and were very appreciative of our assistance. 

Unfortunately for the ANZ firefighters, we didn’t manage to 

put it out, although we did tie up a lot of loose ends and kept 

it away from the local townships. Two days after we left the 

fireground, snow fell and finally put it out. 

In the Pacific Northwest during the late 1890’s and early 

1900’s, there were several large fires which created today’s 

stands of pine and spruce. Decades of total fire exclusion 

have disrupted the natural regeneration process. Many trees 

were approaching the end of their lifespan, and the past 

couple of years of above-average temperatures have allowed 

a number of bark-beetle species to attack and kill the trees. 

As a result, their forest stands consist of up to 25% dead 

trees, many with their needles still attached, 

providing ladder fuels into the canopy. 

Long-term drought has also dried all the 

dead and live fuels to unusually low levels. 

Combine this with 2006’s early snow-melt 

Left top:Tripod column - Tripod fire smoke column, Lodgepole 

pine in foreground. Photo-Julian Armstrong 

Left middle: ANZ camp - Julian Armstrong at fire camp, 

Conconully, Wa. Photo-Mike Pryjma 

Left bottom: Part of the ANZ team at Highlands cap, Tripod 

fire, final day. Back row, l-r Wayne Leader (NSW), Trevour 

Bullock (NZ), Julian Armstrong (NSW), Peter Windle (NSW), 

Paul / ((NZ), Bryan Cartelle (NZ), Mike Pryjma (NSW), Ian 

Bounds (TAS). Front row, l-r, Eddie Tekahika (NZ), unknown 

(NZ), Evan ? (NZ), Mark Williams (NSW), Barry 

Scott (VIC), Craig Burley (NSW), Rob Ratcliffe (TAS). Photo- 

Doug Parker 


and warm spring weather and it was a disaster waiting to 

happen. 

Local forest managers viewed the Tripod fire as a two-edged 

sword. Whilst it was dangerous and expensive to fight, it was 

doing a terrific job of regenerating the forest, much of which 

was on federal lands which couldn’t be regenerated by 

logging due to environmental restrictions. I just hope that 

they can keep fires out for long enough for the new forests to 

set seed and ensure the forests’ survival until the next big 

one. 

Julian Armstrong 

Email: JulianA@sf.nsw.gov.au 

Editorial Footnote: The USA firefighters returned the favour 

when 100 firefighters arrived in Victoria, Australia in February 

2007 to relieve the local firefighters engaged in fighting the 

Victoria bushfires over Australia’s summer period. 

On the 4 th December 2006 a formal request made by the 

Department of Sustainability (DSE) and Environment in 

Victoria, Australia to the New Zealand National Rural Fire 

Officer requested assistance with fire crews and Incident 

Management personal to assist with the management of 

the wildfires currently effecting the State of Victoria. 

The request required that all personnel must be: 

• Trained and competent in remote area fire fighting; 

• Have Alpine country and/or forest fire fighting experience; 

and 

• Physically fit (i.e. will be expected to walk up to 2 hours to 

access wildfires. 

Victoria and New Zealand signed an agreement of mutual 

support in January 2003. This agreement provides for wildfire 

suppression assistance and other fire management activities 

between DSE and the NZ National Rural Fire Authority. This 

2007 request is the second such request made under this 

agreement for wildfire suppression assistance to Victoria. 

Selection of nine five persons crews was made and the group 

travelled to Melbourne on 7 th December 2006 in a C130 aircraft 

provide by NZ Defence Force. In addition one aircraft manager, 

one fire behaviour specialist and two liaison officers where also 

part of the party of 49. This group returned to New Zealand on 

Saturday 23 rd December in a NZ Defence Force aircraft. 

Given the DSE skill requirements to there request the majority 

of the 49 people deployed are from the forestry agencies, local 

government or Department of Conservation. 

A further 67 personal were deployed on the 3 January 2007 to 

continue this ongoing NZ support with the management of the 

2006/07 Victoria wildfires. The 2006/07 wildfire deployment to 

Victoria will be the largest deployment ever undertaken by New 

Zealand. 

New Zealand and Australia (ANZ) have had a mutual support 

agreement in place since August 2000 with the USA. Under 

this agreement four joint ANZ deployments have been made 

to the USA in 2000, 2003, 2004 and recently in August 2006 

where over 130 people from ANZ travelled to the USA and 

worked along each other to assist with the management of 

wildfires in the North Western States of the USA. 29 from NZ 

formed part of this 2006 ANZ deployment. Each of the four 

ANZ deployments to the USA have involved Incident 

Management Team (IMT) personnel only and not fire crews 

which is the case with this Australia deployment where both 

fire crews and IMT personnel are involved. 

Since August 2000 New Zealand and Australia have worked 

together and have supported each other in times of need. 

The above is an example of the relationship which Australia 

and New Zealand has in the management of wildfires on our 

forest and rural lands. 

2007 Deployment to Victoria, Australia 

a NZ Fire Service contribution 

Right top: New Zealanders arriving to help 

Right middle: A short rest before attacking the 

next task 

Right bottom: New Zealand firefighters in 

action. 


IFA Supports IFSA 

(International Forest Students Association) 

Reports from the International Forestry Students Symposium 

Elspeth Coker, University of Melbourne 

IFSA Vice-President 

This was my second International Forestry Students’ Symposium 

and I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to travel to Brazil and 

Argentina. I had worked closely with the Publications and 

Promotions Commission throughout the past year and I was 

looking forward to meeting with students that I had met at the IFSS 

in Australia. 

The trip to South America was my first time overseas and I was 

unsure what to expect. By the end of the symposium, all 

participants realised that the insights they had gained into forestry 

in Brazil and Argentina were invaluable. The experiences were so 

varied and we were really able to get a sense of each country’s 

unique culture. The Araucaria forests were spectacular and it was 

amazing to see such expansive landscapes with these distinctive 

trees. It was very interesting to learn about the Ecoplan Institute in 

Brazil and its approaches to ensuring social and environmental 

improvements are implemented in coastal, agricultural and urban 

areas. In Argentina, I particularly enjoyed learning about the 

Guaraní community and the way these people value their 

surroundings. I realised that it was only through the organising 

efforts of those associated with the National University of Misiones 

that we were given the opportunity to visit this remote community. 

I consider the International Forestry Students’ Association to be 

such an important student organisation and avenue for students 

worldwide to share forestry knowledge. During this year’s 

symposium, I was fortunate enough to be voted in as Vice- 

President for the coming year. It is a wonderful honour to hold this 

position in IFSA and I look forward to contributing significantly to 

the association by ensuring that it remains a very active, and 

progressive, student body. 

I would like to thank the sponsors very much for their support in 

enabling Australia to be so well represented at this year’s IFSS. It 

was a memorable experience for all involved and one I’ll treasure 

forever. Each IFSS is a special opportunity for students to make 

friends and contacts for life, which enables all participants to enrich 

their forestry knowledge now and always. 

Geoffrey Kay, Australian National University 

Head, IFSA Village Concept Project 

Travelling to Brazil and Argentina to better understand issues of 

tropical forest management was one of the most rewarding, 

Elspeth Coker 

significant and simply mind-blowing 

things I’ve done over the course of 

my 5 year Bachelor of Science 

(biology) / Bachelor of Science 

(forestry) double degree. 

Because of my passion to work in the field of African tropical 

forestry, attending the 34 th IFSS in Brazil and Argentina afforded 

me some excellent opportunities to increase my understanding of 

the management required for such complex forest systems. 

Despite some high expectations, I have to reluctantly say that 

unfortunately, the symposium did not provide the plethora of 

solutions to the big problems rife throughout global tropical forests 

as I had hoped prior to the symposium. This realisation, however, 

only cemented my commitment to better understanding the 

complex issues of sustainable forest management, species 

conservation, and legislative enforcement in developing countries 

with national forest assets of the utmost global significance. 

This need for protection of Brazil and Argentina’s vital forest 

resource was also highlighted through the rapid development of 

some key programs, such as the Atlantic Forest Network, and 

national policies. Unfortunately, a lack of political clout renders 

these documents, which are as modern as those adopted in 

sophisticated Australian systems, fine in theory but lacking in 

practice. 

All in all, Brazilian and Argentine forest policies indicate some 

positive signs regarding the future management of their forest 

assets. However, this has been the case for the last decade or 

two, and yet unsustainable forest activities (i.e. illegal logging, 

conversion of virgin forest for agricultural practices) continue at an 

unsustainable rate seemingly unabated. The issue now facing the 

forest managers of these two countries seems not one of policy 

construction, but one of policy implementation and enforcement. 

And decisions pertaining to the latter often seem more relevant to 

economists and politicians rather than forest managers. 

Geoffrey Kay 

Kate Lancaster, University of Melbourne 

Head, IFSA Web Commission 

Forests are my passion and have been for many years now. As I 

am only in my first year of university, the thought of attending an 

international symposium with forestry students from around the 

world was unbelievable. The IFSA, and of course our sponsors, 

gave me this once in a life time opportunity, and it is something 

Kate Lancaster 


that I will never forget. 

Our two weeks; first in Brazil and then in Argentina, were 

jam-packed with presentations from a variety of people 

and industries, exposure to natural forests and 

plantations, and finding out the experiences of other 

members from all around the world. I found to be a very 

valuable and rewarding experience to learn about what 

is going on in forestry in other countries. It has inspired 

and motivated me about forestry in Australia. It helped 

secure in my mind that this is where I want to be; 

forestry. 

I would like to pass on my sincere gratitude to our sponsors, as 

you made this unforgettable experience possible. With such great 

opportunities around, I find it sad that forestry student numbers are 

declining. The support of sponsors is helping to produce the 

foresters of tomorrow. I do believe that through the IFSA we can 

try to raise awareness of an often misunderstood field, and keep 

the spirit of forestry that I discovered at the IFSS alive for the 

future. 

Geoff Roberts, Australian National University 

IFSA Council 

I left for this IFSS filled with excitement and anticipation of the 

spectacular forests that were awaiting us all in Brazil and 

Argentina. I was not disappointed! From the majestic Araucaria to 

the enormous growth rates of Eucalypt plantations, it was 

everything I expected and much more. 

This IFSS gave me the opportunity to view the forestry sector of 

another country and view first hand some of the forest policy that I 

have studied during my time at the ANU. It was an amazing 

learning opportunity which I am very much looking forward to 

sharing with my fellow forestry students. As has been my 

experience with other IFSA events, it is surprising how much you 

can learn and how your opinions can vary over such a short period 

of time. Although the experience was intense, it offered all 

participants a great overview of the issues facing not only the 

forestry industry, but also environmental concerns, as outlined in 

this document. 

During the IFSS I was elected to Council, and I am excited by the 

prospect of working with the amazing people that make up the 

IFSA 7. I would like to thank all of our sponsors who made it 

possible for me to attend this incredible experience! 

Melissa Gordon, University of Queensland 

Commissioner, IFSA Village Concept Project 

I am currently undertaking a Bachelor of Environmental 

Management (Tropical Forestry), which is based in Gatton, 

Queensland. I was so happy when I found out I had the 

Geoff Roberts 

opportunity to attend the International Forestry Students 

Symposium held in Argentina and Brazil. Attending the IFSS gave 

me the chance to learn more about the IFSA, and gain 

insight into the management of forests in Argentina 

and Brazil. 

I had organised before the symposium with one of my 

subjects called ‘Farm and Community Forestry’ to 

prepare a case study proposal based upon what I learn 

at the symposium. I decided to undertake a case study 

on Forest Management in Argentina and Brazil and 

include details of the impediments and incentives for 

achieving Sustainable Forest Management. Other than 

being able to use my experience as an opportunity for an 

interesting assignment; I benefited immensely from the field visits 

and being able to interact with forestry students from all over the 

world. I also felt privileged that I had the opportunity to present a 

paper at an international symposium. 

I joined a commission of the IFSA called the Village Concept 

Project because I am interested in enabling members of the IFSA 

to contribute to a forestry related project in a developing country. I 

hope that I can help establish co-operative relationships between 

the IFSA and other student organisations that have a VCP 

component or organisations with forestry projects in a developing 

country. 

Melissa Gordon 

Now that I am back at my university in Queensland, and with only 

a few months left to complete my degree, I hope to encourage 

other students to become active members of the IFSA. All in all, 

the IFSS has been an invaluable experience for me and I am 

grateful for the opportunity to attend and the sponsorship provided 

by various organisations. 

Joseph Henry, Australian National University 

Regional Representative, IFSA Oceania 

In compiling this report, I have been provided with a wonderful 

opportunity to reflect upon the numerous outcomes that this 

symposium has provided to me, all forestry students, and the 

speakers involved in this exciting event. 

Communication amongst eager minds, in a myriad of stimulating 

environments, has, I feel, enhanced my knowledge of how various 

communities value the forests of the world, whether for example, it 

be for cultural reasons in Estonia or for production in Brazil. 

Through a physical means, this symposium has effectively 

explored the theme Forests for Everything. 

I am very grateful to the supporters of the Australian contingent of 

the symposium, our generous sponsors, and particularly to Geoff 

Roberts, previous Oceania Regional Representative, for making 

this exciting learning experience possible. 

Joseph Henry 


About 12ha of land about 10km north of the CBD was 

‘secured’ for our project in the early 90s. A part of the old 

abattoir stock yards not needed for State Sports Park at 

the time have been progressively transformed into the 

Foresters’ Forest. 

The design incorporates opportunities for passive 

recreation with discrete picnic-BBQ sites, an 

interpretative walking trail and mixture of natural forest 

communities and open space (probably need to include 

layout plan) 

It’s more than a parkland or botanic garden, with each 

forest type having its own distinctive character colour, 

shapes, textures & scents. For example, without even 

leaving the city, folks will be able to experience: 

• Tall trunks and the sheen of the bark of salmon gum 

from WA 

• Dark deeply fissured bark and contrasting grey-blue 

foliage of ironbarks from NSW 

Subtle diversity in foliage and flowering times of the 

mallee 

Over the time, thirteen community groups have taken on 

one or more of the forest types; a group of activ8 kids 

from Enfield High School are still slowly but surely 

establishing the Flinders Ranges Native Pine area. 

– a decade or so later 

There’s been no shortage of challenges along the way — 

hares, droughts, couch grass competition, fires, 

vandalism, rubbish dumping, removing tyres from 

saplings (used as tree guards or perhaps havens for 

hares!), golf course and sports field expansion 

proposals. Currently there is a proposal for construction 

of a criterium course for cyclists, but this has the scope 

to be mutually advantageous by providing the access 

track surfacing. 

What should have been the last of the seedlings were 

planted in 2006 but thanks to the drought, there now 

need to be some more native pine, sugar gums and flattopped 

yate to go in this season. 

The IFA has provided the leadership and had a number 

of real stalwarts at our annual working bees, but the 

project is not quite ready for ‘hand-over’ yet. 

We still need to organize BBQ facilities, reticulation and 

a walking trail with or without corporate sponsorship 

before handing over to local or state government — 

whilst maintaining a strong IFA profile. 

Hopefully the project has and will continue to raise the 

profile of the forestry profession in a positive way and to 

commemorate the late Graham Blackwell who embraced 

community forestry with a passion. 

Peter Bulman 

Foundation stone laid by The Hon. Dame Roma Mitchell 

Governor of South Australia 


IFA Executive Director Adrian O’Loughlin (left) visited the 

project with Rick Underdown 

Rick Underdown inspecting new plantings 

‘Enjoying the shade’ 

Maturing trees 

Rick Underdown and Peter Bulman Public sign recognizing community groups and IFA 

involvement 


Increasing water use efficiency using 

mixed species plantations of Eucalyptus 

and Acacia 

IFA Max Jacobs 2006 Grant – awarded to David Forrester 

Project description 

Mixed-species plantations comprising eucalypts and nitrogen 

fixing trees, such as acacias, have been found to produce 

twice the aboveground biomass of eucalypt monoculture 

plantations. However, while the mixtures may be more 

productive than the monocultures, it is the acacia 

monocultures that fix the most nitrogen, cycle the most 

nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) and intercept the most 

light (photosynthetically active radiation; PAR) (Forrester et 

al., 2006). 

Therefore it appears as though there is another factor 

influencing the growth of these mixed-species plantations. 

One such factor may be differences in the efficiency of 

resource use between species, or interactions between 

species that influence their resource use efficiencies. For 

example increased nitrogen and phosphorus availability can 

increase water use efficiency. Thus the accelerated rates of 

nitrogen and phosphorus cycling and the reduced competition 

for light that occurs in the mixtures compared to the eucalypt 

monocultures may also lead to increases in the water use 

efficiency of those stands. However, other studies have found 

that water use increases as leaf area increases, without any 

changes in water use efficiency (C gain or leaf area per unit 

water use). Therefore mixtures, which are more productive 

and have higher leaf areas than eucalypt monocultures, may 

use more water. If this is the case then when regional water 

demand exceeds supply mixed species plantations may not 

be a cost effective way of increasing stand productivity or 

avoiding conflicts with other water users. Instead mixtures 

may be a useful alternative to monocultures for controlling 

rising water tables (for salinity management) and to increase 

transpiration rates in effluent irrigation programs. The 

objectives of this study are to quantify the water use and 

water use efficiency of mixtures and monocultures of 

eucalypts and acacias and to investigate the effect of 

interspecific interactions on these factors. 

Methodology 

This work is being conducted in a 13 year old mixed-species 

trial of Eucalyptus globulus and Acacia mearnsii near Cann 

River, Victoria. Several processes and interactions have 

already been measured in this trial (N2-fixation, nutrient 

cycling, growth dynamics, above and belowground carbon 

allocation, light capture, fine root distribution and 

architecture), and differences in water use efficiencies are 

considered a potentially important, but so far unexamined 

factor, influencing the observed increases in the growth of 

mixtures compared to monocultures. Therefore this trial 

provides an ideal framework for this experiment. 

Eucalyptus globulus and Acacia mearnsii were planted in 

monocultures (100% E. globulus; 100E, and 100% A. 

mearnsii; 100A) and in mixture; 50% E. globulus + 50% A. 

mearnsii (50E:50A). This replacement series was planted in 

1992 at a spacing of 2 x 3.3 m (1515 stems ha -1 ). Plots (23 m 

x 28 m) were arranged in a randomised block design in three 

replicate blocks. 

The important physiological and structural characteristics 

determining the 

water use and 

water use 

efficiency of the 

eucalypt and 

acacia trees are 

being 

investigated. This 

research will 

focus on sap flux 

density (SFD; the 

rate of sap flow 

in cm 3 per cm 2 of 

sapwood area 

per hour), leaf 

areas, canopy 

conductance and available moisture and soil physical 

properties. Soil water balance is being examined through 

collaboration with Ensis. Data collection began in June 2006 

and will continue over a 12 month period. The Max Jacobs 

funds were used to cover travelling expenses in the Cann 

River area and Melbourne. 

The heat pulse method is being used to quantify and 

compare the water use and water use efficiency of mixed 

species plots and monocultures. We are using HeatPulser 

instruments (Edwards Industries, Otaki, New Zealand) and 

CR10X data loggers (Campbell Scientific, Logan, UT). Four 

sensors per tree are used to measure SFD on trees selected 

to match the diameter distributions of the plots. Twelve trees 

spread throughout the three treatments are monitored at a 

time. After about two months the sensors are transferred to 

another 12 trees. A whole tree SFD estimate is obtained from 

the four sensors by calculating a second degree polynomial 

regression against implantation depth. The data are also 

corrected for the effects of wound diameter, probe separation 

and volume fractions of water and woody matrix in the 

sapwood. 

The soil moisture depletion is being examined using three 

neutron probe access tubes (to 2.0 to 3 m depth) in each plot 

(9 tubes per treatment, 27 tubes in total). One additional 

neutron probe access tube was installed to 4-5 m depth at 

each site to detect and estimate, if possible, deep drainage 

below the root zone. 

Soil moisture content was measured every 4 weeks from July 

2006 using a neutron moisture meter (503 Hydroprobe, 

Campbell Pacific, Pachero, CA) calibrated for the site. The 

data were used to calculate soil moisture depletion and 

evapotranspiration. 

Total water use or evapotranspiration (ET) is defined as the 

amount of water lost to the atmosphere via evaporation from 

soil surface and transpiration from canopies of overstorey and 

understorey. It includes water use of all components of the 

plot: vegetation (trees, shrubs, grass) and soil evaporation. 

ET is estimated from monthly measurements of soil moisture 

to 2 m depth of the soil profile using the water balance 

equation: 


WU = SW i −1 − SW i − Rn 

Equation 1 

where WU is the plant water use for the period, SWi is the 

soil water storage on day i, SWi-1 is the soil water storage on 

day i-1 and Rn is the net rainfall for the period. These data 

include water use of all components of the plot: trees, shrubs, 

grass and soil. 

Net rainfall was estimated as: 

Rn = Rg − Rl − Rr − Rd Equation 2 

where Rg is gross rain, Rl is interception loss, Rr is surface 

and sub-surface runoff loss, and Rd is deep drainage below 

root zone depth. Surface run-off was assumed to be small 

and therefore considered negligible. Interception losses were 

estimated using a model developed by Myers et al. (1996). 

Deep drainage sub-surface flow and run-off were combined 

and estimated from rainfall and periodic soil moisture 

measurements. The assumption was made that all plots 

were located in a flat landscape and therefore surface run-off 

and sub-surface lateral flow were negligible. 

Preliminary results 

Tree water use is estimated from the product of SFD and 

sapwood area. Preliminary results for July and August 

suggest that there may be no treatment or species effect on 

the relationship between tree sapwood area and tree water 

use (Figure 1). This relationship and a relationship between 

tree diameter and sapwood area have been used to estimate 

the water use of each plot during July and August (Table 1). 

Tree water use (l day -1 ) 

18 

16 

14 

12 

10 

8 

6 

4 

2 

July E. globulus 

July A. mearnsii 

August E. globulus 

August A. mearnsii 

Tree water use = -3.13 + 0.15 x sapwood area; R 2 = 0.729, P < 0.001 

Sapwood area (cm 2 0 

0 20 4 0 60 8 0 1 00 12 0 

) 

Figure 1. Relationship between tree water use and sapwood 

area. 

Water use and productivity were both higher in mixed plots 

compared to monocultures. However, water use efficiency, as 

shown by the water transpired (m 3 ) per cubic meter of wood 

produced, was higher for both species when growing in 

mixture than in monocultures. Eucalypts also appear to be 

more water use efficient than acacia trees (which have higher 

leaf areas then eucalypts), however growth rates of the 

acacia trees declined significantly after about nine years of 

age so this difference may have been smaller during the early 

stages of stand development. It is important to note that these 

results are only for July and August, and water use is likely to 

be higher during spring, summer and autumn. Final estimates 

will be made using biomass and volume increments over the 

one year sampling period. 

Table 1. (see below) Stand biomass, volume, transpiration 

(excluding understorey) and water use efficiency of mixtures 

and monocultures. Transpiration and water use efficiency are 

for July and August, 2006. Standard errors of means in 

parentheses. Means sharing the same letter are not 

significantly different at P < 0.05 (REML). This comparison 

only includes plot totals (and not 50E:50A E. globulus or 

50E:50A A. mearnsii). 

The higher water use of the mixtures is supported by the 

belowground measurements that show the highest water use 

in mixtures and the lowest in the acacia monocultures (Figure 

2). Based on these data the trees are transpiring 30% (100E), 

41% (50E:50A) and 35% (100A) of total evapotranspiration. 

0 

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 

Figure 2. Cumulative water use (ET) at the three plantation 

types for the period July – October 2006. ET includes 

transpiration from trees, shrubs and grass, and evaporation 

from the soil and excludes canopy interception losses. 100E 

= 100% eucalypt, 50:50 = 50% eucalypt and 50% acacia, and 

100A = 100% acacia. Values are means of three plots per 

treatment, ± standard error bars. 

The next steps will be to continue with the data collection and 

to publish the results in an international scientific journal. 

These data include leaf water potentials, climate, leaf area 

index, biomass and volume increments, soil moisture and 

tree water use. Collaborators on the project include David 

Forrester, John Collopy, Pat Lane (aboveground processes; 

University of Melbourne and Forestry CRC), Tivi 

Thivianathan, Nico Marcar and Vijay Koul (belowground 

processes; Ensis). 

References 

Forrester, D. I., Bauhus, J., Cowie, A. L., Vanclay, J. K., 

2006. Mixed-species plantations of Eucalyptus with nitrogen 

fixing trees: A review. For. Ecol. Manage. 233, 211-230. 

Myers, B. J., Theiveyanathan, S., O’Brien, N. D., Bond, W. J., 

1996. Growth and water use of effluent-irrigated Eucalyptus 

grandis and Pinus radiata plantations. Tree Physiol. 16, 211- 

219. 

I thank the Institute of Foresters of Australia for making this 

grant available to me. 

Treatment Stand transpiration 

(mm) 

Aboveground biomass (Mg ha -1 ) Volume (m 3 ha -1 ) m 3 stand 

transpiration 

per m 3 Age 10.7 years Age 13.9 years Age 10.7 years Age 13.9 years 

wood 

100E 37 (4.4)a 53 (6.5)a 69 (6.5)a 80 (10.0)a 103 (10.0)a 311 (41)a 

50E:50A E. globulus 30 (3.1) 38 (3.9) 55 (6.1) 59 (6.0) 84 (9.3) 233 (17) 

50E:50A A. mearnsii 29 (2.6) 62 (4.8) 65 (5.9) 64 (5.5) 70 (6.7) 882 (98) 

50E:50A total 59 (2.2)b 100 (3.3)c 120 (5.0)b 122 (4.5)b 154 (7.4)b 364 (21)a 

100A 32 (0.3)a 75 (0.3)b 76 (0.8)a 76 (0.6)a 81 (1.1)a 1406 (302)b 

Table 1. 

THE FORESTER VOLUME 50, NUMBER 1 - MARCH 2007 21 

Cumulative water use (ET, mm) 

400 

300 

200 

100 

100E 

50:50 

100A 

Rain 

Epan 

2006

High Plains Grazing - What is the problem ? 

By Norman Endacott 

I suggest that , in general terms, it is environmentally 

acceptable for farmers from valleys at lower altitudes to 

make use of high altitude mountain or alpine pasture as a 

supplementary source of summer grazing. 

The culture of annual droving of stock between low and high 

pastures, driven by the rigours of seasonal weather change, 

has for over a hundred years become enshrined in the way 

of life of graziers in certain mountain or foothill areas 

of north eastern Victoria and southern NSW. 

But now the practice has been seriously called into question 

within Australia, and I pose the question - what are the 

precedents and analogues to be found overseas? This 

question was triggered by an idyllic week spent in July 

2006 at Chamonix-Mont Blanc, France’s premier ski and 

alpine resort, which adjoins Switzerland and Italy. 

Scattered amongst the craggy forbidding terrain of the Mont 

Blanc Massif there are gentler slopes of alpine pasture, 

many of which are opportunistically used as ski slopes during 

the ski season, and many of which carry small herds of cattle 

during the summer period.. I attach a photograph of our 

meeting with such a herd on July 19 th , in the portion of 

the l’Arve Valley called Col de la Tour, above Charamillion, 

at an altitude of approx. 2000 metres. (The lady in the 

foreground of one of the photographs, who is fraternising with 

the contented cattle, is my wife Ikuko). 

Every French dictionary worth its salt includes the 

term “transhumance”, which denotes the long-established 

practice of graziers in making seasonal alternating use 

of lower and higher pastures. (The associated word is 

“transhumants”, which in turn denotes the flocks –or 

herds which are driven to and from the Alps, according to 

season.) 

I understand that “transhumance” has been practised in the 

l’Arve Valley and specifically in the Chaminix area for a 

couple of centuries at least, as part of the rural culture. In 

similar fashion, it is widespread in such alpine zones of 

Europe as : Pyrenees (France/Spain), Alpes Maritimes, 

Vale d’Isere, Swiss Alps, Ticinese Region of the south-flowing 

valleys of the Swiss/Italian Alps, and the Dolomite Region of 

Italy. 

With regard to the Ticinese Region of Switzerland/Italy, it is 

noteworthy that there is a substantial population of 

Australian people of Ticinese origin (mainly farming families) 

concentrated in the Daylesford-Hepburn area of Victoria. I 

feel sure that one could find confirmation from the older of 

those descendents, drawing on inter-generational 

memories, of the “Transhumance” culture that existed in 

those Ticinese valleys back through the 19 th century and 

earlier. A skilled Oral Historian could readily winkle out this 

information. 

Back to Australia’s “Mountain Cattlemen” debate. I have 

never encountered any current debate on the issue which 

uses scientific argument, devoid of idealogy and politics. Nor 

have I been able to locate any of the old scientific papers 

which were undoubtedly produced by say, the University of 

Melbourne Botany School, under the names of Dr Maisie 

Fawcett-Carr and Professor J.S. Turner. 

With regard to my analogy between Victorian and NSW 

alpine environments and those from the European 

Alps, I concede that our sphagnum mossbeds do not seem 

to exist in those European mountains. But I do not believe 

this is a significant issue in the current Australian “Mountain 

Cattlemen” debate. It is a problem easily soluble with some 

imagination and initiative, and a modest allocation of funds. 

My credentials within this debate : 

I first met Maisie Fawcett in Omeo in 1945, when she was 

working for the Soil Conservation Authority. I also visted the 

Melbourne University Botany School Bogong High Plains field 

party, overnighting with them at the Scout Hut (Mt. Cope) in 

January 1951. I had lengthy conversations with Fawcett and 

Turner. 

From 1948 to 1953 I had much contact with the Mitta Mitta 

group of cattlemen who had grazing rights on Mt Bogong – 

Hodgson, Yea, Walsh, Ryder (Tawonga) - when I was 

District Forester, Upper Murray District (Tallangatta). In 

January 1951, I spent several days with them on Mt 

Bogong (Cleve Cole Memorial Hut). 

Norman Endacott 

Email: nakaenda@vicnet.net.au 

Above: Col del la Tour 

Left: Above Charamillion 


IFA remembers: 

Vale David Rose 

Now and then a young man trained at the Australian 

Forestry School, Yarralumla chose not to become a 

practising forester. This might be for a variety of good 

reasons: for David Rose it was because of his greater 

passion for art, which he put to good use in decorating 

Forestry House for the Annual Balls of 1957 and 1958 --- 

those who were there will not have forgotten the belching 

volcanoes of the “Night in Hades”! 

There is no question of his studies being wasted however; 

the knowledge he gained from his forestry education was 

used to give depth, detail and correct setting for many of his 

paintings and prints. He held an exhibition at the Solander 

Gallery, Yarralumla to coincide with the 2000 AFS Reunion 

which prompted one viewer to remark that he was 'perhaps 

the most successful forester in his class'. Those who 

attended the reunion will remember the painting Eucalypt 1 

on the cover of the dinner menu, and 30 lucky people will 

still be enjoying his free-standing creation of a Moreton Bay 

fig which served so attractively as table centre pieces for 

the dinner dance. 

David worked for a while in the Forestry Commission’s 

Division of Wood Technology in Sydney before marrying 

Jennifer Mannigel, whom he met at the AFS Ball in 1957, 

and leaving to become a full-time artist. After a stint 

teaching printmaking at the National Art School, East 

Sydney, David and Jen travelled in Europe for 15 months, 

when he studied etching in Barcelona and produced a 

series of lithographs. Their daughter Kirsten was born in 

1971 and son Campion in 1973. In 1976 they went to live 

and work in Ourimbah on the Central Coast of NSW where 

Dave enjoyed commodious studios and assorted farm 

animals. Cancer took Jen from her family in 1982. David 

later married Hannalore who 

also had two children, and the 

two families grew up as one 

in Ourimbah. He frequently 

exhibited his paintings and 

prints in galleries in Sydney 

and the Central Coast, most 

recently a solo exhibit at 

Gallery 460 in Gosford last 

November. Angophora’s were his specialty. 

Dave's very productive career is summarized in these few 

words he sent as notes for inclusion in documentation for 

the AFS year 2000 reunion: 

Since 1961 I have had over 40 solo exhibitions and 

represented Australia at over 35 international Print 

Biennales (USA, Britain, Japan, Germany, 

Yugoslavia, Italy, Norway, Poland). Works are 

represented in the National Gallery, Canberra, all 

State Galleries, many Regional Galleries, Museum 

of Modern Art New York, Parliament House, many 

University and corporate collections. 

David Rose died in December 2006 after a long 

bout with a brain tumour. At his funeral, one of his 

printmaking colleagues and former student said, “I 

can think of no silkscreen printer-artist in the world 

who has explored nature with the same 

persistence, the analytic insights, the sense of 

poetry, and the instinct for telling design, as David.” 

--- Kim Wells, Brian and Roberta Turner 

Morton Bay fig 


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Call for Nominations 

The N.W. Jolly Medal is the Institute of Foresters highest award. It is awarded for outstanding 

contribution to forestry in Australia whether published or unpublished. This contribution may 

include work in international forestry where this has enhanced the reputation of Australian 

forestry at the international level. 

Who can be nominated 

• A nominee would usually be either an IFA member or a person who has been an IFA 

member. However the nominee does not have to be an IFA member, or a forestry 

graduate, if they have made an outstanding contribution to forestry and the contribution 

supports achievement of the IFA’s objectives. 

• A person deceased since the closing date of nominations for the previous award shall be 

eligible. 

Nomination process 

• Any Voting Member of the Institute may nominate a person for the N.W. Jolly Medal. The 

nomination should be seconded by another Voting Member who does not necessarily 

have to live in the same Division as the person being nominated. 

• Nominations shall be forwarded ‘in-confidence’ to the Executive Director of the Institute. 

• Each nomination must be accompanied by a one page citation of the work or works in 

respect of which the nomination is made. Up to five pages of additional information 

detailing the nominee’s work and publications may also be submitted. 

• The nominator may discretely seek information from the person being nominated however 

once a nomination is made the nominators should not discuss the nomination except to 

provide information to the Board. 

The address for nominations is: ifa@forestry.org.au or the Executive Director, The Institute of 

Foresters of Australia, PO Box 7002, Yarralumla ACT 2600. 

Closing date is: 30 April 2007 

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Dear IFA members, 

I am starting to write a book on the life of my father, Dr Max Jacobs, using family letters, documents in the National 

Library and personal memories. 

I have however no letters during the time he worked as Principal at the Australian Forestry School as the family 

were all together then and so had no need to correspond and there are no personal records of this most important 

period of his life. 

The family would be very grateful if any past students or colleagues who were there during those years would 

write down their memories of the school, the camps and any stories which might make the book more interesting 

to readers. I would like the public to have a better knowledge of the life of students and foresters at that time as I 

feel forestry has made such an important contribution to our nation. 

Should you prefer I would come and have a chat with you and record your experiences that way. 

In particular it would be valuable to have: 

1) memories of living at the School, activities, sports etc. 

2) stories - I heard a lot at my father's funeral but was too distressed to think to bring a tape recorder. 

3) Impressions of Max as a person, teacher and colleague. 

I hope to hear from you 

Yours sincerely 

Nancy Sutherland (Jacobs) 

8 Warriewood Place 

Robina Queensland 4226 

annesutherland37@yahoo.com.au 

Phone: (07) 55758856 

Mobile: 0433902492 

Notice Board 


How Barry advanced Science 

When forest scientists take to the bush they don’t often have to chase their research 

subjects as most are firmly rooted in the soil. ‘Barry’ however was typical of the highly 

mobile population of swamp wallabies that kept PhD candidate Julian Di Stefano on his 

toes. 

Barry (Wallabia bicolor) and his relatives were going to help Julian answer two 

questions. 

From the perspective of sustainable forest management (and perhaps the wallabies) the 

question was, ‘How does forest disturbance; harvesting and regeneration, affect 

wallabies? 

Julian’s second question was, ‘How do wallabies affect tree regeneration?’ 

School of Resource Management 

Institute of Land & Food Resources 

The University of Melbourne Victoria 3010 

Phone: + 61 3 8344 5031 

Fax: + 61 3 8344 4665 

Barry, the obliging furry subject 

of science 

After timber harvesting forest managers try to regenerate harvested areas quickly and effectively in terms of time and cost. Retained 

mature trees are often used to provide seed for the next crop and harvesting debris is burnt to create a viable seedbed. Next, 

regeneration targets must be met to ensure an adequate supply of wood for the future. To achieve their aims forest managers need to 

be able to predict reliably which areas will regenerate well and identify the factors which will affect regeneration, both positively 

and negatively. 

The imperatives of commercial forestry aside, sustainable forest management is also a goal of land management agencies. To this 

end, it is important to understand the impact of timber harvesting on a wide range of organisms and ecosystem services. A variety of 

studies have been conducted on arboreal creatures (birds, possums and gliders) that occupy Australian native forests, but we know 

little about the impact of harvesting on mobile, ground-dwelling forest herbivores. Different animals respond differently to 

disturbance, and understanding the range of responses is necessary to manage forests effectively. 

Julian trapped and tagged wallabies in both harvested and unharvested areas, recorded their movement and density, and measured 

browsing damage on Eucalyptus seedlings regenerating after harvesting. 

He found that harvesting had little adverse effect on the wallabies; they moved out as the harvesting machinery moved in, but they 

didn’t move very far and still used substantial parts of their pre-harvest range. Although wallabies vacated the harvested areas, they 

returned 6-8 months later in greatly increased numbers. 

In regard to his second question Julian found that the ability to meet seedling regeneration targets was not affected by browsing. 

Rather, regeneration success was dependent on seedling density, which is affected by factors such as soil nutrition, climate, seasonal 

conditions and the success of the post-harvest burn. Nevertheless, when regeneration is borderline, wallaby browsing may have a 

substantial impact. Investment in securing a strong, healthy crop of regenerating seedlings may be the best way to minimise this 

problem. 

Julian’s study highlights the interaction between human endeavours, such as commercial forestry, and the animals that occupy 

forest landscapes. This is important in the context of sustainable forest management and the ability to identify and manage the 

browsing problem. 

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Minister Eric Abetz and Bill 

Jackson 

all set to attend ANZIF Conference 

The Australian Minister for Forests, The Hon. Eric 

Abetz, has agreed to open the ANZIF 2007 

Conference at Opal Cove Resort, Coffs Harbour, 

NSW (3-7 June 2007). 

ANZIF Conference Chairman, Graeme King, has 

also advised that his Committee is pleased to 

announce that the Max Jacobs Oration will be 

presented at the Conference by Australian Dr Bill 

Jackson, Director, Global Programme, IUCN, The 

World Conservation Union. 

Bill is a widely known and respected Australian 

Forester who has been successful in his 

employment in later years overseas. 

Graeme King is confident that his hard working 

Committee has put together an exciting and 

informative program covering a wide area of 

forestry issues and he is now looking forward to a 

keen response from IFA members and other 

forestry professionals to register for the 

Conference. 

The Conference includes New Zealand Institute 

of Forestry members, and several New Zealand 

foresters have indicated that they will be 

attending. 

Even though the Conference Registration Fee is 

already very low compared to other Conferences 

being organised around Australia, members will 

receive an ‘early-bird’ fee reduction if they 

register before 31 March 2007. 

The Conference Program and Registration 

Brochure has been circulated to all IFA members. 

If you did not get a copy, then let the National 

Office know your correct address. Registrations 

can be made online at www.forestry.org.au . 

Register now – and save!!!!! 

ANZIF Conference 

3 - 7 June 2007 

Coffs Harbour NSW 

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Have you registered yet? 

Early bird specials have 

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Letter to the Editor 

Letter to Editor 

In Roger Underwood’s insightful review 

of ‘The Rainforests of Cape York 

Peninsula’ by Peter Stanton and David 

Fell (‘The Forester’ 49(4)), Roger says 

that Peter Stanton has "never received 

the official accolades that are his due." 

It would probably be more correct to say 

that Peter (a long term IFA member) 

has been very modest about his 

awards, which include: 

International Union for the 

Conservation of Nature and 

Natural Resources (IUCN) Fred M. 

Packard International Parks Merit 

Award (1982), in recognition of 

outstanding service in furthering the 

conservation objectives of protected 

areas to society. Peter was the first 

Australian recipient of this prestigious 

award. 

The citation reads: Peter Stanton is 

recognized for his innovative 

application of resource surveys to the 

planning of the Queensland park 

system. With his rare capacity for 

detailed field work and dedication to 

the cause of national parks, he 

carried out the majority of 

assessments in the wide range of 

dissimilar Queensland’s national 

parks and protected areas, and 

proposals to protect representative 

samples of all major Queensland 

habitats. 

Public Service Medal (as part of the 

Order of Australia honours 1996). 

The citation reads: Mr Stanton is the 

Principal Conservation Officer in 

A.C.T Darren Brown 

Nicholas Firth 

Qld John Huth 

Anne Lawrence 

Cairns, employed by Queensland’s 

Department of Environment and 

Heritage. His contribution to natural 

system protection and conservation 

in Queensland has been of 

outstanding value. Many of the 

national parks gazetted throughout 

Queensland since 1974 have their 

origins in ecological assessment he 

has undertaken. In addition he has 

contributed enormously to the 

promotion of conservation ideals and 

philosophy through publications, 

reports and public appearances, and 

continually encouraged and inspired 

many people working in the field of 

conservation planning and 

management. Mr Stanton’s advice on 

the management of natural systems 

and protected areas is continually 

sought by eminent people throughout 

Australia and overseas, and his 

contributions in the field of fire 

management in natural systems are 

highly regarded throughout Australia. 

Centenary of Federation Medal for 

a long and distinguished public 

service career contributing to 

conservation of the Wet Tropics 

(2001). 

I support Roger’s comments that ‘….in 

years to come the book will come to be 

regarded as the landmark contribution 

to Australian tropical forest conservation 

and management’. That would be a 

fitting tribute to both Peter (and fellow 

author) David Fell. 

Keith Jennings 

Email: kjref@tpg.com.au 

Summary of 

Email 

Bulletins 

distributed since 

previous issue 

Welcome to the following new IFA members 

TAS Amy Ware 

Alexander Bigham 

Student Member 


Voting Member 

Associate Member 

Voting Member 


SA Ben Bradshaw Associate Member 

NSW Aaron Simmon 

Andrew Piper 

Lee Tunstall 

Stuart Wright 

Vic. David Groom 

Damian Williams 

W.A. Ciaran Doyle 

Theuns du Toit 

Employers Notice Board 

22 employment 

opportunities circulated to 

members 

Draft illegal logging 

policy 

ACFA to meet with 

IFA 

Media Opinions on IFA 

website 

Prof Kanowski awarded Cullity 

Fellowship 

New website for plantation 

information 

Tourism Gold medal to forester’s 

initiative 

Load your abstracts on the IFA 

website 

Henderson Trust Fund offers 

professional development 

support 

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Voting Member 


Voting Member 



...Making a Tourism icon - from page 13 

was one totally devoid of human presence and use, other 

than by Water Supply rangers and engineers. Opposition to 

the proposed Bibbulmun Track from old-style foresters paled 

into insignificance compared with the difficulties the Water 

Supply people posed. 

As recounted in the story about Peter Hewett in Old Growth 

Foresters: 

”when Peter tabled a map showing the proposed route 

at a meeting with water supply engineers, there was 

almost a collective coronary. At the next meeting, the 

engineers turned up with their own maps showing an 

acceptable alternative route for the track which they 

had designed. This ran from the GPO in the centre of 

Perth down the footpath along Albany Highway to 

Kelmscott and then along the bitumen of the South 

Western Highway to somewhere near Waroona before 

it ducked into the foothills and the non-catchment 

beyond.” 

Through sheer determination, persistence and a professional 

approach to land use planning, Peter prevailed and the Track 

was eventually routed through State forests and the catchments 

of the Darling Range. This marked a milestone in the 

controversy about the use of southwest catchments for 

recreation. Today, the Bibbulmun Track, with its world class 

facilities, and a second long distance track for mountain bikers 

(the Munda Biddi Trail) in part owe their existence to this early 

debate and to Peter’s determination to challenge the status quo. 

From strength to strength 

...Tony Bartlett - From page 5 

management during the fires and the rebuilding process that 

followed. Mr Bartlett’s own contribution and his leadership of the 

organization were crucial over this period. 

Mr Bartlett has wide ranging experience in native forest management and 

forest planning, fire management, plantation management, community 

forestry and management of tropical forests. 

Mr Bartlett is currently the General Manager, Forest Industries Branch in 

the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and 

Forestry. In this position he is the principle public service adviser on 

forestry issues. He is responsible for advising the national Government 

on a wide range of controversial and complex policy matters relating to: 

Plantations and farm forestry; 

Forest Industry structural Adjustment; 

Regional Forest Agreements; 

National Indigenous Forestry Strategy; 

Forest and Wood Products Council; 

Forest and Wood Products RDC; 

International forests policy - United Nations Forum on Forests; and 

Illegal Logging and Certification. 

He is currently: 

• A member of the Forestry and Forest Products Committee which 

represents the peak national policy fora for the heads of the forest 

services; and 

• A member of the Board of the Forest and Wood Products Research 

and Development Corporation. 

Contribution to the IFA 

Mr Bartlett has been an active and engaged member of IFA. He 

has been particularly active within the Division and in national 

Institute activities. This includes service as Victorian Chairman 

The original Bibbulmun Track (from Kalamunda to Northcliffe) 

was officially opened in 1979 as part of WA’s 150 th year 

celebrations. Over 1,000 walkers and numerous school groups 

participated in this event, which attracted extensive media 

coverage and served to further raise the profile of the Track in 

the public’s mind. In the late 1980s, the Track underwent a 

major overhaul, was extended to Walpole and incorporated into 

the State’s Heritage Trail network. 

Then in the mid 1990’s, the Track was extensively realigned and 

extended a further 200 km from Walpole to Albany, fulfilling the 

original vision of a Perth to Albany walking track all those years 

earlier. This upgrade was funded by the State and 

Commonwealth government and donations from a variety of 

public and private sector sources and involved thousands of 

hours of volunteer time as well as support by Ministry of Justice 

prisoner work crews. 

It was indeed a fitting tribute that as part of the most recent 

upgrade, one of the campsite’s near Mundaring where Peter 

Hewett once served as DFO was officially named Hewett’s Hill in 

formal recognition and honour of his pioneering work on this 

tourist icon. 

References and further reading: 

Bibbulmun Track Foundation website: http://www.bibbulmuntrack.org.au 

Department of Environment and Conservation website: http:// 

www.naturebase.net 

Underwood, Roger, 2003 Tree Climber – the education of a forester. 

York Gum Publishing 

Underwood, Roger, 2006. Old Growth Foresters. The Lives and Times of 

West Australian Foresters. York Gum Publishing. 

(1/9/1998 to 5/12/1999) and ACT Chairman (14/06/2000 to 

31/08/2005) and a member of the IFA Board of Directors for these 

periods also. Tony was Chair of the Victorian Division at the time of 

the formation of the new IFA National Board of Directors as a 

registered public company. He resigned his Executive positions 

within the IFA to take up a senior appointment with the Australian 

Government. 

As immediate past Chair of the ACT Division Mr Bartlett promoted 

engagement with major forestry decision makers nationally, and in 

the ACT. Mr Bartlett has made an extraordinary commitment to the 

IFA during his career, manifested most recently by his commitment 

as ACT Chair during very challenging times in his ACT Forests role. 

He also demonstrated strong practical commitment to student 

members, finding work for many of them and contributing his and 

his organisation's time to the education of ANU students. 

Mr Bartlett has also contributed significantly to field days, seminars, 

submissions, representations and discussion with policy makers 

including linkages with non-Government stakeholders and strongly 

promoted the role of forests to the community. He has promoted 

discussion on a wide range of issues within the Division and lead 

the ACT policy development committee. 

As a member of the National Board Mr Bartlett was very active and 

supportive in all areas of the Institute’s activities. He successfully 

lobbied very strongly for funding for the Australian Forestry Journal, 

supported the President in an unofficial role as Deputy to the 

President and he took a very active role in supervising the corporate 

and management aspects of the Institute and played a significant 

role in supporting the Institute to achieve a much improved financial 

position. He also played a prominent role in a range of policy 

issues. 

Mr Bartlett is a regular contributor to The Forster and remains 

closely involved in national policy development as the Co-ordinator 

of the IFA Forest Policy Editorial Committee. He is also very 

supportive of the Institute and continues to provide active support 

whenever asked to do so. 


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About the Institute of Foresters 

of Australia 

The Institute of Foresters of Australia (IFA) has over 

1200 members who represent all aspects of the forestry 

profession. Our members include private and public 

practitioners engaged in forest and land management, 

researchers, educators and administrators. 

The IFA is: 

• an advocate for better forest management in 

Australia 

• an advocate for high professional standards in 

forestry 

• an advocate for the active management of our 

forests for all values 

• a focus for professional development activities, 

both formal and informal 

• a source of information about employment 

opportunities 

• a source of information about developments in the 

forestry profession and in forestry, in Australia and 

our region of the world 

The IFA has a National Office in Canberra, and 

Divisions in all States and the ACT. 

Membership benefits 

The many benefits of being a Member of the IFA 

include: 

• The many benefits of being a Member of the IFA 

include: 

• email advice of current employment vacancies 

• regular email Bulletin advising members of current 

events and encouraging an exchange of 

information in forestry 

• a quarterly newsletter, including news amongst 

members, letters to the editor, members views and 

events 

• a quarterly scientific peer reviewed journal – 

Australian Forestry 

• opportunity for accreditation as a Registered 

Professional Forester 

• field days focusing on forestry issues 

• a biennial technical conference 

• professional development awards 

• locally based meetings and activities (State 

divisions and regional branches) 

• the potential to contribute to the advancement of 

forestry in Australia through submissions and policy 

statements 

• access to website (with special members only 

access to some information) 

• a Membership Certificate confirming your 

professional membership 

• a tax deduction for your membership subscription 

• professional recognition, including honours and 

awards 

Membership Grades 

The membership grades of the IFA are: 

Voting Member 



Voting Member (professional level) 

You are eligible for Voting membership if you: 

1. hold a tertiary degree qualification in forestry 

together with at least two years appropriate forest 

management or forest science experience and can 

demonstrate knowledge of and/or skills in the core 

subjects of Australian forestry 

or 

2. hold any other tertiary qualification or other relevant 

experience acceptable to the Institute together with 

at least four years appropriate forest management 

or forest science experience and can demonstrate 

knowledge of and/or skills in the core subjects of 

Australian forestry. 


You are eligible for Associate membership if you 

1. are interested in the objects of the Institute 

or 

2. are employed and have experience in forestry 

Note: Membership is open to all persons who work 

in forestry and not just professional foresters. 

Practitioners engaged in many aspects of forestry, 

nature conservation, resource and land 

management, research, administration and 

education are welcome as members. 

A member is eligible for a 75% discounted Young 

Professional rate for the first three years following 

graduation from his/her first undergraduate forestry or 

forestry related degree. 


You are eligible for Student Membership if you are 

attending as a full time student a formal course of 

forester related study at any University or tertiary 

institution. 

Voting and Associate Members returning to full-time 

study may apply for a concession on the standard 

subscription fee. 

Membership subscriptions 

Members are welcome to join at any time of the year. 

Half fee apply for half year or less. 

Fees for year 2006-07: 

Voting Member $268 Associate Member $233 

Young Professional (Associate) $67 

Student Member $40 (free during first financial year) 

Over 65 Retired rate $134 

If you work in the forestry industry, your fees would 

normally be tax deductible. 


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