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VIDEO: Australia’s largest river red gum forest

By AG STAFF • 24 June 2015
Environmental managers Rick Webster and Paul Childs in front of a big river red gum in Murray Valley National Park. (VIDEO EDITOR: Natsumi Penberthy)
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Roughly 200km north of Melbourne, the Barmah-Millewa Forest forms the largest stand of river red gums in the world.

A REMARKABLE forest habitat, the Barmah-Millewa Forest straddles the narrowest reach of Australia’s longest river, and is a river red gum playground of rare beauty for Melbournites in the know.

  • Exploring the Murray River region
  • Artificial flood boosts river red gums
  • River red gums gain new protection

 Find the full story in #127 (July–August) of Australian Geographic. 

 

 

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