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Aerial view - Historic images - Walkaround : Forrest Victoria Australia

Forrest is a rural township on a river flat in the northern Otway Ranges of western Victoria, 24 km (15 mi) south-east of Colac and approximately 159 km (98 mi) south west of Melbourne the State capital. The river flat is on the West Barwon River, and farming activity began there in the 1880s. The settlement was originally known as Yaugher, and the Yaugher primary school was opened in 1885. When a railway line was opened from Birregurra into the Barwon Valley in 1891 the terminus at Yaugher was renamed Forrest. The name was a compliment to Charles Forrest, Colac shire councillor and member of the Legislative Assembly for Polwarth (1889-94). The Forrest railway terminus served several purposes: tourists in the summer months, the changeover point for traffic to Apollo Bay, timber loading from the forests around Barramunga, further south in the ranges, and the receiving point for milk and cream deliveries. Livestock and hops were also grown locally. In addition to Barramunga there was also the Otway saw mill settlement, about 10 km south-east of Forrest. It had a post office and a school until destroyed by fire in 1926. Forest fires made saw millers transfer their sites from the logging areas to the township. This trend accelerated after World War II as roads and motor transport improved. The railway closed in 1957. During the early 1960s the West Barwon Reservoir, a few kilometres south of Forrest, was built, bringing a reticulated supply to the town. Events in Forest include the Run Forrest Trail Run “Run Forrest Run” and they have events at the Forrest Mountain Bike & Cycling Club. After the cessation of logging in the Otways, the Government of Victoria made funds available for the creation of dedicated free Mountain bike trails in the area, in order to replace the logging industry. Mountain biking was seen as an addition to the already plentiful eco-tourism industry. Mountain biking now makes up a large portion of the economy in Forrest. The area now has over 60 kilometres (37.3 mi) of sign posted "single track". Forrest is home to the following annual Mountain Bike Events Forrest Festival - 2 day multi stage event Otway Odyssey - 100k event Forrest 6 Hour - 6 Hour event by teams and individuals Reference and Credits: http://forresthistory.org/ - Forrest History Society https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ - State Library – Victoria (historic images) John Mond Arnest (1845 – 1920) Victorian Railways (photographers) https://museumsvictoria.com.au/ - Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.c... https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/fo... - Victorian Places www.rideforrest.com.au – Mountain Bike events _____________________________________________________________________________________ We welcome you to comment, click the 'thumbs up' / 'like' button if you enjoyed the content and please click to subscribe; subscribing is TOTALLY free and helps with our channel. We would like to keep this channel kids and family friendly as much as possible, but also want viewers to express their positive thoughts or criticisms - Any suggestions or ideas for new drone locations, places to visit or requests on something historical for us to research are welcome in the comments; even to promote a business or location ! If you require an aerial video for your business or location, we'll give it a go and we are non-for-profit ... It's a hobby we enjoy doing. Any anti-social comments, poor language or links to your viewing choices can be left at our email address, so others don't need to experience them and us to delete! Also political, religious, discriminatory and racial remarks will be subject to the same. Urban Aerial Explorer can be contacted via email C/O Ludwig or son Alexander : urbanaerialexplorer@yahoo.com Facebook -   / urbanaerialexplorer   Postal Mail : 2-18 Davisons Place Melbourne 3000 Victoria Australia