The Old Growth Forests in Western Australia

Western Australia is made up of some of the most beautiful forests in the world. While every forest can be considered beautiful, there is nothing more sacred than an old growth forest. To better understand the old growth forests in Western Australia, we must first understand what makes a forest "old growth".

"Old growth" is the term given to a forest that has been untouched by the hands of outside forces since inception. The old growth forests in Western Australia are millions of years old. More of a community than a forest, the old growth is intermingled with new growth, animal families, other natural things. An thriving eco-system self contained without the input of man.

There was once a time, long ago, when every forest in Western Australia was considered an old growth forest. Today, only 10% of the old growth forest still remain intact. The other 90% has been lost to logging and urban sprawl and development. Most of the logged lands were used to produce wood chips and roofing timbers.

It is important to keep these old growth forests alive, breathing and maturing. No matter the small amount of money that can be made from the cut wood created during the clearing of these forests, the trees can not be replaced. There is no way to give back millions of years and create new old growth forests as quickly as they are being destroyed and rarely are the same number of trees planted as were destroyed.

In far Western Australia lies a land free from houses, power lines and people. This land is a self sufficient world of life untampered and unflawed by human presence. These are the old growth forests in Western Australia. As old as the land itself, these forests hold the history of the world in their leaves and the secrets of the land in their roots.