On the eastern side of Mt Baw Baw stand a group of some of the largest and oldest trees in Australia. They include the 57-metre tall “Whitelaw tree”, an Errinundra shining gum that is the fifth largest tree (by volume) on the mainland. Soon, three areas of forest very close to these giant trees will be logged by state government logging agency VicForests, and conservationists fear these changes … will be enough to damage or kill the old trees. In an urgent letter to Environment Minister Lily D’Ambrosio, the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and the Victorian National Parks Association have urged her to prevent any work in these three logging coupes to protect the trees… One of the logging coupes comes within 30 metres of the Whitelaw tree, and conservationists say logging and associated activities are known to kill large, old trees in the immediate vicinity of coupes…