Clearfell Logging in the Otway Forested Catchments - Water Yield and Water Quality Issues Otway Ranges Environment Network
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Impact of Logging Practices on Landslides and water quality

In November 1995 a catastrophic landslide four acres in size occurred after heavy rain on a logging road north of Apollo Bay. The slip occurred without warning in a Class 3 land degradation hazard area.


Note: people are dwarfed by size of landslip (red circle)

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