There are three Fluker Posts located in

Gunbower Forest.

G1 - Nursery Track: This post is located next

to stop 10 on the Gunbower Forest Drive*.

Or, enter Nursery Track from Cohuna Island

Road on the south-west side of the forest

during flood periods as Nursery Track will be

cut by floodwater. This post is located on a

minor floodrunner in the forest, a few

kilometres north-west of where

environmental water enters the forest and

begins to break out of Spur Creek and

disperse through the forest.

G2 - Iron Punt Track: Enter the forest via

Spences Bridge Road, and turn right into Iron

Punt Track. This post faces directly into the

most south-west corner of Reedy Lagoon,

known as one of the most important

wetlands in Gunbower Forest due to its

magnificent vegetation.

G3: Koondrook Red Gum Forest Walk*

(Stop 4) or Dry Swamp Track: Accessable via

Koondrook, enter the forest by crossing over

the historic Condidorios Bridge. Begin the

Koondrook Red Gum Forest Walk* – the post

is next to stop 10.

The Koondrook Red Gum Forest Walk Or, in your vehicle, follow Dry Swamp Track

until you cross over a wooden bridge, near

the intersection of Coughlan Track. Here

you will able to see the walking track signage

and the Fluker Post. This site may be less

accessable during flood periods as it is on

the main waterway inside the forest where

all floodwater exits the forest.

* Available from local vistor information centres or the Department of Environment and Primary

Industries website by searching “Gunbower Forest Drive” and “Koondrook Red Gum Forest Walk”.

“A what..?” A Fluker Post – it’s a wooden

post (named after its designer – Dr Martin

Fluker) with a top that is cut at such an

angle that any digital camera can be

placed in the “camera cradle” so that the

same perspective is recorded every time.

We’ve installed Fluker Posts so you can

assist us with our ecological monitoring

program. It’s easy for you to join in.

Simply use your own camera to take a

photo from a Fluker Post and email it in.

The Fluker Post project

– join in!

The Gunbower Forest project is delivered by the North Central Catchment

Management Authority (CMA) in partnership with Goulburn–Murray Water,

and Parks Victoria, and coordinated at a state level by the Department of

Sustainability and Environment. It is part of The Living Murray program, a joint

initiative of the New South Wales, Victorian, South Australian, Australian

Capital Territory and the Commonwealth governments, coordinated by the

Murray–Darling Basin Authority. Together with Koondrook–Perricoota Forest

in NSW, Gunbower Forest is one of The Living Murray’s six icon sites.

The Fluker Post Project

By taking a photo at the Fluker Posts in

Gunbower Forest, you are joining a

community-based environmental

monitoring project that has been

operating since 2008 and now has 80

Fluker Posts in the field.

This research project, run through

Victoria University, aims to bring

together the people who are actually

out enjoying the natural environment,

land management agencies and

academics in a way that monitors the

visual condition of often-fragile natural

environments.

The changing conditions evidenced

may include the early warning of

adverse impacts such the introduction

of new weeds or the spread of disease

such as phtophthora, interventions

such as revegetation work or flooding,

or general erosion caused by weather

or human interaction.

According to Dr Fluker “the beauty of

this system is its simplicity – people out

walking see the post, read the

instructions on the sign, take a photo

with their own camera, and email it in.

We then arrange the photo in

chronological order in a publicly

accessible webite.”

Further engagement is encouraged via

the Fluker Post Facebook page:

www.facebook.com/fluker.post

More information and photographs can

be accesed via the Fluker Post project

website: http://www.flukerpost.com

Fluker Post G3 situated at Koondrook

Red Gum Forest Walk.

Photo taken 8 April 2014

Photo taken 23 June 2014

Photo taken 25 July 2014

This fact sheet is one of a series providing information on the Gunbower Forest

project. Further fact sheets and other project information are available from

the North Central CMA on 03 5448 7124 or by visiting www.nccma.vic.gov.au.

August 2014

This fact sheet is one of a series providing information on the Gunbower Forest

Our Fluker Posts are located at sites which will be generally accessable, even during

periods of flooding. We encourage you to visit each of them regularly.