Kurth Kiln Park

Kurth Kiln Park, covering 3,500 hectares, contains a range of forest types and other interesting features awaiting exploration. Located a short distance east of Melbourne, the park is mostly known for it's kiln used during the Second World War to make charcoal for gas producer units fitted to motor cars. The 'producer gas' was a substitute fuel for petrol which was rationed at the time.

Flora & Fauna - The diversity of plant life attracts a range of wildlife including wombats, Swamp Wallabies and echidnas. There is also a diverse mammal population active mostly at night. They include possums, Yellow-bellied Gliders, Sugar Gliders and Greater Gliders that glide for up to 100 metres from tree to tree. Bush rats and antechinus (marsupial mice) may be spotted scuttling about on the forest floor.

The park has several plant communities ranging from Mountain Ash forest and riparian forest to shrubby foothill forest and swamp heathland. These support a rich flora and contain the rare plant Long Pink-bells, Tall Astelia and Brickmakers Saw-sedge.