Imaging the Forest

Imaging the Forest by Andrew McLennan. A journey through Australian forests. From the Nullarbor Plain to the Arctic Beech Forests of the New England National Park, from Maralinga to Timber Town, surprising acoustic images of the forest emerge.

Meanwhile on the shifting sands of the Central Australian Desert, left sterile from atomic testing, eerie whistling sounds disturb the night air. Somewhere on the North Coast of NSW a grassfire explodes into a forest blaze and the bullock team that snigged the old forest giants is replaced by mechanical fellers. The axe is relegated to Royal Easter showmanship, while the chainsaw becomes an instrument of decimation.