129 The real thing (1)

Bek Mifsud, Bendigo, The Age (Your Say), 11/9/98

A "living, breathing forest, complete with waterways and bushfire scars" (The Age, 9/8), and with a unique biodiversity already exists. It is truly a gallery of life, and only a few hours from Melbourne. It is Goolengook. It does not need $3 million to be realised, it just needs protection - firstly from logging and secondly from a society that values a replication over reality.

128 The real thing (2)

Julianne Bell, Parkville, The Age (Your Say), 11/9/98

The '70s song goes: "They took away our trees and put 'em in a tree museum, and charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em." While our forests are woodchipped and city parks clearfelled for sports stadiums, our new museum will house a rainforest.