Culture and heritage
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Intensively mined during the gold rush of the 1850s the Creswick area saw many methods of mining. Surface or alluvial mining by puddling, hydraulic sluicing, shaft and reef mining were some of them. Relics preserved and protected within the park include remains of water races, quartz stacks and hut sites. Chinese mine shafts and mining dams are present, including the old stone and earth wall of Eaton's Dam.
The surrounding forest supplied timber for local firewood, mines and buildings. By the end of the 1890s, the forests had mostly been cleared to support the mining industry. With the hills left scarred and badly eroded John La Gerche, a pioneer of the time, was one of the first people to re-plant the eroded gullies and slopes with trees. La Gerche's original plantings are now over one hundred years old and protected as part of Creswick Regional Park.
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Bumper crowds at Buchan Caves over Easter
12 Apr 2012
Visitors took advantage of the mild autumn weather in East Gippsland and headed out in droves to the Buchan Caves Reserve over the Easter long weekend. Buchan Caves experienced an exceptionally busy Easter period receiving a total of 5,000 cave tour visitors for the 4-day long weekend. Parks Victoria Ranger in …