What is Mount Cole State Forest?
[[File:Cave on Cave Hill.JPG|thumb|Rock cave on Cave Hill, Mount Cole State Forest]] [[File:Ferntree waterfalls.JPG|thumb|The Ferntree Waterfalls, Mount Cole State Forest, Victoria, Australia]] The '''Mount Cole State Forest''' is in western [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], near the town of [[Beaufort, Victoria|Beaufort]]. The forest is around Mount Cole, which formed 390 million years ago. The [[Indigenous Australians]], the Beeripmo balug people, called it ''Bereep-bereep'', which means ''wild''. The forest covers an area of 12,150 hectares, including the forest around Mount Lonarch.<ref name=friends>{{cite web|url=http://www.friendsofmtcole.com.au/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=2|title=Mount Cole State Forest|first=|last=|work=Friends Of Mt Cole & The Pyrenees Ranges Inc.|year=2013|accessdate=24 August 2013|archive-date=9 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509144033/http://www.friendsofmtcole.com.au/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=2|url-status=dead}}</ref> The forest is on a [[plateau]] which is above grassy plains. The plateau is about 760 metres above sea level.<ref name=friends/> High peaks in the forest include Mount Buangor (1,090 metres), Mount Cole (899 metres) and Ben Nevis (877 metres).<ref name=friends/> The main trees in the southern part of the forest are Messmate ([[Eucalyptus oblique]]), Manna Gum ([[Eucalyptus viminalis]]), and Blue Gums ([[Eucalyptus st johnii]]).<ref name=dse>{{cite web |url= http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/101915/FS0048-Mount-Cole-State-Forest_Oct-2012_final.pdf |title= Mount Cole State Forest |first= |last= |work=pdf.js |year=2012 |accessdate=24 August 2013}}</ref> In the north, which is drier, there are Yellow Box ([[Eucalyptus melliodora]]), and Red Stringybark ([[Eucalyptus macrorryncha]]).<ref name=friends/> There is also the rare Mount Cole Grevillea, [[Grevillea montis-cole]].<ref name=dse/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NA