The Fine Art Of Bushstalking

Hunters are using state land to shoot feral pests, writes James Woodford.

Beauty In The Urban Bushland

HEIDELBERG Road crosses Merri Creek on the back of a bluestone bridge. The road is hectic, six lanes wide, lined with factories and service stations. The creek running below it is boundaried by the Yarra Bend Park, part of the Yarra trail that roams through to Warrandyte. It's a place both feral and civilised. The creek is littered, and prone to stinking. A bitumen footpath skims one bank; the opposite bank is leash-free but posted with signs warning that dogs must be kept off the sealed path so ...