community groups to establish Committees of Management and revive the main TFDC as a tourist information centre, gallery and café. But critical maintenance of the iconic wooden building had been neglected, and the structure slowly deteriorated, while the costs of repair and restoration to modern building and fire protection standards began to climb into the millions. By August 2018 the Toolangi Forest Discovery Centre once again fell silent. The TFDC remains closed leaving a huge void in much needed, hands-on, balanced and factual education materials about forests and bushfires for students and the general public. References Category name Forestry agencies in Australia History of forestry education