Nature Reserve
In 1964, the Bolgart Branch of the Country Women's Association petitioned the Victoria Plains Shire Council for the protection of 124 hectares (310 acres) of remaining forest along the Old Plains Road, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south-west of Calingiri, an important track through the bush which was blazed by Drummond in 1842. The reserve is located at 31°8′39″S 116°17′39″E / 31.14417°S 116.29417°E / -31.14417; 116.29417 (Rica Erickson Nature Reserve).
The request was granted, and in 1996, following another request from the Association, the Department of Conservation and Land Management named Reserve 27595 the Rica Erickson Nature Reserve. Naming the reserve after a living person was an unusual step for the Department's naming committee. Over three hundred people attended the official opening on 11 August 1996.
Google Street View of nature reserve entrance.
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