The Critchley Parker Jr. Forest Reserve is a large area of preserved bushland in Upper Beaconsfield, 50 km east of Melbourne.

It was saved from development, and the land was subsequently purchased by Parks Victoria for public recreational use.

It was in this forest that 21 fire-fighters lost their lives in the disastrous Ash Wednesday bushfires which ravaged the area and the State on February 16, 1983. ... (more)