Morning mist lying over treed hills and paddocks in the Dandenong Ranges

Firewood in Clematis

Clematis lost its sawmills when the timber ran out, but its station still loads wood for Puffing Billy.

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Dandenong Ranges. Photo: Uzman Naleer, CC BY-SA 4.0

After the sawmills

Clematis was subdivided in 1902 as Paradise Valley, and the hotel still carries the name. The area declined after the Second World War, when the local timber ran out and many sawmills closed. Timber still passes through: the loop siding at Clematis station is used mainly for loading wood for Puffing Billy's locomotives.

Checked 25 October 2026 against Wikipedia: Clematis, Victoria.

Bush blocks under the overlay

About three quarters of Clematis is Rural Conservation Zone, and the Bushfire Management Overlay covers all of it. Blocks here are mostly large enough to keep a woodpile the 10 m from the house that CFA advises, so the work is in choosing the spot before a load is tipped.

The house blocks also carry a Vegetation Protection Overlay. Native wood from private land generally needs a council permit, according to the Conservation Regulator, so ask Cardinia before cutting a tree up for the heater.

Checked 25 October 2026 against Vicmap Planning, the state's zone and overlay maps (DataVic), measured across the suburb, CFA: Landscaping for Bushfire (version 3, June 2022) and Conservation Regulator: buying firewood.

Cardinia's rules

Almost all of Clematis is in Cardinia Shire, which allows burning only to reduce bushfire fuel. A neighbour's chimney smoke is something to raise with them first, then with the council. The wood smoke guide covers the heater side.

Checked 25 October 2026 against Vicmap Planning, the state's zone and overlay maps (DataVic), measured across the suburb and Cardinia Shire Council: burning.

Over the hill from Clematis

Emerald: Cardinia as well, the bigger town, with the post office Clematis lost in 1978.
The Patch and Kallista: Yarra Ranges, with its burning categories looked up by address.
Menzies Creek: Split between the two councils.

Checked 25 October 2026 against Wikipedia: Clematis, Victoria, Vicmap Planning, the state's zone and overlay maps (DataVic), measured across the suburb and Yarra Ranges Council: burning off.

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