The 2024 spring firewood collection season is open from Sunday 1 September until Saturday 30 November.

Please view the Regional State Forest maps to identify firewood collection areas in your region and information that may be specific to your region. You can download and print an updated map of where firewood can be collected in your area.

There is no guarantee that firewood will be available for collection in the domestic firewood collection area after it has been opened.

If there is a high fire danger risk, the firewood collection season may be shortened to reduce risk. Do not enter the forest on days of Catastrophic fire rating.

Some firewood collection areas may close at short notice due to a planned burning activity. New firewood collection areas may also open throughout the season.

Most people follow the rules and do the right thing by our environment, there are penalties for those who don’t. Read about firewood regulations and penalties here: Conservation Regulator website.

Find firewood collection areas in your region, either use the interactive map or search bar below. To print maps, set your printer to A4 or A3 and to 'fit printable area'. Firewood collection area maps can be optimised for viewing by downloading the PDF maps onto mobile devices and then using geo-referenced maps on location via the free Avenza Maps Mobile App.

Regional specific information

Barwon South West Region

There are 25 firewood collection areas available across the Barwon South West region for the opening of the spring collection season. The firewood resource is a mixture of natural fall, by-product from hazard tree treatment from planned burn preparation, and a limited amount of production.

There are 14 collection areas in the Far South West.

There are 11 collection areas in the Otways.

There is no access along Taylors Road (part of Delaneys Taylors Ground Firewood collection area in the Otways) until the seasonal road closure is lifted at the end of October.

Access to firewood collection areas may be disrupted at short notice due to planned burning or other forest management operations. Additional collection areas may also be opened through the season. Please check this website for updates before heading to a collection point, and check https://plannedburns.ffm.vic.gov.au/ for planned burns in the area.

Observe all access, regulatory and safety related signage in the forest. Respect the environment, and be careful of your own safety when collecting firewood.

Firewood collection areas may be closed if conditions become unsuitable or the resource is fully utilised.

Determinations for the firewood collection areas in the Barwon South West region were published in the Victorian Government Gazette G34 22nd August 2024 pp1661-1663.

Firewood plans (maps) that have been lodged in the Central Plan Office can be viewed at www.landata.vic.gov.au.

Gippsland Region

This spring there are 73 firewood collection areas available across the Gippsland region.

Make the most of firewood collection opportunities early in the season with most collection areas in Gippsland providing only low quantities of firewood from natural fall.

Access to firewood collection areas may be disrupted at times due to work on roads, tracks and firebreaks.

Latrobe District

Firewood collection areas in Latrobe District (West Gippsland) have undergone some changes from the autumn 2024 collection season. There have been 3 collection areas added south of the Princes Hwy for this collection season. The Boolarra and Baromi Block (Mirboo North) collection areas have high volumes of accessible firewood from the February 2024 storm.  These two collection areas may be subject to temporary closure at short notice due to ongoing storm recovery works. Please do not enter closed roads or work areas. The Yinnar collection area has also been added which has medium to low volumes of firewood available.   Reasonable quantities of wood are still available on the McConachys Road and Wombat Ridge Coupe maps.

Latrobe District Overview Map (PDF, 27.7 MB)

Macalister District

Macalister District (Wellington LGA) firewood collection areas have undergone some changes from the autumn 2024 collection season. The Alberton West and  Stockdale maps remain removed for this spring collection season due to the lack of availability of firewood. The Springs Rd Firewood Area map has also been removed. There maybe quantities of firewood on Old Rosedale Rd in the Woodside collection area.

Macalister District North Overview Map  (PDF, 20.7 MB)
Macalister District South Overview Map (PDF, 13.4 MB)

Tambo District

Within Tambo District (East Gippsland) firewood collection areas have undergone some changes from the autumn 2024 collection season. Following bushfire risk reduction works some quantities of wood on the Colquhoun, Lower Tostaree, Bullumwaal Mount Alfred maps remain from last season.

The Mt Kosciuszko Lookout and Woolshed Creek collection area maps have been removed due to lack of firewood availability.

Tambo District Overview Map (PDF, 24.5 MB)

Snowy District

Snowy District (Far East Gippsland) firewood collection areas have undergone some minor changes from the autumn 2024 collection season . The Waygara Hartland map has  been reduced in size with firewood from previous bushfire reduction works being depleted during the autumn 2024 collection season.

Snowy District Overview Map (PDF, 17.5 MB)
Mallacoota Overview Map  (PDF, 3.2 MB)

Victoria Government Gazette

The determination of firewood collection areas in the Gippsland Region was published in the Victoria Government Gazette No. G 35 Dated Thursday 29 August 2024, pages 1735 to 1737.

Grampians Region

Firewood collection areas across Grampians Region will open for Spring firewood collection season 1 September and will close on 30 November.

Several of the domestic firewood collection areas are in locations which have been impacted by windstorm in the Wombat State Forest and the Bayindeen bushfire in Mt Cole State Forest.

Roads may be closed at short notice to manage safety issues relating to either the bushfire recovery across the Grampians region or storm recovery works occurring in the Wombat State Forest.

We ask members of the public to please adhere to these closures for their own safety and the safety of any of our staff who may be working in the area.

Please check the website to see which sites are open before you head out to collect firewood.

For further information on current road closures, please visit - Forest and road closures.

We ask members of the public to please adhere to these closures for their own safety and the safety of any of our staff who may be working in the area.

Victorian Government Gazette

The domestic firewood collection area determination and subsequent amendments are published in the Victoria Government General Gazette.

Hume Region

This Autumn, 121 firewood collection areas will be opened in the Hume Region. A few of these areas may experience a delayed opening due to current track closures and access.

Please avoid collecting firewood during or immediately after heavy rainfall for your own safety and to ensure that your car doesn’t become bogged due to muddy tracks. Check overhead for dangerous branches when parking and whilst collecting firewood.

The domestic firewood collection area determination and subsequent amendments are published in the Victorian Government Gazette.

Loddon Mallee Region

Designated firewood collection areas in state forests in Central Victoria will be restricted to residents of specific local councils.

These rules aim to ensure that local communities have greater access to available firewood into the future. While firewood is free to collect, supply is not unlimited. This means firewood needs to be managed responsibly to ensure environmental sustainability.

Only residents from the following Local Government Areas will be allowed to collect firewood from state forests

  • Buloke Shire Council
  • Greater Shepparton City Council
  • Mt Alexander Shire Council
  • Campaspe Shire Council
  • Hepburn Shire Council
  • Northern Grampians Shire Council
  • Central Goldfields Shire Council
  • Loddon Shire Council
  • Pyrenees Shire Council
  • Gannawarra Shire Council
  • Macedon Ranges Shire Council
  • Strathbogie Shire Council
  • City of Greater Bendigo
  • Mitchell Shire Council

Map of the domestic firewood collection restrictions for state forests in Central Victoria (PDF, 1017.0 KB)

Visitors from outside the above Local Government Areas, will no longer be able to collect firewood from designated firewood collection areas in the following state forests in Central Victoria.

Loddon Mallee firewood collection areas overview map  

River Redgum Forests

Firewood collection areas are planned to be opened in Gunbower State Forest on 1 September 2024.

Restrictions are in place for firewood collection in Gunbower and Guttrum State forests. Only residents from:

  • Campaspe Shire Council
  • Gannawarra Shire Council
  • Loddon Shire Council
  • Swan Hill Rural City Council

can collect from Gunbower and Guttrum State Forest.

Firewood collectors may be asked to prove their address when collecting firewood.

Robinvale - Parks Victoria

  • Domestic Firewood Collection Areas at Robinvale are closed this spring. Residents of the Rural City of Mildura and Swan Hill Rural City are eligible to collect firewood in the Robinvale firewood collection areas when they open in the autumn 2025 collection period.
  • Domestic firewood on public land is a limited resource that needs to be carefully managed. It is important for forest health, wildlife habitat, public safety and the sustainability of firewood resources that local communities rely on, that they are managed this way.
  • Many animals rely on fallen timber and tree hollows for habitat. Crevices under logs and hollows in trees provide safe places for mammals, reptiles, birds and invertebrates to live and are the perfect place to protect their young from predators. Fallen timber and tree hollows also have value far beyond basic shelter, providing food resources and recycling nutrients in the ecosystem as it decays.

We encourage the community to consider where the firewood they get comes from. Victorians are urged to ask questions before they buy, to avoid inadvertently supporting illegal firewood operators and to reduce the impact of these illegal activities on our environment.

The domestic firewood collection area determination and all subsequent amendments are published in the Victorian Government Gazette.

Port Phillip Region

Port Phillip Regional Specific Info for Spring Firewood Collection Season

16 firewood collection areas will be available this Spring in the Port Phillip Region.

Medium volumes of firewood are available from strategic fuel break work by-product at Pioneer Creek Road Domestic Firewood Collection Site, situated on Pioneer Creek Road, close to the Noojee-Yarra Junction Road intersection.

Medium volumes of firewood by-product from planned burning preparatory and strategic fuel break works are available at McMahons and Pauls Range collection areas.  Low volumes of firewood by-product from these works are available at MB Fireline, Patrol Rd, Xanthorrea Track and Worlleys Track collection areas.

The remaining Port Phillip natural falls roadside collection areas will continue to provide low firewood volumes for the duration of the Spring collection season.

Firewood collection areas may close at short notice for scheduled planned burning but will otherwise be available from 1st September until 30th November 2024. The Worlley's Track, Mississippi and Torbets collection areas include some seasonally closed roads, these roads will be closed from 13th June 2024 and reopen on the 31st October 2024.

To print out an overview of firewood collection areas in Yarra District State Forest (PDF, 3.4 MB).

The domestic firewood collection area determination and subsequent amendments are published in the Victorian Government Gazette.

Firewood collection areas by region

Select a region, search for a town or collection area to filter the list below.

Page last updated: 31/08/24