 In the forest behind Apollo Bay in the West Barham River stands a small patch of about 80 mountain ash trees that are thought to be about 400 years old which have survived bushfires, storms and landslides.While still only young, the Redwoods in the Aire Valley, if given enough time, protection from bushfires, freedom from disease and pests, absence of fierce storms may surpass the heights of Australia’s mountain ash and could even top the heights of their native environment of coastal California.The Aire Valley Camp operated until the late 1950s but was demolished sometime during the mid-1960s.