In 1945, scientist Maisie Carr (nee Fawcett) erected a fence around 5 hectares of subalpine peatland on Victoria's Bogong High Plains.
That fence would form the first of Maisie's Plots, two monitoring sites that are still used by scientists today, and have recently been added to the Victorian Heritage Register.
It's one of Australia's longest-running ecological experiments, and it began with a true pioneer who had to learn to ride a horse to carry out her work, and became a friend and foe of local cattlemen in the high country.
