The Woowookarung Regional Park is home to kangaroos, echidnas, and now - tiny furniture for our fairy friends.

For the past three months, Mount Clear resident Rob Emery has been picking up twigs and nuts on his daily hikes, crafting them into tiny furniture and leaving them for children to find in the forest.

"I've made chairs, tables, little gumnut cups, small vials that I put flowers in and a tiny clothesline," Rob said.

As a child, Rob was a lover of fairies and fantasy, and he hopes the children that come across the little installations get swept up in the magic.

"I used to believe in fairies and all sorts of crazy things, and if I'd seen something that little and intricate as a kid, I would have flipped my lid," he said.

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Rob has made around 40 miniature furniture settings and so far, all have disappeared.

"I'm hoping [children] are taking them home and putting them in plants or their own garden."

But as for whether it might be actual fairies pinching the furniture for their fairy homes, Rob's unconvinced.

He's not superstitious anymore but believes in a different kind of magic; one that's already there.

"Every time I go for a walk, there's tiny, little, intricate mushrooms and beautiful, little things that are very magical, and I would like to add to that."

You can follow along with Rob's forest furniture on Instagram.

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