Tarra Bulga National Park Walks

Distance

Various lengths depending on the walk chosen.

Dogs

Sorry, dogs are not allowed in Tarra Bulga National Park.

Directions

Tarra Bulga National Park is situated approximately 200 kilometres east of Melbourne. The park is reached from Yarram via the Tarra Valley Road or alternatively from the Princes Highway at Traralgon by following Traralgon Creek Road to Balook.

Corrigan Suspension Bridge

1.2 kilometres – 25 minutes one way

Walk to the impressive Corrigan’s Suspension Bridge, which stretches through the rainforest canopy, affording spectacular views of the lush fern gully on the forest floor below. Follow the signs from the Visitor Centre Carpark via Lyrebird Ridge, Ash and Wills tracks.

Lyrebird Ridge Track

2.4 kilometres – 45 minutes return

Commencing at the Visitor Information Centre, this track leads through regenerating and mature Mountain Ash forests. Rest on the seats provided and listen to the sounds of the forest.

Forest Track

4.4 kilometres – 1.5 hours return

Starting at the end of the Lyrebird Ridge Track, this longer walk completes a circuit back to the Visitor Centre via part of the Old Yarram–Balook Rd. This track winds its way through Mountain Ash forest, a rainforest gully and an unusual thicket of Hazel Pomaderris. This track contains some steeper sections, is unsurfaced and is recommended for the more serious walker.

Ash Track

680 metres – 12 minutes one way

Branching off the Lyrebird Ridge Track, this track leads through regenerating Mountain Ash forest to the beginning of the Fern Gully Nature Walk. Look for remnants of logging that occurred here in the early 1900s. Eucalypts are now growing to replace them.

Scenic Track

1 kilometre – 20 minutes one way

This walk takes you through tall Mountain Ash forest and patches of Cool Temperate Rainforest. It commences at the Corrigan’s Suspension Bridge and finishes at the Bulga entrance. From here you can continue back to the Visitor Centre or walk down the road to the Bulga carpark.

Fern Gully Nature Walk

720 metres – 15 minutes return

The Fern Gully Nature Walk begins where the Ash Track meets the Wills Track and provides an excellent introduction to the plants and wildlife of the Mountain Ash Forests and Cool Temperate Rainforests of the Strzelecki Ranges. Interpretive signs along this track explain the features seen.