Tarra Valley Loop is a 21.1km, grade 3 hike located in the Tarra Bulga National Park, Victoria. The hike should take around 6 hrs to complete.

Length: 21.1km

Duration: 6 hrs

Grade: 3

Style: Circuit

Start: Tarra Bulga Visitors Centre

End: Tarra Bulga Visitors Centre

Location: Tarra Bulga National Park

Closest town: Balook

Victoria

From state capital: 192km

Longitude: 146.5662914514542

Latitude: -38.428929174077744

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Update 31/08/2022: West track off the Tarra Valley Rainforest loop walk is closed due to storm damage. Walkers can still access the Cyathea Falls from the east track. Please return the same way and do not attempted to walk the loop.

Hike overview

The Tarra Valley loop is is a wondrous hike through the magnificent Tarra Valley, home to some of the best primeval rainforest in Victoria.

This trail features an array of waterfalls, including Cyathea Falls and Tarra Falls, and many endangered Slender Tree-ferns (Cyathea cunninghamii), as well as ancient specimens of Myrtle Beech (Nothofagus cunninghamii).

There's a great picnic area in the Tarra Valley - perfect for a quiet lunch with your friends and family.

During the walk you'll have great views of the Ninety Mile Beach and surrounds, as well as the chance to observe the recovering native forest, decimated by the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.

This section of the GST connects with the Tarra Valley settlement offering accommodation such as caravan parks or three-star bed and breakfast.

Alternate Walks of the Grand Strzelecki Track

Tarra Valley Loop (21.1km)

Mack's Creek Loop (25.2km)

Mount Tassie Loop (18.8km)

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Visit the official Grand Strzelecki Track website

Route and GPX file

Total distance: 21145 m
Max elevation: 723 m
Min elevation: 350 m
Total climbing: 1123 m
Total descent: -1124 m

Download file: Tarra Valley Loop.gpx

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Getting there

Tarra Bulga National Park is situated approximately 200 kilometres east of Melbourne. The park is reached from the Princes Highway at Traralgon by following Traralgon Creek Road to Balook. Alternatively the park can be reached from Yarram via the Tarra Valley Road or Bulga Park Road. Roads throughout the area are narrow and winding but offer marvelous scenery with panoramic views from several points, including Mount Tassie.

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About the region

With its lush gullies, giant mountain ash trees and tree ferns, Tarra Bulga National Park is one of only four major areas of cool temperate rainforest in the state. The rainforest is a haven for plants and wildlife. Discover a wide variety of birds including the pilotbird, yellow tailed black cockatoo, eastern whipbird, and currawongs. Visit in the evening when the forest comes to life as possums, owls and bats emerge to feed. If you're lucky, you may see a lyrebird scratching the forest floor looking for food or catch a glimpse of some of the other inhabitants like wombats, swamp wallabies, gliders and platypuses.

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1 Review on “Tarra Valley Loop (21.1km)”

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Ed D

Completed 4.10.22 in 9hrs (not 6). Several passable fallen trees and some mud lower than ankle deep. Recommend spraying lower legs with DEET or similar for leeches.

04/10/2022, 11:25

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Luke Smith

Currently (apparently from 11th March, 2022- and we just tried to walk it on the 23rd April 2022) the Tarra Valley Link Track and the Diaper Track section of the walk is closed due to fallen trees. If walking anticlockwise it is possible to walk from the information centre to the Tarra Valley Car Park however it is a long slog back along the road to the visitor centre

23/04/2022, 17:48

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