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Length: 23.8km
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Duration: 6hrs
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Grade: 3
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Style: Circuit
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Start: Tarra Bulga Visitor Centre
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End: Tarra Bulga Visitor Centre
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Location: Tarra Bulga National Park
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Closest Town: Balook
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Distance from CBD: 192km
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State: VIC
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Latitude: -38.428934
Longitude: 146.566383
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Hike Summary
Deep in the eastern heart of the Strzelecki Ranges, this cool, shaded Mount Tassie loop trail features Victorian temperate rainforest of giant Mountain Ash eucalypts and lush tree ferns.
Discover remnant old growth and unusual Blackwood forests. See evidence of our early settlement logging history including gigantic springboard-slotted tree stumps.
Climb to Mount Tassie and you reach the highest peak of the Strzelecki Ranges at 720m above sea level. Here you'll be rewarded with breathtaking 360o views: north across the Latrobe Valley and Great Dividing Range beyond, east towards Longford and the Ninety Mile Beach, south to Wilson's Promontory and west across the scenic Traralgon Creek valley.
See the devastating impact of 2009's Black Saturday bushfires and how the forest is faring today. Pass through managed plantations and observe endangered damp forest containing ancient Mountain Grey Gum, Blue Gum and Messmate eucalypts that are now regenerating. Mountain Grey Gum and Blue Gum are the main food source of the unique Strzelecki Koala.
This trail also passes the site of the historic Morningside Grange homestead marked by enormous Sitka Spruce trees.
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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.
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.
GPX File
Max elevation: 751 m
Min elevation: 408 m
Total climbing: 1205 m
Total descent: -1206 m
Variation - Mount Tassie Short Loop - 15km
This hike follows the same general circuit but commences a few hundred metres south of the Mount Tassie Summit. You can park in a large open area just off the access road. After approximately 7km, rather than continuing along the management road, turn sharply south-east to ascend a steep and somewhat overgrown spur. The going is a little tough to start as you will have to navigate a series of fallen trees but it does ease after approximately 1km and is quite an enjoyable variation (better than walking on the road in my opinion)
GPX File
Max elevation: 752 m
Min elevation: 411 m
Total climbing: 969 m
Total descent: -969 m
Alternate Walks of the Grand Strzelecki Track
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65 thoughts on “Mount Tassie Loop (18.8km)”
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Steph Auston looks like a good loop
Named after our fav place!
Belinda Muir for when we’ve got a full day
Looks awesome
On my to do list ?
Tezcan Birgin
Looks like a great one!
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Virginia Cuthbert let’s do this one day
Okey!
Although its 2 1/2 hours away ?
Obv it’ll be a sleepover maybe a weekend? Michelle Wolff Tash Hartmann
??♀️ Absolutely!
Virginia Cuthbert & I will bring our gear and we’ll do an overnighter
do i need to buy more leisurewear again
I’ll have stuff you can borrow
ill bring lottsa undies
You may need new wheels though. Tash is getting some lesso ones like I’ve got. They’re very comfy but ugly af
undies?
Kellie Dickson good idea about the undies. You never know what can happen. Oh wait, yes you do ?
Kellie Dickson hiking boots
oh right ??
What about the grampians? Have you guys been there? Its delish
Ok let’s do that i’ll do anything with the word delish in it
me too. I love deliciousness
Or Wilson’s prom! Sealers cove/refuge cove. Google em and see what you fink.
Ill go anywhere
This is where you just take over and organize everything Virginia it’s not like you have any thing better to do… The girl just can’t take a hint hey Michelle ?
Fine. Give me dates
probs 2020 with Michelle Wolff
June July
I’m free after the 8th of June when my hot trekking shoes arrive ?
Kathy Lloyd Jodie Pincini Adele Giardina one for after winter
Definitely Elly. I still haven’t done Mt Oberon. ?
Same ?
I’m in. We can book Oberon in again too. You can’t really count it when visibility is 5m!!
Im in?
Siân Rowlands
Let’s do that soon!
Vic Wheeler
Meaghan
Might have to plan a hiking holiday to Melbourne ?. Although 6hrs seems easy to us now ?
Georgina Cridge Nat Jones for when we know the antihistamines are working!
There are smaller walks also, should try and get one done before winter really sets in.
Georgina Cridge yes let’s! Beautiful area and not that far away…
Sounds like a plan!
Me too!!
Sian Gard
Love Tarra Bulga. Should do it
Sian Gard let’s get a date in June or July
Vanessa Rawson cool. Let’s do it! I am back in Benders after June 15 ( away in Darwin then Sydney for work) let me know what would work second half of June or July ?
Sian Gard let’s go for July. I don’t think I’ll have the stamina for June. Fittish but not that fit. Second last weekend??
Vanessa Rawson done! Lock it in
Vanessa Rawson July 20 – 22nd, I am in ! and I have just put it in my diary.
Catherine Reid
Judy Kennedy
Pop it on the list, should be a good one to do once the leg is good ?
Can you recommend any good introductory overnight hikes not from Melbourne?
Hooligans? Deb Prinzi Jane McQuillan Shelley Matthews
Shane Treweek
Lea Audrey Hardy
YES! I’m in
Jordy Pilgrim 🙂
Sweeeto!
The Duff Sawmill Track is closed at present, at least that’s what’s sign-posted from the South end. You can pick up again from the Callignee South Rd. A good walk!