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Length: 10.2km
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Duration: 4hrs
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Grade: 3
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Style: Circuit
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Start: Moonlight Creek picnic area
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End: Moonlight Creek picnic area
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Location: Mount Worth State Park
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Closest Town: Warragul
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Distance from CBD: 134km
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State: VIC
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Latitude: -38.281553
Longitude: 146.010233
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Hike Summary
The Moonlight Creek picnic area provides a good base from which to explore the Mount Worth State Park . There are a number of walks available to people of all levels of experience.
Commencing at the Moonlight Creek picnic area the Mount Worth Waterfall Bower Circuit follows the Moonlight Creek track for approximately 3.2km before turning left onto the Moonlight Link Track. After approximately 1.6km turn left at the trail junction to follow the Moonlight Divide Track. After 500m you will reach the junction of an unknown trail on your right.
Follow this trail along its length and turn right at the junction of the Gardiners Mill Track. Follow the Gardiners Mill Track back to the trail head at Moonlight Creek picnic area.
OPTIONAL WALK - Maslins Mill 800 metres One-way, 40 minutes return
Commencing at the far end of the Moonlight Creek picnic area this track meanders through forest of Mountain Ash and Blackwood to Maslins's Mill site. Suitable for people with limited mobility.
Location
The Mount Worth State Park protects some 1000 hectares of natural forest in the Western Strzelecki Ranges. It provides an opportunity to view the forest that once covered Gippsland. Before the arrival of European settlers, most of the area was covered with tall, wet forest of mountain ash, manna gum, blue gum and mountain grey gum with an understorey of blackwood, silver wattle, sassafras and dense fern filled gullies. The park is also rich in bird and animal life; lyrebirds are common in gullies and crimson rosellas and grey butcher birds too. Wallabies, wombats and echidnas may also be seen.
About the region
Situated on the western rim of the Strzelecki Ranges, Mount Worth State Park encompasses 1040 hectares of Mountain Ash forest and regenerating native bush. There are a number of walks within Mount Worth State Park that range is distance and difficulty level. The walks explore a variety of native vegetation and many incorporate historical interpretation.
Getting there
From Melbourne follow Princes Hwy south-east for 112kms to Darnum. This is a small town 7km east of Warragul. Turn right and follow the Darnum-Allambee Road south, following the 'Mount Worth State Park' signs for 12kms along narrow country lanes up into the Strzelecki Ranges. Turn left at the junction with McDonalds Track, continue 1km then bear right along Allambee Estate Road to Mount Worth State Park. Moonlight Creek Picnic Area lies beyond a gate on the right immediately after the sharp hairpin bend across Moonlight Creek.
What to Take
Please pack enough food and water, and wear appropriate footwear.
Best Season to go
Spring, Summer and autumn
Further Information
GPX File
Max elevation: 469 m
Min elevation: 318 m
Total climbing: 314 m
Total descent: -314 m
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20 thoughts on “Mount Worth Waterfall Bower Circuit (10.2km)”
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I walked this February 2016. The unnamed trail is good walking fun, but heavily overgrown, blocked by fallen trees/bushes several times and for most parts not sign-posted at all. Only do this section if you enjoy heavy bush-bashing and are confident navigating with compass and map – it’s very easy to lose the trail.
Hello and I am a member of the Friends of Mount Worth State Park and thank you for your feedback on the state of the track and I can now confirm to you that this circuit walk is now open for you to enjoy
Love this walk. I’ve done it twice; once in summer and again last week (July). It is now very muddy in some sections so don’t wear nice runners etc. There’s a little picturesque waterfall and while there we saw a wallaby, a brown antechinus and a lyrebird.
Hello and I am a member of the Friends of Mount Worth State Park and thank you for your feedback on the state of the track and the highlight of the walk is being able to walk through the waterfall plus the sighting of the wildlife is a real bonus
Loved this place and a very scenic drive to get there!
Sandra Rogers Craig Tilley I’ve walked around this place. Really lovely, if you ignore the leaches
Don’t know it Bev Johnston, but will put it on the wishlist.
Amanda Medwin
Where is that?
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I think Warragul
You are correct. It is down that way
Thanks for the info on this walk – including the ‘secret track’. Went today & it was great.
Loved this hike and sow a playtapus!
Hello and I am a member of the Friends of Mount Worth State Park and as of January 2018 the section of the Waterfall Bower Circuit from the Moonlight Divide track through to the Gardiners Mill circuit is now an official Parks Victoria track, refer their website, and new signage has been installed at both ends to ensure your safe return to the carpark
Hi Tony
It would appear that Parksvic have eliminated Mt Worth completely from its website. There is no info, no map or anything at all on there. we are looking at going for a stroll on Sunday. Best map I could find was one printed in 2001.
Bryan Samson. I didn’t know there was a 10km walk there? Cool!
You post this as I am planning to go here Sunday! Good timing!
Jayne Carmody??
Tracey yep, Mark and I have had this in our list for a while. It loojs/sounds/beautiful.
BTW have a great weekend.
Jayne Carmody you too enjoy your weekend! let’s add this one to the list!