Length: 21.1km
Duration: 6hrs
Grade: 3
Style: Circuit
Start: Tarra Bulga Visitor Centre
End: Tarra Bulga Visitor Centre

Location: Tarra Bulga National Park
Closest Town: Balook
Distance from CBD: 192km
State: VIC
Latitude: -38.428934
Longitude: 146.566383

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

Hike Summary

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)

More Information

Visit the official Grand Strzelecki Track website

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.