Tarra-Bulga National Park (Parks Victoria) — Attraction in Balook

This afternoon, I visited the Tarra Bulga National Park with the 1Step Support Group and we walked along the Lyrebird Ridge Track, Ash Track to Corrigan Suspension Bridge then the Fern Gully Loop to Bulga Car Park. It was a lovely partly sunny day with moderate winds and a top of 19 degrees.

Visiting Tarra Bulga has been on my MUST DO list for a couple of years now and I'm so glad I had the opportunity to go there today. When we arrived at the Visitor Centre carpark, we had a BBQ lunch and took in the gorgeous scenery. I will say that it's probably a good idea to bring a jumper/coat as the winds and shaded areas can make it feel much cooler than expected.

We then began our walk beginning at Lyrebird Ridge Track. The amount of tree ferns within this park is genuinely mind blowing, some of them being several meters tall. There's also many large Mountain Ash trees which literally tower over you. The track itself is very lush, dense and woody but easy to follow.

Eventually the track splits and we took the left fork onto the Ash Track. This leads you on a downhill descent to the Corrigan Suspension Bridge. It's quite a surreal experience walking across this bridge and seeing dozens of tree ferns with massive spans.

On the other side of the bridge, you have the option to do either the Fern Gully Track or Scenic Track. We chose the former as it was the shorter of the two. Here is where the environment becomes more of a Cool Temporate Rainforest. The ground becomes very wet and moist with lots of exposed tree roots. The track follows Macks Creek which is a beautiful narrow flowing stream. There's also quite a few Mertle Beech trees along this section.

The rest of the Fern Gully Track becomes a slow uphill climb with a series of timber handrails and steps. This is where you can truly appreciate the depth of this rainforest both to the sides and up above. We ended the walk at the Bulga Car Park but you can continue onwards back to the Visitors Centre to complete the loop.

Overall, the Tarra Bulga National Park is an absolutely beautiful place. There's so much rich environmental history and the sheer amount of trees, plants and other flora is an incredible...

10/8/25 Very disappointed, hard to find the two waterfalls, after a 2 1/2 hr drive ...No signs anywhere (even to say the run down building was the info centre) at Bulga, only thing to have a sign was the Suspension Bridge, nothing to say how far and or how long the walk was ....Worst National Park I have ever seen... Picnic sheds old n horrible, not tables at all in one, the other had two with seating only in two sides of both tables, guess it's bring your own...even the fire place in one has been rocked up...Toilets at info centre were a disgrace, looked like they hadn't been cleaned in a long while, and they were plumbed toilets, no toilet paper or what there was all over the floor... The next park we came across were very clean drop toilets (yet out in the middle of nowhere...) That drive certainly isn't for the faint hearted coming from Melbourne side, very narrow, wet slippery, nnvery long drops from the edge, certainly would not want to meet a big car or truck on it...we finally came across another park, again NOT one sign... But discovered it did have a waterfall, no idea how far AGAIN.... Lucky for us we came across a couple coming back, we only had what he thought was about 500 mtrs to go ...the walk was awesome along the path just above the creek, not over steep but worth it to finally see the High waterfall, there are two..no names to state which is which...I guess if your a bush walker you just go anywhere, but when you go to a NationalmOark to see a specific part of it very disappointing to have no idea where you are heading, how safe it is .... If only we knew to come from Yarram side our trip would have been so much easier and safer..certainly hope by summer things change....like a damn good clean up SIGNS stating where and what...

Tarra-Bulga National Park is one of the jointly managed parks within Gippsland. The Joint Management agreement recognises the fact that the Gunaikurnai people hold Aboriginal Title and maintain a strong connection to Country. As custodians of the land, they are the rightful people who speak for their Country. These parks and reserves are cultural landscapes that continue to be part of Gunaikurnai living culture. For more information on Joint Management, please visit the Gunaikurnai Traditional Owner Land Management Board

Tarra-Bulga National Park on Brataualung Country, is highly significant to Gunaikurnai Traditional Owners due to its remarkable Aboriginal cultural heritage.

Known for its giant Mountain Ash trees, beautiful fern gullies and ancient myrtle beeches, Tarra Bulga in South Gippsland has some of the best examples of original cool temperate rainforests of the Strzelecki Ranges. 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...