Howitt Park — Attraction in East Bairnsdale

This is a great all around park. The playground is a fairly basic setup, with the exception of a flying fox/zip line. There are amenities on site and a dual BBQ hotplate and undercover area with benches/tables.

Right next door to the small boat ramp, launching a boat or kayak to travel up the backwater or down the Mitchell River is easy.

Keep an eye on this place for the Howitt Park Market (they have a Facebook page for details and dates) as it has a great variety of local produce, craft and entertainment.

If long walks or an off lead area are more your fashion, the rail trail and Mitchell River walk start and...

First stop on our way back from Lakes Entrance to Melbourne. We went to Howitt Park for a relaxed riverside picnic — the perfect recharge before our next two hours on the road. The park sits along the Mitchell River, with plenty of boat ramps for launching private craft. It’s a peaceful and scenic spot, clearly a favourite among local fishing folk.

At the top of the park stands a memorial stone for an early colonial officer — now marked with a bold, black-painted “MURDERER.” A quiet reminder of the complex layers of...

Large, green and tidy rest stop with giant slide, flying fox and swings for the kids, toilets, bbq's, car and truck parking, fishing as its on the edge of a junction of waterways, small boat ramp and fish cleaning area, canoe or paddle board launching area under bridge, Aboriginal heritage site, a small swing bridge over the river takes you to the small Bairnsdale Botanical Gardens, its also the site for the towns large monthly market....