Visiting Mt Buller for some skiing or mountain biking this year? Don’t feel like hitting the slopes? If you’d prefer to head out in your hiking boots, this walk will give you a fantastic view of the Victorian Alps along trails in truly beautiful country...
Category: Wild Melbourne
Tarra-Bulga National Park
Tarra-Bulga is one of the lesser known temperate rainforests we have in Victoria, tucked away in South Gippsland...
Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve
One of the most spectacular sights Victoria has to offer is to be found, unexpectedly, just off the Princes Highway between Warrnambool and Port Fairy. Tower Hill is an extinct volcano, a massive crater filled with conical hills and round lakes created by an ancient explosion...
Mount Feathertop & The Razorback
Both Mount Feathertop and the Razorback can be done as part of several longer trails within the region, but the simplest and most popular...
Lysterfield Lake
Considering that it’s tucked away in a valley just a 10-minute drive off the Eastern Freeway, you’ll be surprised just how big Lysterfield Lake is...
Endeavour Fern Gully
Located in Red Hill on the Mornington Peninsula, this unique land is 17.5 hectares of remnant rainforest and a haven for flora and fauna to thrive...
Werribee Gorge
On first arriving, Werribee Gorge doesn’t seem like it will be all that peaceful – just off the Western Freeway, only an hour out of the city – but sound evaporates in the gorge. By the time you’ve parked in the Quarry Picnic Area the traffic noise has been muffled, but the voices of hikers up on the ridge can be heard clearly...
Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve
Just minutes west of Williamstown beach, and eight kilometres from the heart of Melbourne, this reserve is often overlooked due to the lack of signage as well as its seclusion from the main attractions of the area...
Lake Tali Karng
In the southern region of the Great Alpine National Park lies Lake Tali Karng, Victoria’s only deep mountain lake reaching depths of 51 metres. It’s a fairly young lake, having formed a mere 1500 years ago by a landslide that dammed the Wellington River...
Big Rock Track, You Yangs
Just over an hour’s drive southwest of the northern suburbs, you can find yourself surrounded by the eerily beautiful granite peaks of the You Yangs. Feel like you’re worlds away as you meander through these geographical formations formed during the Devonian Period, and experience the wildlife that thrives here...