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Things to do in Gembrook, Victoria: The Best Nature & Parks
Discover the best top things to do in Gembrook, Australia including Four Brothers Rocks, Bunyip State Park, Gembrook Park, Kurth Kiln Ship Rock Falls, Kurth Kiln Regional Park, Beenak G180 Bushland Reserve, Mortimer Picnic Ground, Buttongrass Walk, Seven Acre Rock.
1. Four Brothers Rocks
2. Bunyip State Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 9 reviews
Traverse the diverse ecosystems of Bunyip State Park; from heathland swamps to towering mountain ash forests. Explore on foot, horseback, trail bike or in the comfort of your four-wheel drive. Keep an eye out for the southern-emu wren and swamp bush-pea, both rare sights. Follow the Lawsons Falls Circuit Walk to the only waterfall within Bunyip State Park. The narrow trail meanders through dense bush and verdant fern gullies before emerging at a small clearing with views across to Lawson Falls. Bunyip State Park is one of the few places in Victoria where our state floral emblem, the Common Heath, and state fauna emblem, the Leadbeater’s Possum, along with our state avian emblem, the Helmeted Honeyeater, can all be found.
Reviewed By andreamK9137UD - Beaconsfield, Australia
Bunyip State Park has an extensive area where 4WD and motorbikes are excluded. There is a horse float parking area in the centre of this exclusion zone with excellent trail network. The trails are mostly all usable year round and pass through all the various ecological vegetation communities in the park. Such a peaceful and safe place to ride horses and knowing that you will not be confronted by noisy and speeding vehicles is a godsend. I go regulatory and always enjoy the changing vegetation scenery. Unfortunately, the park is inundated with deer - so expect a small group to flee past on most rides.
3. Gembrook Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By Crystalline4u - Traralgon, Australia
I almost drove past this... It isn't well sign-posted to let you know it's coming up...but I am ever so glad I didn't. The road into the park is a bit bumpy... the carpark is dreadful - you need to go slowly because it's rough. But the moment you step out of your car your senses will be assailed with the scent. It's utterly divine. As you step out of your car, you will notice the gorgeous trees around you that draw your eye to their canopies ... you can lose yourself here with the trees and scent...but continue on. There is a rather bizarre platform area with picnic tables... and it's almost like they were done for social isolation... they are a good distance from one another. Whilst it does not have a BBQ area that I saw near the picnic tables... I would definitely consider having a picnic here. There is a walk through the bush ... you pass the toilets and continue to follow the signs. It's an incredibly stunning walk... I would not recommend this for anyone trying to use a wheelchair or any mobility aid though. You could easily enjoy the carpark area, but the walk's paths are so natural... very narrow and the bush fringes the walk... at times you walk over trees that have fallen. I absolutely found this walk to be worthwhile though. I would highly recommend this to anyone... just based on the scent of the bush. It's a charming place to spend time at. There were gorgeous little birds skittering across my path and very clear evidence of the wombats that live nearby.
4. Kurth Kiln Ship Rock Falls
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By TracyH443 - Melbourne, Australia
Falls were beautiful and tranquil; Ship Rock is great for rock climbers too; toilet facilities and bbq also.
5. Kurth Kiln Regional Park
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 28 reviews
Reviewed By Crystalline4u - Traralgon, Australia
What an incredible Regional Park! It's really stunning... so initially I headed to the Gilwell track and stopped and went for a walk... the walking paths were wide and easily to traverse. The fauna here is stunning... small things capture your attention like an unusual banksia species, shiny leaves on plants, fungi ... and the smell of the bush is so captivating. After walking here for a little while ( trust me when I say this is somewhere you could easily walk for a few hours) I moved on to another part of the park. I drove down Soldiers Road until I arrived at the kiln. I found parking quite easy even though the park had quite a few cars. There are some really stunning camping areas that you drive past to get to the kiln. Dr Ernest Edgar Kurth from the University of Tasmania was commissioned to design the kiln with the aim of mass-producing charcoal as an alternative fuel in the response to war-time petrol rationing in 1941. The kiln commenced operation in March 1942 but transport difficulties combined with an oversupply of charcoal from private operators meant the kiln was used only intermittently during 1943 and was shut down soon after. Over the period of its operation, Kurth Kiln produced only 471 tons of charcoal which represented a tiny fraction of Victoria’s total production. Gembrook was selected as the ideal site for the Kurth Kiln because it fully met three essential criteria required for successful operation; *Water - the kiln required 2000 gallons (9,100 litres) of water per day in order for its cooling systems to be effective. *Wood - the kiln burnt about 100 cubic metres of wood per week. *Gradient - sloping land enabled easier top loading of wood into the kiln. The park has several plant communities ranging from Mountain Ash forest and riparian forest to shrubby foothill forest and swamp heathland. The diversity of plant life attracts a range of wildlife including Wombats, Swamp Wallabies and Echidnas.Active mostly at night are Possums, Yellow-bellied Gliders, Sugar Gliders and Greater Gliders that glide for up to 100 metres from tree to tree. Also lookout for Lyrebirds, Honeyeaters, Parrots, Kookaburras, Yellowtailed Black Cockatoos, Currawongs and Butcherbirds. This is an amazing park... well worth visiting.
