Welcome to Grand Strzelecki Track

Two walkers among tree ferns on Diaper Track

Be in awe of the giant forest

Stand in awe under forest giants. Step into a lost world of ancient temperate rainforest, equal to any on Earth, and hear nothing but the serenade of lyrebirds.

Walk in solitude through a different rainforest, so rare that most people have never heard of it, and far fewer will ever see it.

Discover peaceful, beautiful places far from the beaten track, away from the parks all the tourists visit. When you need some comfort, enjoy a home-cooked meal in a friendly country guest house, or a cosy cabin in a tiny, peaceful hamlet.

Come and discover Grand Strzelecki Track!

Early settlement of the Great Forest

The Strzelecki Ranges are home to the majestic Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans), the tallest flowering hardwood trees on earth.

When settlers first arrived, these massive trees and jungle-like undergrowth cloaked the ranges. They became known as The Great Forest of South Gippsland, or simply The Great Forest. The name is part of Gippsland’s history and heritage, recorded in books such as The Land of the Lyrebird: a Story of Settlement in the Great Forest of South Gippsland (1920).

Much of The Great Forest was lost to sawmilling and settlement. But it’s alive and well in the eastern Strzelecki Ranges: in Morwell National Park, Tarra-Bulga National Park, the Gunyah Rainforest Reserve, and 30,000 hectares of privately managed protected forest that connects and surrounds them.

With high rainfall and deep, fertile soils, this is one of the most prolific environments on earth. Forest that regrew after the 1939 and 1944 fires is already 50 metres tall.

Springboard stump from early logging history

Damp forest koala habitat on West Face Track

A Class 4 hiking track through the Strzelecki Ranges

Until Grand Strzelecki Track was built, most of these forests were closed to the public, apart from short walks in the two national parks.

Now bushwalkers can walk from park to park, and beyond the park boundaries. Discover clear mountain streams, hidden natural treasures, waterfalls and sweeping views. See rare and endangered ecosystems, and plants and animals that most visitors to the region have never seen.

Among them is the South Gippsland koala: a healthy, genetically intact wild koala population that is unique in Victoria.

The track also tells the amazing, and sometimes tragic, story of sawmilling and settlement in the Strzelecki Ranges, along with recent work to preserve and restore our natural heritage.

A personal bushwalking experience

There are no busloads of tourists. Many tourism promoters don’t even know we exist, so you get a personal experience.

We’re still easy to find. Four entry points are 10 to 30 minutes from the Gippsland towns of Churchill, Traralgon and Yarram.

We have walks for everyone, whatever your experience or fitness.

Come and breathe the fresh air. Lose yourself, or discover yourself, in this lost world that most trekkers still don’t know exists.

Warm temperate rainforest on the Macks Creek Loop

Current conditions

As at 23 September 2026

Track closures

Closure: Tarra Valley Loop partly closed.
Tarra Valley Link Track (only applies from the caravan parks to Diaper Track) section is closed pending clearing. To access Diaper Track or Great Forest Walk, either hike that section along Tarra Valley Road or park your vehicle at the Tarra Valley Picnic Area Carpark. This track is pending clearing.
Closure: Park-To-Park Track fully closed.
Due to severe storm damage, all sections of Billys Creek from Morwell National Park to Tarra-Bulga National Park, including Jumbuck Rest Area, are indefinitely closed.
Closure: Macks Creek Loop partially closed.
For one day, Bulga Park Road will be closed at the junction of Roberts Road. Macks Creek Hall Rest Area will not be accessible. Macks Creek Loop will be open from Balook (via Wild Cherry Track) to Roberts Road.

HVP Plantations and contractor operations

(Dates are subject to change.)

No current operations.

Events and permit events

No current events or permit events.

Road closures

No current road closures.

There is a no wood fire policy on the Grand Strzelecki Track.

Persons sighted lighting a campfire will be reported and may face arson offences. (On behalf of the CFA, Victoria Police, HVP Plantations and the team at Grand Strzelecki Track.)

Choose your walk

There are three loops from Tarra-Bulga National Park, and the full track runs park to park. It’s a Class 4 track, so you need to be self-sufficient and able to navigate. Check current conditions before you go.