[ Strzelecki Ranges ]

[ Rain Forest ] The Strezelecki region takes in the spectacular Strzelecki Ranges in the South of Gippsland and the magnificent Grand Ridge Road that traverses its entire length.

A unique tourist road off the beaten track, meandering along the top of the Strzelecki ridge to provide spectacular views south to the Ninety Mile Beach and Wilsons Promontory and north across the Latrobe Valley and extending over the Warragul plateau area to the Great Dividing Range and Mount Baw Baw.

On the west it is bordered for a short distance by Mount Worth State Park, a young mountain ash and wattle forest with more than its share of native birds and animals and some fine picnic spots.
As it snakes through a scenic pathway and patches of dense rain forest along the high ridges, it passes through many of the prettiest towns and villages, that can't be seen from the major highway routes.

Mirboo North, with the popular Grand Ridge Brewery is the biggest town on the road and is the centre of an extensive dairying, beef cattle and sheep area. Near the small settlement of Balook is the tiny Tarra Bulga National Park, of rain forest and fern clad valleys. Some of Victoria's finest tree ferns are here and a walk over the suspension bridge and nature trail may recall some of the parks beautiful birds and native animals, and with the waterfall on the upper reaches of the Tarra River, you couldn't ask for a more "back to nature" park. From here it follows a winding south-westerly route, traversing beautiful hill country for much of its length and ending near Carrajung.