Bunyip State Park

Tree Fern Walking Track. (60 km E). Tynong North, Gembrook-Tonimbuk Rd, Triangle Rd, to small car parking space at start of Nichol Hut Track. Follow this track to Tree Fern Walking Track, reaching Link Rd and return the same way. Superb tree ferns, tropical jungle, former logging area, creek, footbridge. One of the best shorter walks in this section of the Park! (4 km, 1 hr, March 2010)
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Mortimer Nature Trail. (60 km E). Ferntree Gully, Gembrook, Gembrook-Tonimbuk Rd, to Mortimer Picnic Ground. Follow signed Nature Trail circuit walk. Tall timber, forests, echidnas, creeks, boardwalk, bridge. Optional extra: visit the historical Tonimbuk Charcoal Kiln on Tonimbuk Rd, nearby.(2 km, 1 hr, July 2009).
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Tonimbuk Bridle and Walking Track (60 km east). Ferntree Gully, Gembrook, Gembrook-Tonimbuk Rd, to Mortimer Picnic Ground. Follow signed Nature Trail to junction with Tonimbuk Bridle and Walking Track. Follow this track back to picnic ground, continue to its end at Tonimbnuk Rd and return. Tall timber, forests, echidnas, creeks, boardwalk, bridges, birds. (4 km, 1.5 hrs, March 2010)

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Avard's Track (60 km E). Princes Highway, Tynong North Rd, to small car park opposite gated signed entrance to Avard's Track. Ascend track through former logging regrowth forest up to the ridge line, to an old firebreak to the north, and return. Good views westerly to the Sandpit Ridge, and southerly across Pharoah's Gully. Track is in the Weatherhead Range. Steep in parts, be alert for equestrians(5 km, 1.5 hrs, Jan 2009)
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Silvertop Ridge Track (60 km E). Ferntree Gully, Gembrook, Gembrook-Tonimbuk Rd, to Mortimer Picnic Ground carpark. Ascend gated Triangle Track, reaching western end of unsigned Silvertop Ridge Track. Follow track along ridgeline, passing water point, descend to a dam at the junction of Ferres Walking Trail, and return. (Option: This walk can be undertaken in the reverse direction, starting/ending at Link Rd.) Regrowth old logging forest, large granite boulders, ferns, limited views north to the Black Snake Range and south across Diamond Creek Valley. Some steep and rocky sections. (5 km, 1.5 hrs, January 2009)
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Ferres Walking Trail - Eastern Section. (60 km east). Princes Highway, Tynong North Rd, Camp Rd, west on Gembrook-Tonimbuk Rd, then along Link Rd, to small car park at gated Silvertop Ridge Tk.Follow this track to a large water point/dam, then continue along signed Ferris Walking Trail, reaching Silvertop Ridge Tk, then return to start. Track follows the Diamond Creek gully, regrowth forest, former logging area. (3 km, 1 hr, February 2009)
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Ferres Walking Trail - Western Section. (60 km east). Ferntree Gully, Gembrook, Gembrook-Tonimbuk Rd, to Mortimer Picnic Ground carpark. Follow signed Ferres Walking Track, reaching Silvertop Ridge Tk, then return. Fern Gullies, forest, boardwalks, footbridges, creeks. Track follows the creek gully. Some steep sections. (4 km, 1 hr, July 2009)
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Bald Hill Lookout. (60 km east). Princes Highway, Tynong North Rd, to small car park at gated Lupton's Track. Ascend this track, reaching a nice viewpoint, then continue along the ridge for ahout 1km. Retirn to start. Excellent views across the Diamond Creek valley to the Black Snake and Blue Ranges. Regrowth forest, former logging area. (3 km, 1 hr, January 2009)

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Buttongrass Nature Reserve. (60 km E). Princes Highway, Tynong North Rd, Camp Rd, to picnic ground at start of gated Guide Track. Follw this Traxck to entrance to signed reserve, then on to the circuit track. Distinctive buttongrass flora, interpretative signs, boardwalk, views to hills, lagoon. (3 km, 1 hr, January 2009).
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Lawson Falls. (90 km E). Princes Highway, Labertouche Rd, Lawson's Rd, Forest Rd, to Lawson Falls car park/picnic area. Walk up Forest Rd for about 100 m, reaching signed gated track to the Falls. Follow Tk to Falls and return. Superb temperate rainforest, good views of Falls. Note: This is part of a longer circuit walk, known as the "Discovery Track", about 5 km, which ends at Tea Tree Tk, near the picnic ground. (2 km, 1 hr, September 2007).

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Cannibal Creek Track to Sandpit Ridge. (60 km east). Princes Highway, Tynong North Rd, to car park at horse unloading area at gated Cannibal Creek Track. Ascend this track, reaching the junction with Sandpit Ridge Track, then return to start. Steep in parts. Excellent views to the Black Snake and Blue Ranges. Regrowth forest, former logging area. (4 km, 1 hr, Jan 2009)
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Weatherhead Plateau (Guide Track). (60 km east).. Princes Highway, Tynong North Rd, Camp Rd, to picnic ground at start of gated Guide Track. Follow this Track past Buttongrass Reserve, then uphill (steep in sections) to junction with Luptin Track. Return to car..Spectacular views across the Park to the Black Snake Range (4 km, 1.5 hrs, July 2010).
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Weatherhead Hill Walking Track (60 km east). Princes Highway, Tynong North Rd, Weatherhead Rd. At end of this road, follow unsigned Weatherhead Hill Walking Track to site of the old mill, and return. Track follows southern boundary of the Park for some of the way, and is on the alignment of an early timber tramway which carried logs from the mill to the rail siding at Tynong North in the period 1903 ro 1930. This is the Weatherhead Forest..Many stands of grass trees, views across farmland to Westernport Bay. (4 km, 1.5 hrs, July 2010)

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Pyramid Rock (60 km east). Prince's Highway, Tynong North Rd, Pooley's Rd (4WD dry weather road!), to car park at gate to signed Sandpit Ridge Track. Follow Track to the ridge summit, then up a short unsigned foot-track to Pyramid Rock. the rock is about 3 m high, surrounded by many other granitic formations. Descend to Track, continue to junction with Cannibal Creek Track, then return to car. Excellent views northerly from the ridge top across the Park to Black Snake Range, Some views to the south, but obscured by tall timber. Former logging region; sand was once extracted from pits off Pooley's Rd, now being vevegetated (4 km, 1.5 hrs, August 2010).
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