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1. 50 Heather Burton
   Aug 4th, 2008 at 8:48 am

   We simply love Tarra Bulga. In Summer, Autumn, Winter or Spring this amazing National bushland and wildlife make a perfect day out for the whole family and friends. We are drawn back to this wonderful National Park time and time again.

2. 49 rob herni
   Jul 15th, 2008 at 8:06 pm

   The very best of our remaining natural bushland. A must for our visitors to see. To spend a couple of hoursw in the parks in the middle of a fantastic summer thunder storm complete with sensational lightning and torrential rain was a superb experience.

3. 48 Barb Rozsa
   Jul 2nd, 2008 at 11:59 pm

   We never tire of Tarra Bulga National Park - it remains just as unbelievably beautiful every time we return. The Tarra Valley camping ground on the banks of the babbling Tarra River is the friendliest camp park we have ever stayed in. The rainforest walk is amazing with towering eucalypts and mountain ash, lush ferns, lichens and moss, streams, waterfalls and bridges. We have picnic lunches in the pristine parks, and in the evenings sit around a cosy campfire toasting marshmallows with our friends…Tarra Bulga is a truly magical place to unwind.

4. 47 Kristen Brehaut
   Jul 1st, 2008 at 10:46 pm

   Tarra Bulga National Park is a world in a world. You step onto one of it’s paths and you’re transported to a time before pollution and global warming, where everything knew its place and lived in harmony.
   Lyrebirds, wallabies and small fish can all be seen if you look in the right places, and if you sit still long enough, you may even see a Lyrebird dance.
   It’s a place where fairies could live, a place that invites you to dream as you wander along it’s paths.
   A place so magical, you cannot help but be drawn back to it, again and again and again. If it were possible to live there, you would, simply because it’s beautiful, and there is none like it in all the earth.

5. 46 Julie Kyriacou
   Jun 29th, 2008 at 5:45 pm

   A photographer’s paradise! This place is magic and like stepping back in time with the huge tree ferns. When you see the landscape shrouded in fog you feel like you have stepped back into prehistoric times. Don’t stick to the main paths, take the less travelled paths and enjoy the beauty.

6. 45 vida
   Jun 24th, 2008 at 11:40 am

   A wonderfully magic place that refreshes with every visit. Rainforest walks, waterfalls, birds and chocolate…… Great range of accomodation. A fabulous destination.

7. 44 Sofia & Ian
   Jun 18th, 2008 at 8:58 am

   Great place to slow down and “smell the roses”.

8. 43 Janet
   Jun 11th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

   What a way to get up close to nature!! A very pleasant day trip with friends and we even saw some wildlife!! The swing bridge is magnificent!! Extremely peacefull and serene, even if there are a few others around.

9. 42 Kate
   Jun 10th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

   A wonderful place to spend a day. Walking or having a picnic there is something for everyone. From the city people who need to stop and refresh to an exciting place for children to explore and learn and exercise.
   I have been many times and am never disappointed. Taking overseas visitors to this park is always top of the tourist list. Their reaction to the beauty of the area is a wonderful site to see.

10. 41 Caroline Petterson
    Jun 4th, 2008 at 5:29 pm

    Have you ever wanted to walk in a fairy garden. Go to Tarra Bulga National Park. Peace, Tranquility, fresh air. All in one place.

11. 40 Judy Stapley
    Jun 4th, 2008 at 10:56 am

    The Tarra- Bulga National Parks are truely beautiful and peaceful, a delight any time of the year. Well worth a visit

12. 39 Susan Potts
    May 31st, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    My husband and i needed a weekend getaway and this was by far the most relaxing peaceful and beautiful place to go. We stayed at a wondeful B&B tarra valley rainforest retreat. The hosts were friendly and helpful and recommended some great places to see and feed us the most delicious food. Highly recommended by us.

13. 38 SteveS
    May 23rd, 2008 at 9:54 am

    My family and I have been camping in the Tarra Bulga National Park for the last few years. The scenery is breathtaking and wonderful, with the tall trees, ferns and wildlife. With two yound children, there rae lots to do including waterfalls, milking cows, plenty of tree/fern lined walks, etc, etc. Relaxing for the kids and for us. The friendly people of the Tarra Bulga caravan park and Tarra Bulga Guesthouse also make our stay warm family affair.

14. 37 Charles Jonathan
    May 22nd, 2008 at 7:33 pm

    I first visited in 1963 as a child and wondered how such a place could exist (English immigrant).
    Returned decades later to find the park expanded (now nearer 2500 Ha.) with wonderful areas of regrowth surrounding the original primeval forest.
    All the comments are true… it really feels like a dinosaur will step out from behind the next tree.
    Walk the fern gully below the suspension bridge and wonder at the Myrtle Beech trees over 1000 years old.
    A hidden treasure two hours drive from Melbourne.

15. 36 Mrs. Moore
    May 21st, 2008 at 9:51 am

    Whether it be hot, cold or raining the soul of this place is with you. The sheer contrast between ferns and trees is magic. One one occasion we actually saw a Lyre Bird, blinked and it was gone. Nature is truly amazing.

16. 35 Neil
    May 20th, 2008 at 5:37 pm

    Aaaah! Relaxation. Green, green, green, green - all year round. Rare and/or simply staggering flora or fauna - some stunning colours in the mosses and lichens easily seen along the walking tracks.
    The weather varies - either moist or wet!
    Get there early in the day and have the place to yourself, or often even anytime on a weekday when it’s not during the holidays.
    Short trip from the Latrobe Valley, Sale or Yarram, each with its own unique character and story to tell - combining well for a long weekend away from Melbourne or for the ‘locals’ to get away.

17. 34 Leah W
    May 20th, 2008 at 5:26 pm

    Spot the hidden fairies!
    Not the only temperate rainforest in Victoria, but its one of the few remaining places that still feels unspoilt, with a diversity of species. The road access is easy - no need for a 4WD, and particularly easy on the eye too as we become part of the rainforest as we climb further upwards.
    Not disability accessible (wheelchairs or prams) for the walking track, but all of us can appreciate the area from the different carparks and BBQ areas (and the tracks were all OK for me on crutches). The air really crackles with freshness and the wildlife is absolutely magical.
    The information centre is great for the kids and other visitors to learn of the rainforest, the area and our heritage.
    Accommodation in the area really is wonderful - from high end B&B’s through to budget camping all nearby.
    Overall a great place to visit.

18. 33 Janice
    May 20th, 2008 at 11:57 am

    Great Scenery, fantastic walks, peaceful, unspoilt, well worth No1 spot

19. 32 Lyn
    May 20th, 2008 at 10:48 am

    A beautiful unspoilt area fully deserving of a number one vote. Exhilerating strolling, wonderful scenery and all the time imaging the ‘yowie’ that might appear, or perhaps the much-touted panther! Oz as it used to be. Let’s keep it that way for the future.

20. 31 Leanne Atkinson
    May 19th, 2008 at 1:45 pm

    The suspension bridge is gorgeous. It really fits into the surrounds. Last time we were there it was later in the afternoon and we saw little sugar gliders, a lyre bird, possum - just great and for us worth the trip.

21. 30 Cheryl Mechkaroff
    May 19th, 2008 at 1:41 pm

    I remember this beautiful park from many years ago, when I went with my mother & grandmother for a picnic. These are now very special memories as they have both passed away. I remember our girls day out at Tarra Bulga National Park, walking across the suspension bridge and looking at the falls. It is a beautiful part of the world. Even the car parks are picturesque!

22. 29 Jenni Richards
    May 19th, 2008 at 11:23 am

    A spectacular, serene, pristine part of the state of Victoria. Many walking tracks, creeks, water falls, barbecue areas, a swinging bridge, magnificent vegetation. One of the last areas of Victoria untouched by tourism. Caravan parks and bed and breakfasts’ in the immediate area. Heaven on earth.

23. 28 Garry Hodson
    May 18th, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    Gods own country, great caravan parks, great hosts, great for a relaxing holiday I could live up there

24. 27 Nick Montgomery
    May 18th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    Great to give people an experience of a Victorian rainforest, but there are better areas around, just not as accessible.

25. 26 Rama
    May 18th, 2008 at 3:59 pm

    I read about it in RACV magazine and went there soon after. Could not believe a rain forest could exist in Victoria’s arid conditions. Saw what the meaning of canopy is for the first time although I have seen it on TV (Amazon). The walk way enables us to get immersed and the hanging bridge is superb in the pictures. The rice and curry we made under the canopy was so tasty, we have gone there almost every year and done the same. My ranking would be Number 1 spot in Victoria.

26. 25 Matt
    May 16th, 2008 at 3:26 pm

    Peace and tranquillity.

27. 24 Amanda Nogueira
    May 16th, 2008 at 10:35 am

    This is another spot for vistiors to see. I loved the long walk on the Tarra Bulga suspensed bridge over the tall trees. It is very tranquil and serene there.

28. 23 Royce Moncur
    May 15th, 2008 at 11:20 pm

    When ever we have visitors be it family, friends from Melbourne or overseas visitors, the first place we think of to take them is Tarra Bulga national park… green and lovel all year round.

29. 22 nola cowled
    May 15th, 2008 at 7:15 pm

    I remembered this place from a single memorable day when I visited with my father. I was 10 yrs old (now 57) Passing the turnoff recently I just had to return once more, prepared for disappointment as in my memory Tarra Valley was the most beautiful place I had ever seen..I was amazed and thrilled to find it preserved just as I remembered! An unbelievably beautiful, truly spectacular place that had captured my imagination so long ago. It’s a time capsule of what Victoria must have been like millions of yrs ago- a wonderful web of ferny walks, crystal clear streams and amazing vast roadsides covered in the brightest of green ferns. Reached by a drive over spectacular moutains it’s like another little known world.The caravan park was great, cabins cosy and the day just amazing!

30. 21 Glenda Cook
    May 14th, 2008 at 3:30 pm

    A hidden treasure. Absolutely beautiful. Stay at Bluestone Cottage in Yarram (with perfectly manicured and landscaped garden) and explore Tarra Bulga the next day for a lovely restful week-end.

31. 20 Belinda
    May 12th, 2008 at 10:46 am

    My kids and I camped at teh Tarra Bulga Caravan Park which gave us a great opportunity to not only visit the National Park every waking moment! We had a fantastic time and will definately be back!

32. 19 Ani Wallis
    May 10th, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    JUST MAGIC!!

33. 18 Birgitta March
    May 9th, 2008 at 1:23 pm

    I am an inbound tourguide and have seen most ‘corners’ of Australia-this still rates as one of the best and most intact national parks to me. It feels like you are stepping back 1000 years, and about to run into a dinosaur.

34. 17 Dee Dawson
    May 6th, 2008 at 4:33 pm

    My favourite place on earth, with towing majestic Mountain Ash trees, fern gullies, trickle of tiny streams, waterfalls & the famous swing bridge, many walking tracks and the wonderful sound of silence - what more could a person ask for?

35. 16 Iian Grassby
    May 6th, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    Ancient surviving rain forest containing some pre-eucalypt tree specimens now very rare and of immense interest. Nearby is unique accommodation suiting all needs and budgets. Don’t miss it!

36. 15 Robert
    May 5th, 2008 at 2:48 pm

    tarra bulga national park. Super!!!!!

37. 14 Roman
    May 5th, 2008 at 2:44 pm

    t’s the switzerland of australia

38. 13 Alan Whitla
    May 3rd, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    Every time that I visit or pass through this area I marvel at the freshness of the country,the smells,the diversity of the bird life and mammal life.
    To be as close to a natural, rain forest environment in Victoria is some to behold and marvel at.

39. 12 heather bligh
    May 3rd, 2008 at 11:05 am

    A fantastic place to take the grand children

40. 11 Glen O'Neill
    May 1st, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    A place to recharge your batteries - water falls, swing bridge and walking trails. The drive there you can feel like you are getting away from it all and then you can experience the beauty of this special area. You may even see a lyrebird. What are you waiting for? - Visit Tarra Bulga!

41. 10 Bruce Albert
    May 1st, 2008 at 7:36 am

    This is a stunning rainforest National Park, it gives you the feeling that at any moment a dinosaur may appear, almost like another world, refreshing to the soul.

42. 9 Bischoff Daniel & Anne Françoise
    May 1st, 2008 at 3:27 am

    it’s the switzerland of australia!!!! after 27 month’s totally travelling in australia you get homesick of switzerland, then you have to go to the Tarra Valley, and then you feel home!!!!!!!! Nice region and many friendly people. Tarra Valley Campground the friendliest and the best service in the hole australia. Cofffee, hot chocolate and e-mail for breakfeast, the only one in australia!!!!

    Greetings from Switzerland

    Buchackern the reel Outbackvillage in Switzerland

43. 8 Deborah Bailey
    Apr 30th, 2008 at 9:22 am

    A tranquil spot hidden away from the hustle and bustle of the Melbourne smog with something for every member of the family to do.
    There is so much wildlife to spot at any given time of the year.
    The hosts from around this area are so informative there isnt much in the area you would miss out on when staying here.

44. 7 Carol Moncrieff
    Apr 29th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

    Tarra Bulga National Park is a hidden wonder of Victoria. With it’s tranquil environment, wildlife, abundance of fern gullies and amaizing walks along the many walking tracks provided with an untouched, natural landscape of canapies of ferns and Australian gums. A beautifull peacefull place to spend a quiet weekend or bring the family and get back to nature in the many affordable accommodation opportunities available from camping to log cabins. With only a relative short drive from Melbourne and Gippsland towns, it is the perfect place to unwind. We are repeat visitors to the park and always find the hospitallity with all the locals very friendly and welcoming.

45. 6 peter dumergue
    Apr 29th, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    Absolutely wonderful environment with great scenery and walks both within the park and the surrounding region.
    Great holiday destination with good facilities and friendly service.
    Worth more than a visit.

46. 5 Kathy Whelan
    Apr 29th, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    The perfect place to be on a hot summer’s day! Cool fern gullies, beautiful creek-side walks, water tumbling over rocks, picnic areas, historical information, even a swing bridge!! What more could you ask for?!

47. 4 mike Nichols
    Apr 29th, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    A magical place to wander and enjoy the peace and atmosphere

48. 3 Lisa
    Apr 29th, 2008 at 1:00 pm

    A hidden paradise of tranquility, flora and fauna.

49. 2 Philip Thomson
    Apr 23rd, 2008 at 11:17 am

    Great walks

50. 1 Bruce Sims
    Apr 22nd, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    These parks are one of the wonders of Victoria. Nearby caravan parks have comfortable and affordable accommodation, while the walks in the park through fern-filled valleys have many birds including lyrebirds to delight the ear and eye. There are lots of other attractions in Gippsland but the Tarra-Bulga area is outstanding and surprisingly peaceful.