Errinundra National Park
Victoria's largest cool temperate rainforest and old growth forests.
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The Errinundra National Park is a 26875 ha national park located in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia, 373 km east of Melbourne via the Princes Highway. Centred on the Errinundra Plateau, a southwards extension of the Monaro Tablelands of New South Wales, it preserves the largest remaining cool temperate rainforest in Victoria and supports some of south eastern Australia's most spectacular old growth forests. The park is also home to many rare and threatened species of flora and fauna, including powerful owls, tiger quolls and long-footed potoroos.
Quick Facts
- Location
- Victoria
- Established
- 15 July 1988
- Area (km²)
- 268.75
- Nearest city
- Club Terrace
- Governing body
- Parks Victoria
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Background
The Errinundra National Park is a place of extremes. In the drier months, visitors can access the majority of the park, but in winter, rain and snow generally make the unsealed roads impassable. The park's dominant vegetation communities include cool and warm temperate rainforest, wet open forest, montane forests and woodlands, along with a sub-alpine wetland. However, the park's boundaries have not always been respected. There have been some instances of logging within the national park's boundaries due to administrative errors, and extensive logging of all forest types surrounding the park, including Brown Mountain forest, has occurred. Additionally, logging occurred in many areas before the national park was established.
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