Allambee - Mount Worth State Park
Situated on the western rim of the Strzelecki Ranges, Mount Worth State Park encompasses 1,040 hectares of Mountain Ash forest and regenerating native bush.
Things to See and Do
Walking
1. Giant's Circuit - 1.8km, 1 hour return
Begin at the Moonlight Creek picnic area and follow the route of a timber tramway through Mountain Ash Forest and fern filled gullies. This lovely walk includes the impressive Standing Giant, a huge Mountain ash with a girth of 7 metres and probably 300 years old.
2. Moonlight Circuit - 8.5km, 3 hours return
Begin at the Moonlight Creek picnic area. This walk combines Moonlight Creek Track and Moonlight Divide Track to form a circuit. It is a strenuous walk suitable for more experienced walkers. The Moonlight Divide Track climbs steeply to the ridge and leads through regenerating Mountain Ash forest with a dense understorey of Dogwood, Daisy Bush and Blackwood. Moonlight Creek Track follows a trickling mountain stream through lush fern gullies, to the sites of old timber mills.
3. Gardiners Mill Track - 1.5km one way, 1 hour return
This walk is an extension of the Giant Circuit and takes you through regenerating Mountain Ash forest and along the tree-fern lined Clark Creek.
4. Maslin's Mill - 800m one way,40 minutes return
Commencing at the far end of the Moonlight Creek picnic area this track meanders through forest of Mountain Ash and Blackwood to Maslin's Mill site. Suitable for people with limited mobility.
Picnicking
The grassy flats and tree ferns at Moonlight Creek provide a delightful setting for a picnic. Tables, fireplaces and toilets are provided. Camping is not permitted within the park.
History
Between 1860 and 1862, Surveyor George McDonald and his small team surveyed and cut a track through the thick forests of the Strzelecki Ranges from Lang Lang to Moe. Mount Worth is the highest point on the track.
During the 1870s selectors pegged out blocks on McDonalds Track, toiled to clear paddocks and build huts. During the 1920s, 12 timber mills operated on the slopes around Mount Worth to strip it of its valuable timber. Relics of the timber industry remain in the park including saw dust heaps, an old mill boiler and the formation of tramways used to haul timber to and from the mills.
The Warragul Field Naturalists Club and the Shire of Warragul were instrumental in having the park created to protect an example of the wet forests originally widespread in the Western Strzelecki Ranges. The park now encompasses 1,040 hectares.
Access for Dogs:
Cats and dogs are not permitted in the park.
Location and Access
Mount Worth State Park is situated approximately 125 kilometres south east of Melbourne. The park is reached from the Princes Highway at Warragul by following the Warragul - Korumburra Road, Grand Ridge Road and McDonalds Track.
Alternatively the park can be reached from Darrum via the Darrum - Allambee Road and the Allambee Estate Road. Roads are narrow and winding with gravel surfaces.
Note: Photos from Parks Victoria
Location
301 Allambee Estate Road, Allambee 3823 Map
Web Links
→ Mount Worth State Park (Parks Victoria)
→ Mount Worth State Park - Visitor Guide (PDF)
→ Mount Worth State Park - Map (PDF)
