Badger Weir

Man wearing baseball cap and backpack looking into the ferns from a wooden bridge.

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Badger Weir

Known as one of the best picnic spots in the Yarra Ranges, Badger Weir is a great place to enjoy your lunch while observing some amazing birdlife. There are also three family-friendly nature walks leading from the picnic grounds to Badger Creek.

The Coranderrk Track (1.1km) is flat and is accessible for families with strollers, while the Slip Creek Track (1.4km) and Lyrebird Track (1.1km) are easy trails with a few small steps.

Badger Weir is a special spot year round with magnificent fungi appearing in autumn and winter, and the creek offers a perfect place to dip your feet and cool off in summer.

Things to do

Rainforest Gallery

Take a stroll through the rainforest. This beautiful walk features a 40m long observation platform (one of only three of its type in Australia) which takes you into the rainforest canopy high above the ground.

Man wearing a khaki shirt, red cap and red backpack looking up at the trees.

Cambarville Picnic Area

Enjoy a peaceful day out at Cambarville Picnic Area and explore Cora Lynn Falls along the Cambarville Circuit Walk.

Ferns in the background and a body of water with rocks in the foreground.

Keppel Falls

On your Lady Talbot Drive adventure, take a break at Keppel Falls.

A road winds through a lush temporate rain forest.

Lady Talbot Drive

This scenic drive, featuring several attractions along the Taggerty River, was named after the wife of Sir Reginald Talbot, Governor of Victoria from 1903 to 1908. If time permits stop for a picnic along the way or take one of the scenic walks.

A family take in the view of the Yarra Ranges from the elevated platform at Mt Donna Buang.

Mount Donna Buang

At an elevation of 1.2km, the summit features a lookout tower which offers panoramic views over Melbourne, the Yarra Valley, Dandenong and Cathedral Ranges, Mount Baw Baw and the Alps. It's a great picnic spot and starting point for walks on the mountain.

How to get there

Badger Weir

Located within the Yarra Ranges National Park, Badger Weir is only a 15-minute drive from Healesville.

The Rainforest Gallery is a 1 hour 20 minute drive from Melbourne’s CBD.

How to get there

When you're there

Download the Yarra Ranges Visitor Guide for more information about the park and a map.

Yarra Ranges National Park - Healesville, Mt Donna Buang and Warburton visitor guide (PDF)

Badger Weir Picnic Area (Yarra Ranges National Park)

Need to know

Badger Weir

Accessibility

Visiting a park can be more of a challenge for people with disabilities, however in Victoria there are a wide range of facilities to help people of all abilities enjoy our wonderful parks around the state.

Assistance dogs are welcome in Parks Victoria parks and reserves. Entry requirements apply for parks and reserves that are usually dog prohibited, such as national parks.

Change of Conditions

Nature being nature, sometimes conditions can change at short notice. It’s a good idea to check this page ahead of your visit for any updates.

Badger Weir Picnic Area (Yarra Ranges National Park)

Badger Weir BBQ's Closed

The Badger Weir Picnic Area BBQ's are all closed due to repeated theft of the BBQ's Batteries and Gas Bottles.
Notices Affecting Multiple Sites

Park Open Hours – Badger Weir and Donnellys Weir

Park Open Hours

Maroondah Reservoir Park

Badger Weir

Donnellys Weir

8am to 8pm – Early October to Early April (Start of Daylight Savings Time to End of Daylight Savings Time)

8am to 6pm – Early April (End of Daylight Savings Time) to end of April

8am to 5pm – May to August

8am to 6pm – September to Early October (Start of Daylight Savings Time)

These parks and visitor sites are protected for water security purposes by automatic gates. The gates close at the above posted times, but they do allow for visitors to leave the park for 30 minutes after these times. From 30 minutes after the posted closing time however the after hours exit turns off and exit from the park is no longer possible. We are obliged to do this to help strengthen water resource security.

If a visitor mistakenly gets caught behind the automatic gates after the park closing time, upon exit please drive to within two metres of the gate to activate the late exit trigger. If the gate does not open as the vehicle is leaving too late, please call Parks Victoria on 13 19 63 to ask them to assist. A late exit fee may apply.

Tall Forests

Explore

Badger Weir

Things to do

Rainforest Gallery

Cambarville Picnic Area

Keppel Falls

How to get there

Badger Weir

When you're there

Need to know

Badger Weir

Accessibility

Change of Conditions

Badger Weir Picnic Area (Yarra Ranges National Park)

Badger Weir BBQ's Closed

Notices Affecting Multiple Sites

Park Open Hours – Badger Weir and Donnellys Weir