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Bunyip Weir (Freemans Mill) Camping Area (Bunyip State Park)
Hidden on the northern border of Bunyip State Park, Bunyip Weir Camping Area is only accessible by foot. Park at Bunyip River Road and hike through dense bush to reach the remote campground.
How to get there
Bunyip Weir (Freemans Mill) Camping Area (Bunyip State Park)
Need to know
Bunyip Weir (Freemans Mill) Camping Area (Bunyip State Park)
Safety in nature
You can benefit both mind and body when you get outdoors to explore and experience Victoria's natural places. Before you go, take a look at our safety tips and check our changed conditions and closures information for a great visit.
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. Parks Victoria provides a range of a equipment, including all-terrain and beach wheelchairs, facilities, accommodation and accessibility information and programs to help you plan and enjoy your visit to Victoria's parks.
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.
Warnings & Restrictions
Dogs
Dogs are not allowed
Restrictions
- No motorised vehicles, including electric bikes or scooters allowed on management vehicle only paths, tracks or roads
- No firearms allowed
- No dogs allowed
- Management vehicle only
Warnings
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Other warnings
- Limbs may fall take care
Be Prepared
Stay safe and get the most out of your park visit by preparing for natural hazards and other outdoor risks in Victoria’s parks. You are responsible for your own safety and the safety of those in your care. Find out more.
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.
Deer Control in Bunyip State Park and Kurth Kiln Regional Park.
Areas of Bunyip State Park and Kurth Kiln Regional
Park closed for deer control operations
Areas of Bunyip State Park and Kurth Kiln Regional
Park will be closed from dusk (4:00pm), until dawn (7.00am) between the following
dates, the 8th of December 2025 to
the 15th of May 2026.
These closures are for ground shooting operations
controlling introduced deer species. Signs will be displayed at all official
entrance points to the control zones during the control operation.
Signs will be displayed at all official entrance
points to the control zones during the control operation.
All
camping grounds/visitor areas will be closed when the control activities are
underway.
Areas closed include:
Nash Creek Camping Ground
Freemans Mill Camping Area
Dyers Camping and Picnic Ground
Mortimer Camping and Picnic Area
Lawson Falls Picnic Ground
Forest Road Unloading Area
Cannibal Creek Horse Unloading Area
Helmet Track Unloading Area
Parks Victoria is responsible for conservation
management to restore and protect park habitat, including the control of
introduced plant and animal species.
This program will:
• Reduce habitat structure damage and
minimise browsing impacts on habitat regeneration
• Focus on movement corridors that aim to reduce
the impact of deer grazing on surrounding private land
For your own safety please observe the signage during this
time and do not enter any closed areas.
For further information please call 131963
Operation Columbus
Operation Columbus
Parks
Victoria, in partnership with Victoria Police and the Office of the
Conservation Regulator, have launched a dedicated compliance operation,
Operation Columbus, targeting unauthorised activities within Bunyip State Park,
Kurth Kiln Regional Park and surrounding areas.
Unauthorised
activities, particularly off-road four-wheel driving, damage to infrastructure
and firewood collection are having devastating impacts on the natural and
cultural values of these areas. Parks Victoria have a legal and moral
obligation to conserve and protect these areas in line with the National Parks Act
(1975) and the Crown Land Reserves Act (1978).
It
is important when planning to visit a park that visitors are aware of the
activities that are permitted and where there may be restrictions. For example,
Bunyip State Park has different regulations to nearby state forests. Dogs,
firewood collection, entering seasonally closed areas and driving
off road (leaving the road or track to drive on fuel breaks or through the
bush) are not permitted within Bunyip State Park. Offenders caught breaching park regulations may receive fines between $190
to $988 depending on the offence.
Operation
Columbus will be continuing throughout the coming months, occurring on both
weekends and weekdays.
Fox and Cat Control
Fox and Feral Cat Control Program – Yellingbo Nature Conservation Area, Bunyip State Park and Kurth Kiln Regional Park.
Parks Victoria strives to protect Victoria’s special places. This includes the control of introduced plant and animal species. As part of an ongoing strategy, notice is hereby given that Parks Victoria will be laying buried baits containing Sodium Monofluoroacetate (1080 poison) and PAPP (4-aminopropiophenone) on public land for the control of foxes. Parks Victoria will also be deploying Canid Pest Ejector bait stations containing Sodium Monofluoroacetate (1080 poison) PAPP (4-aminopropiophenone) on public land for the control of foxes. Humane trap cages will be used for controlling feral cats.
Baits containing 1080 poison will be laid from November 2025 to July 2026.
These works will assist in protecting threatened animals such as the Helmeted Honeyeater, Lowland Leadbeater’s Possum, Southern Brown Bandicoots, Broad tooth rat and Glossy Grass Skinks from predation by foxes and cats.
Bait and Trapping Stations will be laid at strategic sites, and other known areas of fox and cat habitat, within the Yellingbo Nature Conservation Area, Bunyip State Park and Kurth Kiln Regional Park.
Notification signage will be posted throughout the Pest Animal Control areas and members of the public who are living, visiting, or working in the above-named areas are advised to take particular care not to disturb or interfere with bait stations or cages. While domestic dogs and cats are particularly susceptible to 1080 and PAPP poisons, they are not permitted in Yellingbo Nature Conservation Area or Bunyip State Park and dogs must be always on lead when in Kurth Kiln Regional Park.
Bunyip State Park Deer Control
Parks Victoria are continuing deer control in Bunyip State Park. This program recommencing on Monday 8th of December 2025.
Control is being undertaken by accredited and authorised contractors, Victorian Pest Animal Control (VPAC). These activities are done in accordance with an Authority to Control Wildlife permit issued by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA).
Upcoming control nights are as follows, from 4pm to 7am on Monday 8th December to Friday 12th of December.
You may observe signage at gates indicating dates of the upcoming control program. A map of the control areas is attached for your reference,
While our contractors use authorised suppressors, deer legal rifles will still emit noise, which may be heard in the area.
Please feel free to forward this notification to others; to be added to this notification contact list, please return email to Ray.crantson@parks.vic.gov.au or phone 13 1963.
If you would like further information please contact me at Ray.crantson@parks.vic.gov.au.
Kind regards,
Ray Cranston