Parks and reserves remain open while we manage the impacts of H5 bird flu.

If you see sick or dead birds or other wildlife, do not touch or approach them. Follow all signs and keep your distance from wildlife.

Visit Agriculture Victoria's website for more information.

Candlebark Nature Trail (Lake Eildon National Park)

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Candlebark Nature Trail (Lake Eildon National Park)

Follow this easy 2km Grade 3 circuit walk through candlebark forest and learn about Lake Eildon’s history and ecology. Spot kangaroos, wallabies, echidnas and the remnants of a once thriving gold mining industry. Allow one hour.

Visitor Tips: Take care when crossing the road from the carpark and ensure your vehicle is locked and valuables are left out of sight.

How to get there

Candlebark Nature Trail (Lake Eildon National Park)

Candlebark Nature Trail (Lake Eildon National Park)

Need to know

Candlebark Nature Trail (Lake Eildon National 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 dogs allowed
  • No horses
  • No bicycles
  • No firearms allowed

Warnings

  • Animals and pests
    • Snakes
  • Other warnings
    • Limbs may fall take care
    • Vehicles
    • Trees 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.

Gap Track & O’Toole Flat closed during bridge construction works

Construction of a replacement bridge on Gap Track over O’Toole Creek began in mid-October and is expected to be finished by mid-December.

During this time, the section of Gap Track, between Pinnacle Track and Eildon-Jameson Road, is closed. The O’Toole Flat Camping Area accessed by this section of Gap Track is also closed. There may be periods of time with no workers on-site, while structural concrete is given time to cure. Once works are complete, these areas will re-open.

When re-opened, O’Toole Flat continues to be a small camping area designed for self-sufficient visitors only. It is recommended for 4WDs with small camping set-ups. Long vehicles and towing vehicles are not recommended. Structural issues with fireplaces in this camping area led to their removal in late-2025; until fireplaces are replaced, you must not light any solid-fuel fires in this camping area. Please use gas and electric stoves only.

We appreciate your cooperation in keeping Lake Eildon National Park, and all our visitors, safe.

Lake Eildon camping facility updates

Parks Victoria has finished updating visitor facilities at Lake Eildon National Park on Taungurung Country.

Showers, water and flushing toilets are no longer available at Candlebark, Lakeside or Devil Cove.

The new toilets are an environmentally sustainable and cost-effective long-term solution. Each new toilet block features a state-of-the-art dry-vault system.

Updates include:

  • 3 new non-flushing toilet blocks at Lakeside, Candlebark and Devil Cove campgrounds 
  • a new non-flushing toilet block at the Herb Fitzroy Day Visitor Area main boat ramp 
  • an education shelter at Candlebark Campground

 

 For more information on the project, call 13 1963 or visit the project page.

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