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Forest Road Trail Bike Unloading and 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 firearms allowed
- No dogs allowed
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.
Fox and Cat Control Program
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 2nd October
2023 until the 30th of June 2024.
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.
Fox and Cat Control Program
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 2nd October
2023 until the 30th of June 2024.
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.
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.