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Located in eastern Victoria along the Snowy River, this park is in a remote wilderness area and features some magnificent river scenery, spectacular deep gorges and forests of Grey Gum, Alpine Ash, Messmate and Native Pine.

• McKillop Bridge is one of the few places in the park with access to the Snowy River by conventional vehicle. The Deddick River meets the Snowy just upstream of the bridge and wide sandy beaches with shallow rock pools between the rapids make this a great swimming spot.
• This is also the best canoe-launching place for adventurers wanting to explore the gorges downstream. The Snowy offers thrilling canoeing or rafting with rugged gorges, rapids, flat sections with sand bars and beautiful scenery. The gently sloping sand bars make ideal camp sites.
• The 18 km Silver Mine Walking Track and the short Snowy River Trail both leave from McKillop Bridge.
• Little River Gorge, Victoria's deepest gorge, is to the west of McKillop Bridge and downstream from the junction of the Little River and Snowy River. After a well-signed 800 metre drive off the Bonang-Gelantip Road, a 400 metre walking track leads to a cliff-top lookout over the gorge. The descent beyond Little River Gorge into McKillop Bridge is one of Victoria's most precarious roads, unsuitable for caravans and semi-trailers.
• In suitable conditions, visitors can drive along the Yalmy Road through magnificent tall forests to Waratah Flat, then walk through the surrounding forest. Raymond Falls in the south of the park can be reached all year round from Orbost along Moresford Track. A short walking track leads to a view of Raymond Falls plunging 20 metres into a deep, clear pool. McKillop Bridge is the finishing point for the Deddick Trail, a 43 km four-wheel drive track which starts on the Yalmy Road and travels through the heart of the park. Camping grounds are provided on the banks of the Snowy and Deddick.
• Fishing in the Snowy River can be disappointing, but tributaries often have good trout.

• Camping grounds at McKillop Bridge, Waratah Flat and Balley Hooley have pit toilets, picnic facilities and fireplaces.
• Hick's Campsite and Raymond Falls have basic picnic facilities.

In the 1840s cattlemen and miners came south from New South Wales seeking new pastures and new wealth. The higher land was little used except for some summer grazing. Silver was mined in the area now designated as the Silver Mine walking track downstream from McKillop Bridge.

Proposals as a park began in 1935 but it was not until 1979 that protection for the area came.

Nearly half the natural flow of the Snowy River, which forms the backbone of this National Park, is diverted westward by the Snowy Mountains Electricity Scheme.

Aboriginal Traditional Owners
Parks Victoria acknowledges the Aboriginal Traditional Owners of Victoria - including its parks and reserves. Through their cultural traditions, the Bidawal and Nindi-Ngudjam Ngarigu Monero identify the Snowy River National Park as their Traditional Country.
Further information is available from Aboriginal Affairs Victoria AAV and Native Title Services Victoria .

• No dogs, cats or firearms.

• The river usually has sufficient water to canoe during summer but during the winter and spring can rise and fall up to nine metres overnight. In these dangerous conditions it should be attempted only by properly equipped and experienced canoeists and rafters.
• The river is extremely dangerous in flood. Canoeists should register at Buchan or McKillop Bridge before each trip.
• Be self-sufficient with drinking water. Carry it in and/or know how to make untreated water safe for drinking. For more information contact Parks Victoria on 13 1963 or visit the Department of Human Services Better Health website www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au.

Southern sections: via Tulloch Ard Road.
Western and northern sections: via Bonang Gelantipy Road
Eastern sections: via Rising Sun Road, near Bonang
Moresford Track and Raymond Falls: via Yalmy Road

Buchan Bus 'n' Freight route service operates Monday, Wednesday & Fridays. This public bus service departs Bairnsdale railway station at 2:50pm and arrives in Buchan at 4:40pm. For bookings call 5155 0356 or 0428 313 897. For a timetable check www.buchanbusnfreight.com.au/timetable.htm.

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