Budj Bim National Park Budj Bim National Park

Budj Bim, also known as Mount Eccles, is a dormant volcano near Macarthur in southwestern Victoria formally recognised on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is a unique place with universal heritage values that demonstrate how Gunditjmara people worked with the natural resources and environment of the Victorian south west region to establish a permanent place of human society over the past 30,000 years and beyond.

Budj Bim (meaning big head in Gunditjmara) is in southwestern Victoria, about an hour's drive inland from Port Fairy.

In 2019, The Budj Bum cultural landscape was formally recognised on the UNESCO World Heritage List, making it the first world heritage property in Australia to be recognised solely for its Indigenous heritage.

Discover the rich cultural heritage of Budj Bim and the natural wonders of this ancient, volcanic landscape. Budj Bim National Park visitor area is home to a tranquil crater lake, lava canals and caves in a lush bushland setting. Enjoy a picnic, camp and walk among Manna Gums teeming with native wildlife.

A truly fascinating place, Budj Bim is one of several places in this area's rich cultural landscape formed by powerful ancestral creation forces. Many visitors return to explore and relax in the tranquil surrounds. The wider Budj Bim Heritage Landscape dates back thousands of years and shows evidence of large, settled communities systematically farming and smoking eels for food and trade. The Heritage Landscape area is considered one of Victoria's earliest and largest Indigenous aquaculture ventures, and has recently been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List recognised solely for its Aboriginal cultural values.

Budj Bim Campground is set among lava rock and tall, twisted Manna Gum trees. These are a favourite food source for koalas, so look up!

Explore the dramatic volcanic features of Budj Bim on foot. Walk through the lava flow canals, stroll around the crater's rim or follow the lake shoreline below. See the rocky walls, lava caves and canals on the four walking options and learn about the natural wonder of the creation forces.

Bring a mountain bike and cycle the Budj Bim Trail. Break up the journey and camp along the way at Allambie, Murphy's Hut and Lake Gorrie.

Budj Bim is one of the world's finest examples of ancient aquaculture and engineering and now, thanks to laser mapping technology, new discoveries are revealing the sophisticated and sustainable engineering techniques used by Australia's Traditional Owners. Learn more from the video below.

BUDJ BIM CULTURAL SITES

Access to the Budj Bim World Heritage listed Cultural Landscape sites is often over rough stony roads, which are prone to flooding. Some sites are not open to the public. Please check with us before proceeding to the sites.

BUDJ BIM NATIONAL PARK
Budj Bim is a Gunditjmara name, meaning 'high head'. The Budj Bim lava flows provide the basis for the complex system of channels, weirs and dams developed by the Gunditjmara in order to trap, store and harvest 'kooyang' (short-finned eel).

Lake Surprise provides an overview of the Budj Bim concept with special themes relating to volcanic and landscape creation stories.

TAE RAK (LAKE CONDAH)
Tae Rak is made up of 1,700 hectares of significant wetlands and stony rises right next to the historic lava flows of Budj Bim National Park in south-west Victoria.

The lake provides habitat for kooyang (eel) and toupon (mountain trout).

LAKE CONDAH MISSION
A community meeting place, an administrative centre, a symbol of political struggle and a link to Gunditjmara family histories.

The mission opened in 1867 and officially closed in 1918, representing a period of contemporary Gunditjmara history.

KURTONITJ
Situated in the centre of the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, Kurtonitj is sacred to the Gunditjmara people with enormous cultural, archaeological and environmental significance.

The site features stone eel traps and stone channels, stone house sites and eel smoking trees.

TYRENDARRA (IPA)
The ancient volcanic landscape of Tyrendarra was created by the eruption of Budj Bim (Mount Eccles) around 27,000 years ago.

It is a traditional meeting place and camping area for the Gunditjmara people, and the land is part of major Dreaming trails and an important ceremonial site.

The Winda-Mara Aboriginal Corporation manage the Tyrendarra IPA and run Budj Bim Tours at the site.

❊ Address ❊

 ⊜  Budj Bim, Mt Eccles Rd,  MacArthur  View Map
 ✆ Telephone: 03 5527 1427

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❊ Web Links ❊

➼ Budj Bim National Park 

➼ www.budjbim.com.au

❊ Also See... ❊

➼ Hamilton 3300






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