Walks of discovery in the Great Forest, National Parks and hidden wild places of the Strzelecki Ranges.

Superb lyrebird with its lacy tail feathers fanned, in the forest

Track Chat

Stories from walkers on the Grand Strzelecki Track, in their own words and photos.

From one of our youngest walkers

“I felt like a hero”

Hi, I’m Aki and I am 10 years old. I walked the Mount Tassie Loop on 20/12/13 with my family. We started at the Tarra-Bulga National Park Visitor Centre and got onto the West Face Track. Then we climbed to the Mount Tassie Picnic Area and finally took the Duff Sawmill Heritage Trail and finished at the Visitor Centre. It took us seven and a half hours to walk the 18kms.
Aki, aged 10, Mount Tassie Loop, December 2013

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Vanessa’s story – Wild Cherry Track adventure January 2026

Such excitement when the announcement that the Wild Cherry Track section of Macks Creek Loop was reopened in early 2025. After a couple of false starts, we finally got our opportunity to explore this loop, which was the only section of the Grand Strzelecki Track in the Tarra-Bulga National Park that we hadn’t explored. Previously we had completed an out-and-back hike up to Balook from the Macks Creek Hall via…
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