Baw Baw National Park

Baw Baw National Park is a 13,530-hectare protected area on the Baw Baw Plateau in eastern Victoria, about 120 kilometres east of Melbourne. Established in 1979, it protects subalpine plateau, snow-gum woodlands, alpine meadows and cool temperate rainforest. Adjacent to Mt Baw Baw Alpine Resort, the park is known for its plateau walks, Mushroom Rocks, winter snow sports and spring wildflower displays, offering year-round nature-based recreation.

Visitors can expect a remote subalpine plateau with snow-gum woodlands, alpine meadows, granite boulders and cool temperate rainforest in the Thomson and Aberfeldy river valleys. The park offers marked walking tracks across the plateau, including to Mushroom Rocks and Mt St Gwinear, picnic areas and remote bush camping. In summer the plateau is open for hiking, wildflower viewing and photography; in winter it is snow-covered for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. There are no shops or fuel inside the park and facilities are basic.

Declared as a national park in April 1979 to protect the Baw Baw Plateau's subalpine ecosystems. The surrounding region has a history of gold mining centred on Walhalla in the 1860s-1910s and timber harvesting. The plateau has been used for recreation and scientific study of alpine ecology since the early 20th century.

The park lies on the traditional Country of the Gunaikurnai and Wurundjeri peoples. The plateau and river valleys hold cultural significance as part of the broader alpine and forest landscapes of eastern Victoria, valued for nature conservation, recreation and education.