Toorongo Falls

Toorongo Falls is a forested waterfall in the Toorongo Falls Reserve near Noojee in Baw Baw Shire, Victoria, about 120 kilometres east of Melbourne. Set within cool temperate rainforest and mountain ash forest, it features a 2.2-kilometre circuit walk linking Toorongo Falls and nearby Amphitheatre Falls via viewing platforms and bridges. Notable for its accessible rainforest setting, historic regrowth after the 1939 bushfires, and scenic cascades along the Toorongo River.

Visitors can expect a short rainforest circuit walk through mountain ash and myrtle beech forest along the Toorongo River. The well-formed track includes steps, footbridges and viewing platforms overlooking Toorongo Falls and the nearby Amphitheatre Falls. The area offers picnic facilities at the car park, interpretive signage, and opportunities for photography and nature observation in a cool, shaded gully environment.

The Toorongo Falls area lies within forests heavily impacted by the 1939 Black Friday bushfires, with the present mountain ash forest representing regrowth since that event. The area has a history of timber harvesting and was later protected as Toorongo Falls Reserve for conservation and recreation, preserving the rainforest gully and waterfall system along the Toorongo River.

The reserve lies on the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation, including Wurundjeri and Gunaikurnai peoples, for whom the forests and waterways hold ongoing cultural connection. Today it is valued as a natural recreation site showcasing Victoria's cool temperate rainforest environment.