Mitchell River National Park

Mitchell River National Park surrounds the spectacular Mitchell River where it passes between high cliffs. There are several gorges, including the Den of Nargun mentioned in Aboriginal Legends. Remnants of temperate rainforest line some of the gorges. The park is 11,900 ha in size and contains some of Gippsland's best forest country.

Flora & FaunaMore than 150 bird species and 25 mammal species have been recorded in the park including 6 species which are rare or threatened in Victoria. The satin bowerbird frequents the rainforest.

Giant kanooka trees grow out of the water amid a tangle of vines, ferns sprouting in profusion. Within the gullies grow pittosporum, lillypilly and yellow-wood, their trunks covered with ferns and mosses. On the ridges above the river a drier forest of wattle and eucalypt predominates.