Starlings Gap
Gippsland · VIC
From Powelltown, head east along the Yarra Junction - Noojee Road (C425) for 6km then turn left up Big Creek Road. Travel along Big Creek Road for 11.5km and pull into the Starlings Gap car park on your right. From Warburton Travel along the Warburton - Woodspoint Road (C511) for 10km and Turn Right onto Brahams Road. Continue for 13km and turn right onto Big Creek Road. After approximately 8km, you will reach Starlings Gap on your left. One of two designated camping areas along the Walk into History, this site is accessible by two-wheel drives or by walkers. Mountain Ash tower above the open grassy camping area which is suitable for individuals or small groups. There is plenty to see at the site, with a short track leading to an old boiler and the large saw dust heap across Big Creek Road, only 20m along the Big Pats to Starlings Gap walk. The timber mill theme is carried through to the present day with log and steel seating around the wood-fired BBQs, which helps you immerse yourself in the local history. The forests surrounding Starlings Gap consist of a mixture of Cool Temperate Rainforest, Wet and Damp Forest vegetation classes. It is rich in Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans), towering above the moist ferny understorey that once provided harsh and remote employment conditions to locals in the Warburton and Powelltown areas. These forests supplied surrounding districts and Melbourne with timber for buildings, housing and furniture, and contributed to urban growth in the suburbs from the early 1900s.