Nearest town or city Macarthur Area 54.7 km² Established 1960 | Visitation 40,000 (in 1993–4) Phone +61 13 19 63 | |
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Managing authorities Website Mount Eccles National Park See also Protected areas of Victoria Address Mount Eccles Road, MacArthur VIC 3286, Australia Hours Open today · Open 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hours Similar Narrawong Holiday Park, Portland Bay Holiday P, Henty Bay BeachFront Holiday P, Port Fairy Caravan Parks, Big4 Port Fairy Holiday P | ||
Touring australia mount eccles national park
The Mount Eccles National Park, also the Budj Bim National Park, is a national park located in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. The 5,470-hectare (13,500-acre) national park is situated approximately 270 kilometres (170 mi) west of Melbourne and approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southwest of Macarthur.
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Touring australia travels with our vista rv mount eccles national park
Features
Located within the national park is Mount Eccles, also named Budj Bim by the Gunditjmara people, is the site of the most recent active volcano in Australia. The first activity was about 40,000 years ago when Mount Eccles was formed by lava pouring out the Earth's crust. The most recent eruption was approximately 8,000 years ago. Mount Eccles is a fairly small hill surrounded by lush vegetation with a small hidden deep volcanic crater lake named Lake Surprise. It is famous for an adjacent lava tube and there are numerous lava tubes in the surrounding farm land.
The park was added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2004 as part of the Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape - Mount Eccles Lake Condah Area for its importance in Indigenous history and its geology.
Mount Eccles National Park is jointly managed by Parks Victoria and the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation via the Budj Bim Council. The Council forms part of the 2007 Native Title Settlement Agreement between the Gunditjmara and the Victorian Government bringing them together to manage the park landscape.