Indigenous Tourists Sites
The Yorta Yorta people occupy a unique stretch of forest-wetlands that are located in what is now known as the central Murray - Goulburn region. Their lifestyle and culture was based on hunting, fishing and collecting food from the variety of food sources provided by the ancestral lands.
The Yorta Yorta and other Aboriginal people have a long association with the forest. Dharnya, located on Sandy Ridge Track near Barmah, is a significant place where you can see evidence of Indigenous living as well as European settlement. This is the base for three great nature based walks.
>>Please click here to view the Murray Valley Regional and National Parks map (formerly State Forest).
Yamyabuc Discovery Trail
The tail is designed to introduce visitors to some the natural and cultural features of the Barmah forest. Festuare of the walk includes evidence of Aboriginal and European occupation, the Barmah muster yards and aspects of park managements, forestry operations and water regulations.
Lakes Loop Track
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The walk passes through mature and regrowth River Red Gum trees past a number of Aboriginal oven (cooking) mounds. It skirts the edge of Barmah Lake, eventually reaching the Murray River and Broken Creek.
Broken Creek Loop Track
The walk skirts the Dharnya swamp, a low area subject to seasonal inundation, through River Red Gum and Grey Box Woodland to the Broken Creek.
The track continues downstream along the Broken Creek, past a number of Aboriginal oven (cooking) mounds to Rices Weir.
Click here for a copy of the Parks Victoria Barmah State Park and Barmah State Forest Park Notes.
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