French Island National Park

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French Island National Park lies in Western Port, just off the Mornington Peninsula, and is a landscape shaped by water: rocky shorelines and sandy beaches give way to mangroves, saltmarshes and wetlands that shift with the tides and seasons, with heathlands and open woodlands behind them. It holds Victoria’s most significant koala population and habitat for the Long-nosed Potoroo, with critically endangered Eastern-barred Bandicoots released into island bushland. More than 580 indigenous plant species have been recorded, including over 100 native orchids, and over 230 bird species, among them the White-bellied Sea-Eagle, King Quail and Orange-bellied Parrot.

The recorded conditions are two closure notices, and ParkReady reproduces them as published rather than tidying them up. One states a closure “between Monday 24th and Friday 28th inclusive” without naming a month; the other states only that French Island National Park is closed. Neither is enough to plan a crossing against, and inferring a month here would be inventing information the official source has not published - so the notices are shown as they stand, and the official page is the only reliable answer for the dates.

Before visiting, confirm the current closure dates on the official Parks Victoria page and check your ferry and access arrangements before travelling, since reaching the island is a committed trip. This site’s last-check time reflects automated retrieval, not an on-site inspection, and no matching condition here does not mean every track, beach or foreshore on French Island is open.