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Hattah-Kulkyne National Park

A Mallee park of red gum lakes and dunes near Ouyen, where current notices cover a fire-affected track closure and a long-running environmental restoration project bringing heavy vehicles and temporary track closures through December 2026.

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Raak Track and Goosefoot Track are currently closed due to fire impacts.From Monday 1st June to December 2026, essential environmental works will take place within the northern section of the park as part of the Victorian Murray Floodplain Restoration Project (VMFRP). During this time, visitors can expect increased heavy vehicle movement and temporary track closures. To ensure public safety, certain areas will be restricted during construction. We recommend checking this page frequently for real-time updates before planning your trip.Please refer to the attached map for specific details. Please plan your visit around these closures and comply with local signs. Thank you for your patience. Attachments: Hattah-Kulkyne access changes May-Dec 2026 (841KB)

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Planned access changes: Hattah-Kulkyne VMFRP project

From 10 June to December 2026, essential environmental works will take place within the Hattah-Kulkyne park as part of the Victorian Murray Floodplain Restoration Project (VMFRP). During this time, visitors can expect increased heavy vehicle movement and temporary track closures.Certain areas will be restricted during construction for public safety. Please refer to the detailed maps of the affected zones on our VMFRP project page. We recommend checking this page frequently for real-time updates before planning your trip to Hattah-Kulkyne.

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Hattah-Kulkyne National Park protects a Mallee landscape of ancient river red gum lakes, dunes and woodland near Ouyen, with visitor sites including Lake Hattah, Lake Mournpall and the Warepil Lookout Tower reached from a visitor centre and several dispersed camping areas. Because the park spans a working floodplain-restoration zone as well as its more familiar lake and dune country, current access depends on which section of the park a visit is planned for, not just which named site.

Recorded conditions here are presently a fire-affected closure and a long-running project: Raak Track and Goosefoot Track are closed due to fire impacts; and, separately, essential environmental works under the Victorian Murray Floodplain Restoration Project (VMFRP) are running within the northern section of the park, with the change-of-conditions notice describing work from June through December 2026 bringing increased heavy vehicle movement and temporary track closures, and areas affected by the works restricted to visitors during that period. ParkReady records each notice as stated and does not assume the fire closure and the restoration-project closures cover the same tracks unless the official page says so.

Before visiting, check the official Parks Victoria page for Raak Track, Goosefoot Track and the specific area of the VMFRP works relative to your planned route, since a route that was open on an earlier visit may now fall inside the restoration zone. Review VicEmergency and current fire conditions for the Mallee separately, particularly given this park’s fire history. This site’s last-check time reflects automated retrieval, not an on-site inspection, and no matching condition here does not mean every lake, dune track or camping area at Hattah-Kulkyne is open.

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