Big Peninsula Stepping Stones permanently closed due to erosion
Due to instability caused by erosion, the Big Peninsula Stepping Stones are permanently closed for visitor safety.
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Yarra Ranges National Park
A two-precinct ranges and forest park around Warburton and Marysville, where facility closures, partial track works and gated hours are usually scoped to one site rather than the whole park.
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12 Oct 2026, 6:07 am AEDT
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ParkReady's latest stored snapshot for Yarra Ranges National Park recorded 10 matching official condition notices. This is a notice count, not a statement that the park is safe, open, closed, or suitable — check the official source below before you travel.
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Snapshot checked 12 Oct 2026, 6:07 am AEDT
Cambarville toilet block closed until further notice
Cambarville toilet block is closed until further notice due to water supply issues and structural problems
Read the official record Parks Victoria ↗Dom Dom Saddle Picnic Area - Toilet Closure
Dom Dom Saddle Picnic Area toilets are permanently closed and will be removed in their entirety at a later date. The nearest toilets are at Fernshaw Picnic ground.
Read the official record Parks Victoria ↗Donnellys Weir Temporary Closure to Vehicles - Critical Road works
Donnellys Weir Picnic Area, Car Park and access Road will be closed to vehicles from Tuesday 22nd September 2026 to allow for critical Melbourne Water Culvert Replacement works across Donnellys Creek near the Picnic Area. Access for Pedestrians, Cyclists and Horseback riders is available to Donnellys Weir Picnic Area and on to Mt St Leonard. Care needs to be taken around trucks and machinery. Visitors are asked to stay within designated walking/riding areas and to not approach the closed worksite area in the car park and on Road 12.This site closure may last through to December 2026.
Read the official record Parks Victoria ↗Mount Donna Buang BBQ's closed
The Mount Donna Buang BBQ's will be closed for the foreseeable future. We apologise for any inconvenience. Portable BBQ's and Heat Bead BBQ's are allowed to be used on site, so please bring your own. We ask that you take home any resulting waste items, including used heat beads.No campfires are allowed however, due to the resulting ground fire scar.
Read the official record Parks Victoria ↗Night closures at Mount Donna Buang and O'shannassy aqueduct for Deer Control Work
Parks Victoria will be undertaking deer control in the Yarra Ranges National Park on the southern fall of Mount Donna Buang. This program will be taking place between the hours of 5pm and 6am on a number of nights between the 28th of September and the 21st of October 2026. These control works are being undertaken by accredited and authorised contractors. For reasons of public safety, various areas of the park will be inaccessible during the evening throughout this period. This includes the O’Shannassy Aqueduct trail and the Mount Victoria walking track. Please refer to the attached map for further information. Signage will be in place at access points when control activities are occurring. For our own safety please observe the signage during this time and do not enter any closed areas. For further information please call 131963 Attachments: Donna Deer Control zone map (652KB)
Read the official record Parks Victoria ↗Night closures for Donna Buang and OShannassy aqueduct trail for deer control works
Parks Victoria will be undertaking deer control in the Yarra Ranges National Park on the southern fall of Mount Donna Buang. This program will be taking place between the hours of 5pm and 6am on a number of nights between the 28th of September and the 21st of October 2026. These control works are being undertaken by accredited and authorised contractors. For reasons of public safety, various areas of the park will be inaccessible during the evening throughout this period. This includes the O’Shannassy Aqueduct trail and the Mount Victoria walking track. Please refer to the attached map for further information. Signage will be in place at access points when control activities are occurring. For our own safety please observe the signage during this time and do not enter any closed areas. For further information please call 131963 Attachments: Donna Deer Control zone map (652KB)
Read the official record Parks Victoria ↗Park Open Hours – Badger Weir and Donnellys Weir
Park Open Hours Maroondah Reservoir Park Badger Weir Donnellys Weir 8am to 8pm – Early October to Early April (Start of Daylight Savings Time to End of Daylight Savings Time) 8am to 6pm – Early April (End of Daylight Savings Time) to end of April 8am to 5pm – May to August 8am to 6pm – September to Early October (Start of Daylight Savings Time) These parks and visitor sites are protected for water security purposes by automatic gates. The gates close at the above posted times, but they do allow for visitors to leave the park for 30 minutes after these times. From 30 minutes after the posted closing time however the after hours exit turns off and exit from the park is no longer possible. We are obliged to do this to help strengthen water resource security. If a visitor mistakenly gets caught behind the automatic gates after the park closing time, upon exit please drive to within two metres of the gate to activate the late exit trigger. If the gate does not open as the vehicle is leaving too late, please call Parks Victoria on 13 19 63 to ask them to assist. A late exit fee may apply.
Read the official record Parks Victoria ↗Partial walking track closure on Cumberland Circuit walk (South of Woods Point Road)
There is a partial closure in place on the Cumberland Circuit walk due to hazardous tree fall risk south of Woods Point Rd (see map attached) Attachments: Cambarville_A4_0412 (1,190KB)
Read the official record Parks Victoria ↗Summit Loop Trail - Partial Closure - Lake Mountain Summit
The Summit Loop walking trail is partially closed at Lake Mountain until further notice. Attachments: Lake Mountain Summit Loop Partial Track Closure (562KB)
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How to check this park
Yarra Ranges National Park is split across two precincts: Warburton, Mount Donna Buang and the Upper Yarra to the south, and Marysville, Lake Mountain and Cambarville to the north. Each has its own picnic areas, toilets and lookouts, and a facility notice at one — a toilet near Donnellys Weir, a shelter at Badger Weir, a BBQ at Dom Dom Saddle — describes only that location. ParkReady does not infer that an unaffected site in one precinct says anything about the other, and does not read a single outage as a statement about the whole park.
Some notices apply to a shorter section of a longer route: a loop such as the Cumberland Circuit or the Summit Loop at Lake Mountain can be partially affected while the rest stays open, and the Rainforest Gallery boardwalk has separately had repair-related notices. A crossing damaged by erosion can also be closed for a long period, distinct from shorter-lived outages elsewhere. Several gated sites publish their own opening hours, and some areas close overnight for deer control; neither answers whether a picnic area is open.
Conditions are recorded at the level of a named precinct, road, track section or facility, so check against that exact place name rather than “Yarra Ranges” as a whole. Before leaving, open the official Parks Victoria page for the intended precinct; in cooler months, also check snow-play advice for Mount Donna Buang. Review VicEmergency and current weather, since forest cover and elevation can change conditions quickly. This site’s last-check time reflects automated retrieval, not inspection, and no matching condition here does not mean every toilet, track or gate across both precincts is open.
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Lake Mountain - Closed to the Public Post Winter and Reopening 5th October 2026
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Rainforest Gallery Closed for Repairs
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Night closures at Mount Donna Buang and O'shannassy aqueduct for Deer Control Work
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Night closures for Donna Buang and OShannassy aqueduct trail for deer control works
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Donnellys Weir Temporary Closure to Vehicles - Critical Road works
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Donnellys Weir Temporary Closure - Critical Road works
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Gunbower National Park and River Murray Reserve access changes
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Donnellys Weir Picnic Area and Car Park temporary closure - Closing Soon