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Forest Drive


The best way to experience these breathtaking scenes is via The Forest Drive, where you can still see mine shafts and tunnels dotted through the trees.

To the northwest is the spectacular Beechworth Forest, resting on the foothills of the Victorian Alps.

Its tranquil beauty with eucalyptus and native cypress pine trees, winding creeks, steep gullies and rugged granite outcrops is unsurpassed.

To the south west is the Stanley State Forest, a beautifully preserved natural bush land hosting a variety of vegetation and diverse wildlife.

There are swamp wallabies, lizards, possums, gliders, echidnae, wombats, bandicoots, marsupial mice, rosellas, willy-wagtails, honeyeaters and many rare and endangered species of birds.

The Forest Drive Details

The Forest Scenic Drive starts and finishes in the

Yackandandah township, starting from Bells Flat Road and

follows a circuit through Stanley State Forest. Follow Bells

Flat Road, until you come across the gold panning sites

marked along the road. The road is fairly narrow, with one

way traffic in a single lane, and is mostly sealed. It is

14kms, and allow 0.5 hours driving time. There are a

number of campsites and picnic areas through out the

drive. The roads in this area cater for 2 WD and 4 WD

vehicles, but please keep to the tracks as ‘off road’ travel

in this area is prohibited.

Contact for this page

Contact: Yackandandah Visitor Information Centre
Phone: 02 6027 1988 (VIC)
Fax: 02 6027 1990
Website: www.uniqueyackandandah.com.au
Email: adminuniqueyackandandah.com.au
Address: 27 High Street (the 'Athenaeum'), PO Box 13, Yackandandah, 3749 VIC