Please note the following changes to our operating hours for Monday, 8 August, 2022The Rae Street Customer Service Centre will be open from 9.30am until 4pm.The Apollo Bay Customer Service Centre at GORVIC will open from 9am until 5pm.
Due to current wet weather conditions the Apollo Bay Airfield runway has soft edges. Exercise extreme caution at this airfield.
This 16 hectare property is protected by a Trust for Nature conservation covenant and contains vegetation listed as Endangered (EVC 128 Grassy Forest). The reserve also contains potential habitat for the Rufous Bristlebird Dasyornis broadbenti caryochrus (status: Near Threatened) and the Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae novaehollandiae (status: Vulnerable).
Barongarook Conservation Reserve is a beautiful area for bushwalking and nature observation, and includes a section of the Old Beechy Rail Trail, which runs from Colac to Beech Forest.
Part of the property was used historically as a nightsoil site. This section has since undergone revegetation works to encourage natural regeneration.
Barongarook Road, Barongarook 3249 View Map
Barongarook Road , Barongarook 3249