The Moonlight
Track at Mt Worth is located at the western end of the Strzelecki Ranges and 125km
southeast of Melbourne with the access via Princes Fwy (M1) to the closest
towns namely Warragul and Darrum, which is about 15km north of Mt Worth State
Park. On leaving the freeway, follow
the parks signpost and take the Darrum – Allambee Road for over 10km until
reaching McDonalds Trak. Turn left here
and continue 1km to reach the turn off at Allambee Estate Road then further 2km
on the gravel road to Moonlight Creek Visitor Area with an information board,
toilets, tables and a shelter, which is useful if raining. It takes about 1½
hours. Roads are narrow and winding, so
take care.
A
slightly less challenging drive to reach the park is to go to Leongatha and then take the Strzlecki Highway to the Grand Ridge Road and then take McDonals Track.
At
the visitor area there are two walking track signposts. The Moonlight Circuit is 8.5 km, 3 hours return,
and the Giant’s & Gardiners Mill Circuit is 3.3km, 40 minutes.
After
lunch we set off for the Moonlight Circuit and we did it in a clock-wise
direction: Moonlight Divide Track – Moonlight Link Track – Moonlight Creek
Track.
A shelter at Moonlight Creek Visitor Area
The
Moonlight Divide Track starts with a rather steep climb to the ridge. We met two walkers, who had started
about 10 minutes before us and were having a rest.
Tracks junction
The
Moonlight Divide Track is a rather uneventful roller-coaster of a walk along a
wide fire trail so it is very easy to follow.
Towards the end of the Divide Track, there is a left turnoff to a ribbon-marked link track to the Giant’s Circuit and Gardiners Mill Track, which we explored
for about half a kilometre before turning back to the Divide Track.
The
Moonlight Link Track is well marked and easily found. This fire trail takes you downhill to the Moonlight Creek Track junction
where you turn right to go along the Moonlight Creek.
Fern gullies
The Moonlight Creek Track
About
1 km down the Creek Track is a beautiful waterfall on a short detour to the
left.
Moonlight Creek Waterfalls
The
whole track us bordered by tree-ferns which, on the day, were sprouting
beautiful green shoots. There are also
several marked wood mill sites and several sitting benches with great views of
the ferns trees and creek.
Great views from Maslins Mill Site
The
track takes you back to the Moonlight Creek Visitor Area.
Maps
Maps
GPS track on OSM-AU-Vic-10m (desktop view)
GPS Track on Garmin Topo v3
GPS- gpx file of Track overlaid on memory-map VIC Maps Topo.