Mount Buangor State Park

Mount Buangor State Park Victoria
IUCN category II (national park)
Mount Buangor State Park
Nearest town or city	Ararat
Coordinates	37°19′43″S 143°13′21″E / 37.32849°S 143.2226°ECoordinates: 37°19′43″S 143°13′21″E / 37.32849°S 143.2226°E
Established	1989
Area	24 km^2 (9.3 sq mi)
Managing authorities	Parks Victoria
Website	Mount Buangor State Park
See also	Protected areas of Victoria

Mount Buangor State Park is located 60 kilometres west of Ballarat, Victoria in Bayindeen. ^[1][2][3] The 2400 hectare Park takes in varied eucalypt forest, creek flats, a waterfall, steep escarpments and Mount Buangor, the area's highest peak (987 m.). The park contains a 15 km network of walking trails.^[4]

The eucalypt trees include yarra and manna gums, blue gums and Messmates, narrow-leaf peppermint gums, snow gums and Red Stringybarks as well as large tree ferns. More than 130 species of birds have been recorded in the Mount Cole State Forest which includes this park. Fauna includes echidnas, deer, eastern grey kangaroos, wallabies, possums, gliders and bats.

The local Aboriginal people in the area were the Beeripmo Balug clan of the Djab Wurrung tribe. Mount Buangor was previously known as Flagstaff Hill and was reported to have been visited by Major Thomas Mitchell during the 1830s. There were a number of sawmills in the area in the 19th century.

References

1. "Mount Buangor State Park", Official website, Parks Victoria, retrieved 2012-01-29
2. "Mount Buangor Park visitor guide" (PDF), Park Notes, Parks Victoria, November 2011, retrieved 2012-01-29
3. Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database CAPAD08, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities, Commonwealth of Australia, 2008, retrieved 2012-01-29
4. "Mount Buangor State Park". Visit Melbourne. Tourism Victoria. Retrieved 25 July 2011.