Toorongo Falls Reserve, Nature reserve with waterfalls in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
Toorongo Falls Reserve protects two waterfalls: Amphitheatre Falls on the Toorongo River and Toorongo Falls on the Little Toorongo River, plus the confluence of the two rivers. It lies about 6 km north-east of Noojee and about 100 km east of Melbourne, in West Gippsland, Victoria. Its wet forest holds mountain grey gum, mountain ash, manna gum, blackwood and Austral mulberry, with necklace fern, soft tree fern and long fork-fern among the ferns.
The land was home to different Aboriginal nations for thousands of years before becoming a protected reserve. It marks the boundary between the Wurundjeri territory to the west and the Braiakaulung tribe of the Gunai Nation to the east.
The reserve sits near the border between two Aboriginal groups: the Wurundjeri, part of the Kulin nation, to the west, and the Braiakaulung, part of the Gunai nation, to the east. The area lies outside any Registered Aboriginal Party boundary, yet some culturally significant sites are reported within the reserve.
Two bush walking tracks form a 2.22-kilometre loop around both waterfalls, starting from the reserve entrance off the Toorongo Falls Road north-east of Noojee. The reserve lies about 6 kilometres from town and 100 kilometres east of Melbourne, so allow for a drive. Red-bellied black snakes are commonly seen in warmer periods, so watch the track edges.
The reserve sits near the boundary between the Wurundjeri, part of the Kulin nation to the west, and the Braiakaulung of the Gunai nation to the east, yet it lies outside any Registered Aboriginal Party boundary. Sources report evidence of culturally significant sites within the reserve, a point visitors rarely hear about.
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