Open Saturday, Sunday and public holidays See gold mining display and records depicting Foster's gold mining origins, history and pioneers. Features historic photos, Lasseter's work boat, pioneer artifacts, a settlers cottage and early Yanakie school building. Open 11am-4pm on Sundays, public and school holidays. This national park houses the most superb pockets of cool temperate rainforest and fantastic specimens of the Giant Mountain Ash.
There is a visitor centre at Balook and a 1. From the Bulga picnic area, walk over the famous suspension bridge. Tarra Bulga National Park is a 60 min drive from Toora and if you travel via Yarram the road is sealed all the way. The Grand Ridge Road is miles long and was the early settlers' highway from Korumburra to Carrajung. It was studded with hotels and guest houses. Some still remain although most signs of early settlement have now disappeared.
Situated in the rolling hills behind the Toora Tourist Park and only a 15 min drive away Agnes Falls is the highest single span falls in Victoria. A short walk will take you to the lookout at the top of the falls. Turtons Creek Falls are hidden in the hills of Foster only a 20 min. You'll find a few picnic grounds and there is a car park near the falls.
The falls are only a couple of minutes walk. Explore the bush sawmill, original miners'cottage, bush huts, farming equipment and much more. Experience the simulated Mine Explosion or simply enjoy the natural tranquil setting and many picnic spots. Surf fishing off the beach at Sandy Point and Waratah Bay.
Sea fishing off piers, wharves and jetties at Port Albert, Port Welshpool and from the Toora boat ramp walkway. River fishing off the jetties at Port Franklin and the Agnes River. Fishing restrictions do apply at or near any of the Marine National Parks or Marine Sanctuaries and don't forget to get your fishing license. Sea kayaking the waterways of Wilsons Promontory National Park.
Nature based eco touring as close to nature as possible with a fully accredited tour operator. Touring and instruction - day to multi day. The Great Southern Rail Trail has more than The trail is great for walking, riding your bike or your horse. Pick up your brochure from our office when you arrive. Foster Golf Club is ideally situated in the town, it provides an hole course and a fully licensed, modern club house with bistro and Tabaret.
Welshpool Golf Club is a 9 hole golf course that is terrific for beginners. The trail is planned to be extended to Yarram in the next few years. Bring your push bikes or just take a walk along this picturesque trail. There is also a trail from Welshpool to Port Welshpool. There are many establishments that produce wonderful local produce which you can sample and purchase during your visit to our park.
We will be able to give you brochures on these establishments when you arrive or you can get this information from the information centre at Foster as you are passing through. The towns of Meeniyan and Foster has some great shops were you can purchase local produce. All our small country towns have great historic pubs and wonderful cafes with great coffee. Up to Holstein cows are milked twice daily and you can watch the milking from the comfort of a glass fronted viewing room located above the 50 stand state of the art rotary dairy.
Milkings take approx. Caldermeade also has a cafe where you can enjoy a coffee or a spot of lunch and an animal nursery where the children can hold, pat and help feed a variety of baby animals. The picturesque country racecourse, located on the South Gippsland Highway, is a wonderful place for a family day out.
In accordance with its family-friendly ethos, Stony Creek Racing Club offers children free admission and entertainment. The school was named Franklin River until when it was renamed Toora. By the settlement at Muddy Creek was known as Toora. Mining began in and Tin Mine school ran from to Mining ended in about Battles with bracken and, later, rabbits lay ahead.
A dairy factory opened in , coinciding with an unsuccessful village settlement scheme on the coastal plain south of Toora. In Toora was described in the Australian handbook :. Around Catholic and Methodist churches opened, the Toora Creamery and Cheese Factory replaced the earlier facility and hydro-electricity was supplied to the town.
Public health was attended to by a private hospital , which was replaced by a bush nursing centre and a new hospital The somewhat unreliable hydropower was replaced with the State Electricity Grid in Toora had sports teams and a public baths on Muddy Creek, upstream of the watery sediment The hill country was under control for dairying, although it was rumoured that farmers had uneven legs from walking along the steep contours.
History of Toora The word 'toora' is said to be an Aboriginal instruction which translates as 'woman, look after fire'. It was reputedly used regularly when the men in the group departed for religious ceremonies at Wilsons Promontory. Originally, the township was first known as Muddy Creek and was established in the 's to supply hardwood to Melbourne, Victoria. Melbourne's gold mining boom had left the city with a shortage of hardwood following an unprecedented building surge.
Blue gum sleepers were used to construct piers and were exported to India for the construction of railway lines. A sawmill at Sealers Cove, Wilsons Promontory, was the planned source of timber, but it was soon evident that supply was too limited. The mill was was relocated to Muddy Creek in The sawmill was situated on the east bank of Muddy Creek and had contracts for many types of sawn timber which was transported across the mangrove swamp to Swan Bay where it was loaded onto barges which carried them to larger boats anchored in deeper water in Corner Inlet.
Parts of the old tramlines and loading facilities still remain.
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