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Information about Mount Eccles National Park, Victoria, Australia

The park is over 6,000 Hectares in size and covers an area of extremely rugged lava flows and forests around Mount Eccles and Lake Surprise. The impressive and unique lake is the water filled crater of a volcano cone which erupted only about 20,000 years ago. There are good opportunities for walking in the park, and looking at the various volcanic features, such as the lake, the "lava canal", the natural bridge and the lava tubes and caves. Access to Mount Eccles National Park is via the small township of Macarthur, which is about 10 km east of the park. Mount Eccles is about 400 km west of Melbourne by road.
There are also lava flows, tubes and caves in the Harman Valley. These flows originated from Mount Napier, which erupted only about 8,000 years ago. The Byaduk Caves are fairly close to the township of Byaduk, which is 10 km north of Macarthur.
(Text courtesy of Caving Areas page at VSCT web site)

Links to information about Mount Eccles National Park

Parks Victoria has information about Mount Eccles National Park. They also have information about Byaduk Caves in Mount Napier State Park.

showcaves.com has information about the Byaduk Caves and further links about Mount Eccles National Park.

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/australia/napier.html
Mount Napier, Newer Volcanics Province, Victoria, Australia at Volcano World - The Web's Premier Source of Volcano Info.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~boxer/WesternDistrict.htm
Volcanic Features of Victoria's Western District.

http://www.greatoceanrd.org.au/highlights/parks/mteccles.asp
Mount Eccles National Park information at the "Great Ocean Road" site.

http://www.wheretostay.net/article/auvolcan
Mt Eccles, Mt Napier, Mt Rouse, Byaduk Caves and the Lava Tumuli (blisters) are all part of the Volcanoes Discovery Trail encompassing western Victoria and south-east South Australia.

http://www.deh.gov.au/heritage/national/sites/budjbim-factsheet.html
Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape
More than 30 000 years ago the ground in this area rumbled and rolled as Aboriginal people nearby witnessed Budj Bim, an important creation being from the Dreamtime reveal himself in the landscape. The volcano that today we call Mount Eccles, is his forehead and the scoria are his teeth.
Budj Bim is the source of the Tyrendarra lava flow, which extends from Mount Eccles over 50km to the west and south and which is central to the history of these local Aboriginal people, known as the Gunditjmara.

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~iffa/GPCproc.htm
The Great Plains Crash - Geology and Geomorphology of Victoria's Grassland Regions by Neville Rosengren.
From the proceedings of the Grassland Conference, October 2-3, 1992

http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/27492/story.htm
or http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/31/national/main566096.shtml
Australia's Frisky Koalas to Get Hormone Implants
Thu Sep 30, 2004, 10:14 PM
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Lusty Koalas in southern Australia are going to be put on the pill to stop them breeding too quickly and putting too much strain on their eucalyptus-forest home. Up to 2,000 female koalas in Victoria state's Mount Eccles National Park are going to be implanted with a slow-release hormone that acts as a contraceptive.

Here are some directions for how to get there from Melbourne.

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	Information about Mount Eccles National Park, Victoria, Australia
	The park is over 6,000 Hectares in size and covers an area of extremely rugged lava flows and forests around Mount Eccles and Lake Surprise. The impressive and unique lake is the water filled crater of a volcano cone which erupted only about 20,000 years ago. There are good opportunities for walking in the park, and looking at the various volcanic features, such as the lake, the "lava canal", the natural bridge and the lava tubes and caves. Access to Mount Eccles National Park is via the small township of Macarthur, which is about 10 km east of the park. Mount Eccles is about 400 km west of Melbourne by road. There are also lava flows, tubes and caves in the Harman Valley. These flows originated from Mount Napier, which erupted only about 8,000 years ago. The Byaduk Caves are fairly close to the township of Byaduk, which is 10 km north of Macarthur. (Text courtesy of Caving Areas page at VSCT web site)
	Links to information about Mount Eccles National Park
	Parks Victoria has information about Mount Eccles National Park. They also have information about Byaduk Caves in Mount Napier State Park.
	showcaves.com has information about the Byaduk Caves and further links about Mount Eccles National Park.
	http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/australia/napier.html Mount Napier, Newer Volcanics Province, Victoria, Australia at Volcano World - The Web's Premier Source of Volcano Info.
	http://members.iinet.net.au/~boxer/WesternDistrict.htm Volcanic Features of Victoria's Western District.
	http://www.greatoceanrd.org.au/highlights/parks/mteccles.asp Mount Eccles National Park information at the "Great Ocean Road" site.
	http://www.wheretostay.net/article/auvolcan Mt Eccles, Mt Napier, Mt Rouse, Byaduk Caves and the Lava Tumuli (blisters) are all part of the Volcanoes Discovery Trail encompassing western Victoria and south-east South Australia.
	http://www.deh.gov.au/heritage/national/sites/budjbim-factsheet.html Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape More than 30 000 years ago the ground in this area rumbled and rolled as Aboriginal people nearby witnessed Budj Bim, an important creation being from the Dreamtime reveal himself in the landscape. The volcano that today we call Mount Eccles, is his forehead and the scoria are his teeth. Budj Bim is the source of the Tyrendarra lava flow, which extends from Mount Eccles over 50km to the west and south and which is central to the history of these local Aboriginal people, known as the Gunditjmara.
	http://home.vicnet.net.au/~iffa/GPCproc.htm The Great Plains Crash - Geology and Geomorphology of Victoria's Grassland Regions by Neville Rosengren. From the proceedings of the Grassland Conference, October 2-3, 1992
	http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/27492/story.htm or http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/31/national/main566096.shtml Australia's Frisky Koalas to Get Hormone Implants Thu Sep 30, 2004, 10:14 PM MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Lusty Koalas in southern Australia are going to be put on the pill to stop them breeding too quickly and putting too much strain on their eucalyptus-forest home. Up to 2,000 female koalas in Victoria state's Mount Eccles National Park are going to be implanted with a slow-release hormone that acts as a contraceptive.
	Here are some directions for how to get there from Melbourne.
	Back to VSA Links to other cybercaving sites