A panorama of Mountain ash Eucalyptus trees and Ferns, Tarra Valley, Strzelecki ranges, South Gippsland Victoria Australia. - stock photo

Tarra-Bulga National Park in South Gippsland is a well known cool temperate rainforest filled with giant trees, beautiful fern gullies and ancient myrtle beeches. The national park is located in the south Gippsland region of eastern Victoria, Australia. The park is located 33 kilometres south of Traralgon on the Traralgon-Balook Road.The temperate rainforest is a haven for plants and wildlife. A wide variety of birds including the pilot-bird, yellow tailed black cockatoo, the eastern whip-bird, and the large black and white currawongs. Visits to this special place in the evenings is when the forest comes to life for possums, owls and bats emerge to feed. It's quite common to see a lyrebird scratching the forest floor looking for food or to catch a glimpse of some of the other inhabitants like the wombats, swamp wallabies, gliders and platypuses.