Tower Hill Reserve Visitors Centre
Good for: wildlife
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- Website
- Phone
- 03 5561 5315
- Hours
- 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat, Sun & public holidays
Lonely Planet review for Tower Hill Reserve Visitors Centre
Tower Hill, 15km west of Warrnambool, is a vast caldera born in a volcanic eruption 30, 000 years ago. Aboriginal artefacts unearthed in the volcanic ash show that indigenous people lived in the area at the time. It’s jointly administered by the Worn Gundidj Aboriginal Cooperative, which operates the visitors centre with Parks Victoria. There are excellent day walks, including the steep 30-minute Peak Climb with spectacular 360-degree views. There’s a fascinating painting in the Warrnambool Art Gallery by Eugene von Guérard of Tower Hill painted in 1855. After a century of deforestation and environmental degradation, this incredibly detailed painting was used to identify species used in a replanting program begun in 1961 when Tower Hill became a state game reserve. Since then over 300, 000 trees have been replanted.
Traveller reviews for Tower Hill Reserve Visitors Centre (1)
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Great wildlife - saw koalas, emus, kangaroos. All for free.
red_ernie_987 recommends this,
Fantastic place. We saw Koalas in the picnic area though were hard to spot at first. Two emus followed us around for a while - they were probably wanting us to feed them. Staff at the info centre said to come back in the evening to see kangaroos coming out to feed, so we did and saw lots. No entry fee, the animals are wild but quite easy to see. Definately worth a visit.
Good for: wildlife
