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- McKillop Bridge is one of the few places in the park with access to the Snowy River by conventional vehicle. The Deddick River meets the Snowy just upstream of the bridge and wide sandy beaches with shallow rock pools between the rapids make this a great swimming spot.

- This is also the best canoe-launching place for adventurers wanting to explore the gorges downstream. The Snowy offers thrilling canoeing or rafting with rugged gorges, rapids, flat sections with sand bars and beautiful scenery. The gently sloping sand bars make ideal camp sites.

- The 18 km Silver Mine Walking Track and the short Snowy River Trail both leave from McKillop Bridge.

- Little River Gorge, Victoria's deepest gorge, is to the west of McKillop Bridge and downstream from the junction of the Little River and Snowy River.

- In suitable conditions, visitors can drive along the Yalmy Road through magnificent tall forests to Waratah Flat, then walk through the surrounding forest. Raymond Falls in the south of the park can be reached all year round from Orbost along Moresford Track. A short walking track leads to a view of Raymond Falls plunging 20 metres into a deep, clear pool. McKillop Bridge is the finishing point for the Deddick Trail, a 43 kilometres four-wheel drive track which starts on the Yalmy Road and travels through the heart of the park. Camping grounds are provided on the banks of the Snowy and Deddick.

- Fishing in the Snowy River can be disappointing, but tributaries often have good trout.

For the latest information on track closures and park access, please see the Parks Victoria website. Be bushfire smart. Follow the Parks Victoria checklist before travelling.

Local directions

Snowy River National Park is in East Gippsland, 450 km east of Melbourne and 135 km north-east of Lakes Entrance (Melway ref: 529 E2). Proceed along Bonang road off Buchan-Jindabyne road or turn off Princes Highway at Nowa Nowa and continue via Buchan. Southern sections: via Tulloch Ard Road. Western and northern sections: via Bonang Gelantipy Road Eastern sections: via Rising Sun Road, near Bonang Moresford Track and Raymond Falls: via Yalmy Road

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Heritage
Aboriginal relics have been found at Jackson Crossing on the Snowy River and it is likely that people of the Kruatungulung group of the Kurnai Aborigines hunted in this area. In the 1840s cattlemen and miners came south from New South Wales seeking new pastures and new wealth. The higher land was little used except for some summer grazing. Silver was mined in the area now designated as the Silver Mine walking track downstream from Mackillops Bridge. Proposals as a park began in 1935 but it was not until 1979 that protection for the area came. Nearly half the natural flow of the Snowy River, which forms the backbone of this National Park, is diverted westward by the Snowy Mountains Electricity Scheme.