Discover Trawool: Trails, water and wide-open views

There are different ways to discover Trawool: the Gawarn-Baring Trail leads through eucalyptus forest and along the Falls Creek corridor to the historic Trawool Reservoir. You can also ride the Great Victorian Rail Trail and take in open viewpoints across the Trawool Valley. This gives you a choice of hiking, water and a longer route during your stay—or a chance to consider which of these experiences you want to focus on when choosing your holiday rental.

Hiking among forest, granite and the reservoir

The Gawarn-Baring Trail begins at the Goulburn Valley Highway and leads hikers along the Falls Creek corridor to Trawool Reservoir. It passes through eucalyptus forest, by granite outcrops and to open viewpoints overlooking the Trawool Valley. Forest, rock and views characterize different sections of the trail. If you enjoy exploring on foot, this is a good reason to include more than just the name Trawool in your travel plans and to experience the landscape along the corridor.

The trail description gives you a good idea of what to expect: the route leads to the reservoir and offers both forested sections and open views across the valley along the way. If you’re travelling together, you can discuss in advance whether this combination of nature and views suits your interests.

Trawool Reservoir: history and recreational fishing

Trawool Reservoir was built in 1895 and played an important role in the region’s early water supply. Today, it is also a destination for recreational fishing; the fish species mentioned include golden perch and silver perch. There are two fishing platforms near the picnic area.

The reservoir is also part of the Gawarn-Baring experience. If you’d rather plan a break by the water than a longer ride, you can make the reservoir a focus of your Trawool trip.

A ride on the Great Victorian Rail Trail

The Great Victorian Rail Trail also begins in Trawool: its starting point is at the Goulburn River. From there, the trail follows the river through stands of gnarled river red gums. The ride from Tallarook to Trawool is listed as 11 km long. If you’d like to include this route in your trip, keep the distance in mind when planning your day; the kilometre figure alone does not indicate how long the ride will take.

The Rail Trail and the Gawarn-Baring Trail suit different travel preferences: one is a ride between Tallarook and Trawool, while the other is a hiking trail through forest and past granite outcrops to the reservoir. When choosing a holiday rental in Trawool, you can first decide whether you’re mainly interested in hiking, fishing or the ride on the Rail Trail.

Finding your way around Trawool

Trawool Station marks the locality of Trawool. The locality lies along the middle reaches of the Goulburn River. Trawool Walk in Camping Area is also situated in this landscape: it is a designated camping area in the Goulburn River Heritage River and Horseshoe Lagoon Flora and Fauna Reserve. These location details offer different points of reference for planning your trip, but they don’t replace the decision about which experiences matter most to you.

Other destinations to explore: Taggerty, Seymour, Balnarring Beach, East Warburton, Tarrington, Numurkah, Gapsted and Ruffy.

For an overview of the wider region: Victoria.