Alfred National Park

Alfred National Park is a 3,050-hectare reserve located in East Gippsland region, approximately 388 kilometres east of Melbourne, Victoria.

Established in 1925, it was named after Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, who had visited the area back in 1867. Currently, it is closed due to extensive damage caused by bushfires.

The park is dissected by the Princes Highway, a major arterial road between Cann River and Genoa. It is accessible from the eastern or western entrances of the highway.

The park is a biogeographic wonder, situated at the point where the subtropical flora of northern Australia and the cool temperate and arid zone floras of southern and western Australia meet. One of the significant features of the park is the presence of warm temperate rainforest, predominantly found at Mount Drummer. The rainforest community comprises a closed canopy of Lilly Pilly Acmena smithii with abundant lianas, ferns, and epiphytes. The southern limit of rainforest flora can be found here, making the forest an example of the warm temperate rainforest. The area supports four different kinds of the iconic tree ferns and epiphytic orchids, including the orange-blossom orchid Sarcochilus falcatus and the rock orchid Dendrobium speciosum.

Sadly, Alfred National Park has had a difficult past. The 1983 'Ash Wednesday' bushfire burned much of the park, causing extensive damage to the reserve. Currently, the park remains closed due to widespread bushfire damage. Visiting Alfred National Park is