This 2000-hectare national park is on the land of the Brataualung clan of the Gunaikurnai peoples. “Tarra” comes from the Tarra River, which was named after Indigenous guide Charlie Tarra. And bulga is a local word meaning “high place” or “mountain”. The cool-climate temperate rainforest is a small remnant of ancient Gippsland vegetation.

Towering mountain ash trees coexist with sassafras, myrtle beech, silver wattle and 33 varieties of ferns. The lyrebird is among 130 species of bird that live in the park. Six walking tracks wind through the forest from the visitor centre, including some that cross the impressive Corrigan Suspension Bridge, and you can chase two waterfalls a short drive down the road.