Den of Nargun Walk

Mitchell River National Park

Length: 3 kilometres
Walk: 1 hour
Track: Moderate
Grade: Moderate
Start: Picnic area
Finish: Picnic area
Nearby: Bairnsdale.

Bluff Lookout, a short way along the track, gives an excellent view of the Mitchell River as it winds its way through the deep and rugged gorge, as well as the rainforest gullies of Woolshed Creek. The path then descends into the rainforest, where mossy trees, ferns and twisting vines flourish in the moist and sheltered gully.
 
According to Dreamtime stories, the Nargun was a half-stone, half-human female creature with the power to repel and turn back spears and stones thrown at it. Natural stepping stones lead to its den, a shallow cave behind a small waterfall on Woolshed Creek. (Please do not enter the Den itself, as it contains fragile stalactites that are still forming and is a significant cultural site for the local Aboriginal community).