Organ Pipes National Park

A set of basalt columns as straight and regular as organ pipes is the central feature of this 121 ha park in a deep gorge in the bare Keilor plains. There are other rock phenomena and the park is worth visiting for its native vegetation and variety of birds.

Things to Do

• The park is an excellent place for picnics, walks, bird observing and photography.
• Stand on the viewing platform - the basalt Keilor Plains all around you are part of one of the world's largest lava flows.
• Walk down the path to view the 'organ pipes' - a set of basalt columns formed by lava.
• Look for yellowish sandstones and mudstones across the creek 200 metres downstream from the 'organ pipes'.
• Fossils in these rocks suggest they are sedimentary rocks laid down under the sea about 400 million years ago. Walk upstream about 400 metres past the 'organ pipes' and see Rosette Rock - a radial array of basalt columns like the spokes of a wheel.
• Look at the Tessellated Pavement, the tops of basalt columns.
• Enjoy a picnic while looking out for waterbirds, blue wrens, cockatoos, rosellas, magpies and wedge-tailed eagles.