{{Short description|Protected area in Victoria, Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{refimprove|date=February 2009}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Bunyip State Park | image = Bunyip SP campsite.jpg | image_caption = Campsite toilet | image_alt = | iucn_category = II | iucn_ref = | coordinates = {{coord|37|58|13|S|145|42|12|E|display=inline,title}} | map = Victoria | map_alt = | map_width = 200px | relief = 1 | label = Bunyip State Park | label_position = | location = Victoria | established = 1992 | area_ha = | area_km2 = 166 | area_ref = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | website = https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/places-to-see/parks/bunyip-state-park | nearest_city = Gembrook | nearest_town = | governing_body = Parks Victoria }} '''Bunyip State Park''' is a {{convert|166|sqkm|sqmi|adj=on}} state park {{convert|65|km|mi}} east of Melbourne, near the town of Gembrook, in the southern slopes of the Great Dividing Range within the Australian state of Victoria.
==Location and features== The area was used for logging from 1898 until 1990, and was turned into a state park two years later. The park is named after the bunyip, an Aboriginal mythical creature that was thought to live along the Bunyip River that flows through the park.<ref name=PN>{{cite web |title=Park notes: Bunyip State Park visitor guide |url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/313597/Park-Note-Bunyip-State-Park.pdf |work=Parks Victoria |publisher=Victorian Government |date=May 2010 |accessdate=7 March 2014 }}</ref>
The terrain in the park is mostly dense forest and swampy heathland, with prickly tea-tree, mountain ash and mealy stringybark present.
Camping is available at Nash Creek Camping Area under towering mountain ash. Black Snake Creek Road runs through the centre of the park from east to west. To the south of Black Snake Creek Road the park is suitable for walking, mountain bike riding and horse riding. To the north for trail bike and four wheel driving. Parks Victoria have a few maps with suggested rides, drives and walks.<ref name=pv-bsp>{{cite web|title=Bunyip State Park|url=https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/places-to-see/parks/bunyip-state-park|work=Official website|publisher=Parks Victoria|accessdate=2012-01-27}}</ref>
About 45% percent of the park was burnt in the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.<ref name=PN/>
==Wildlife== Kangaroos, koalas, lyrebirds, wallabies, and wombats are part of the wildlife in the park. There are also nectar-feeding birds such as the helmeted honey-eater and southern emu-wren, which can be seen to jump between low-hanging branches.<ref name="PN" />
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==External links== * {{cite map |url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/523406/Map-Bunyip-State-Park.pdf |title=Bunyip State Park |format=PDF |work=Parks Victoria |publisher=Victorian Government |date=July 2013 }}
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Category:Parks of Gippsland (region) Category:Parks of Greater Melbourne (region) Category:State parks of Victoria (state)
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