The sometimes dusty, sometimes muddy road from the Princes Highway leads to one of East Gippsland’s most remote and undisturbed coastal locations. Quiet and peaceful, Wingan Inlet in Croajingolong National Park is a welcome destination in our hectic world. At the end of the West Wingan Road, on the western shore of the inlet, modest… Continue reading Exploring Wingan Inlet
Author: Graham Parkes
A broken landscape – impacts of logging in the Wingan Inlet area
The bush northwest of Wingan Inlet in Croajingolong National Park now consists mostly of spindly Silvertop Ash (E. sieberi) stems, some dead, others struggling to recover from the massive 2019-20 fire. These areas were logged for hardwood in the 1970s using a clear-fell technique that involved falling the majority of trees and leaving a few… Continue reading A broken landscape – impacts of logging in the Wingan Inlet area
One hundred years of protection for Wingan Inlet – written in 2009
This year marks one hundred years since the establishment of Wingan Inlet National Park in Far East Gippsland. In October 1909 an area of 4560 acres (1890 ha), including the Skerries Rocks, was temporarily reserved as a national park following a deputation from the National Parks Association to the Minister for Lands. The protected area… Continue reading One hundred years of protection for Wingan Inlet – written in 2009
The Story of the Wingan Salmon
Lichen now covers the granite rocks at the Fishermans Landing at Wingan Inlet, Croajingolong National Park. The surrounding vegetation has regrown and there is little to indicate the role that this site played in the Second World War. Following the commencement of war it was a priority of the Federal Government to secure sources of… Continue reading The Story of the Wingan Salmon
Wingan Inlet’s Sydney Rock Oysters
Wingan Inlet in Far East Gippsland provides ideal habitat for a famous Australian shellfish, the Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata). Found in clusters around the shoreline and firmly attached to the granite rocks, this mollusc is well adapted to the twice daily inundation, extremes of hot and cold and variable currents found within the estuary’s… Continue reading Wingan Inlet’s Sydney Rock Oysters