Lake Eildon National Park
The Lake Eildon National Park is a national park in the Central Highlands region of Victoria, Australia. The 27,750-hectare (68,600-acre) national park is set in the northern foothills of the Central Highlands, approximately 111 kilometres (69 mi) northeast of Melbourne and abuts the shores of Lake Eildon.
Lake Eildon, the central feature of the national park
Lake Eildon National Park from above. March 2021.
A sign warning of mine shafts and tunnels at Italian Gully
A small stream leading into Station Creek, typical of the environment in the Fraser Block.
The Eildon Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with a controlled spillway, located on the Goulburn River between the regional towns of Mansfield and Eildon within Lake Eildon National Park, in the Alpine region of Victoria, Australia. The dam's purpose is for the supply of potable water, irrigation, and the generation of hydroelectricity. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Eildon.The first cut of ground was done by Mr Bain and Mr MacLean from Scotland.
A view of the impounded Lake Eildon, in 2011
Lake Eildon National Park from above. March 2021.
During construction of a new embankment, 1954
Lake Eildon in circa 2006.
