You Yangs Regional Park - Victoria, Australia - State/Provincial Parks on Waymarking.com

The You Yangs is an ideal recreational area, providing scenic hiking routes, magnificent views, birdlife, rock climbing, mountain bike riding and picnic/BBQ facilities.

The You Yangs are home to more than 200 bird species such as White-naped, White-plumed, New Holland and Brown-headed Honeyeaters, Kookaburras, White-winged Choughs, Crested Shrike-tits, Purple-crowned Lorikeets, Eastern Yellow Robins, and Scarlet Robins, as well as Eastern Grey Kangaroos, Sugar Gliders, Brushtail and Ringtail Possums and Koalas.

Park Type: The park is always open, if you're on foot or cycling. Vehicles are only allowed to drive in during daylight hours. Activities: Picnics, gas and fire BBQs, trails and bushwalks, mountain biking (over 50km of trails), horse riding, abseiling, and geocaching. There is also a stone eagle geoglyph, with a wing span of 100 metres. Park Fees: No fees applicable. Background: The name 'You Yang' comes from the Aboriginal words 'Wurdi Youang' or 'Ude Youang' meaning big mountain in the middle of a plain. Contrary to popular belief, the You Yangs are not the remains of a volcano. The granite that forms them was originally a mass of magma that had worked its way up into the surrounding sedimentary rocks during the Devonian period, when the land surface in Victoria was several kilometres higher than today. Matthew Flinders was the first European to visit the You Yangs. On 1 May 1802 , he and three of his men climbed to the highest point. He named it ' Station Peak ' but this was later changed to Flinders Peak in his honour. Date Established?: 1940s Link to Park: [Web Link] Additional Entrance Points: N 39° 57.818 W 144° 24.315

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