Culture and heritage
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Before European settlement, most of the area in the park was tall wet Mountain Ash forest with dense fern gullies. This type of vegetation still flourishes along the creeks. Logging from the 1920s to the 1940s removed most of the mature trees, though understorey plants remained and young Mountain Ash trees are regenerating along with Silver Wattles and Blackwood.
From 1970, the Warragul Field Naturalists Club and the Shire of Warragul worked towards reserving this area to protect some of the remaining indigenous vegetation of the western Strzeleckis. In 1975 the State Government began purchasing land for the park.
Visitor experiences
$200,000 You Yangs Flood Repairs Up and Away
23 Apr 2012
Walkers visiting the You Yangs Regional Park will soon be able to safely climb to the top of Flinders Peak again, with two days of helicopter deliveries planned for Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 April to fast track the flood damaged walk’s reconstruction. Parks Victoria is putting the popular 3.2 kilometre walk …