The best time to visit is November through to April. There used to be toilet facilities at Nyimba Camp and McFarlane Saddle but the were destroyed in the last fires. Nigothoruk Creek nearby is a source of water. There are no toilet facilities at the lake. Fires must not be left unattended and should be extinguished with cold water until embers are cold to the touch.įirewood supplies are limited especially in the alpine and sub alpine areas, so the use of camping stoves is preferred. Fires are also permitted within fireplaces at informal campsites along the Wellington River. Fires are permitted within fireplaces at Nyimba campsite (near Riggall Old Hut site) at the southern end of the Wellington Plains. Tali Karng is a fuel stove only area and no fires are permitted within a 1km radius of the lake. It is a good day walk from Nyimba Camp to Tali Karng and return without heavy packs. Below the lake there are numerous informal campsites at the base of the Valley of Destruction and along the Wellington River. Nyimba Camp has been provided as the recommended campsite above the lake at the southern end of the Wellington Plains. Walkers should respect the Gunaikurnai people of Gippsland by not camping at the lake itself. Although Johnny Snowden, an aboriginal stockman wouldn't visit the lake, he guided his employer Edward Riggall near the lake and showed him where it lay. Tali Karng is a sacred place to the Gunaikurnai and in keeping with their law, aboriginal people are forbidden to go there. Aboriginal people guided many European explorers and gold miner through the mountains along these pathways - pathways which eventually formed the basis of some of today's road and track network. Evidence of their presence can be found in many places, from stone quarries, stone tools and flake scatters, to a system of ancient pathways. The first occupiers of this area were the Gunaikurnai tribe, most likely member of the Brayakaulung clan. This track is about 4 km long, and although steep is well graded down to the Lake. The walk follows a well defined track across Wellington Plains for 9 km before reaching Gillios Track branching off to the south. The easiest route to Lake Tali Karng begins at McFarlane Saddle Carpark on the Moroka Road, 60 km from Licola. With a depth of up to 50 metres and fed by the Snowden and Nigothoruk Creeks and by the melted snow that runs off the Wellington Plains, the water in the lake is very cold. The views and landscape of Tali Karng and its surrounds are so magnificent it is easy to appreciate its special cultural significance. The water runs underground from the lake to emerge as the infant Wellington River 150m below in the Valley of Destruction. The lake is believed to have been formed about 1500 years ago when a massive rock slide collapsed into the valley damming the waters of Nigothoruk Creek above Wellington River. Tali Karng is a hidden jewel nestled deep in the mountains of Gippsland, fed by snowmelt waters of the Wellington Plains.
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