see also:

• Gippsland
• Orbost region - Cape Conran, Snowy River, and Errinundra
• Mallacoota and Croajingalong NP

• Cann River is a small remote forest town on the Princes Highway in far east Gippsland
• it is a great base to access the remote wilderness of Croajingalong National Park and local rainforests

• Beehive falls
  • just off the Monaro Hway to Bombala within the Coopracambra NP
• Drummer rainforest walk
  • a lovely short walk down to a cool and warm temperate rainforests 300 yr old Kanooka trees lining the small river and Gippsland Water Dragons lie motionless on the logs near the water (although I didn't see any)
• Mackenzie River rainforest walk
  • a lovely short walk down to a cool temperate rainforest with black cockatoos screeching in the distance while lyrebirds rummage through the undergrowth

Yellow Tailed Black cockatoo

Female lyrebird

Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina) I presume

• a spectacular coastal rainforest running from the Sydenham Inlet to Cape Howe
• listed since 1977 as a World Biosphere Reserve.
• best of the park:
  • Tamboon Inlet of the Cann River - boating, swimming, camping, bird-watching
    • walk to the mysterious Clinton Rocks area where giant granite boulders covered in bright orange lichen line the coast - but you will need to boat up the river & cross the inlet to the beach as there are no vehicle access points and the camp sites around the lake are only accessible by boat
    • http://hikingfiasco.com/2010/09/04/sydenham-inlet-to-clinton-rocks-croajingolong-national-park/
  • Thurra River:
    • Dunes Walk - 2nd highest sand dunes in southern hemisphere rising 150m
    • Mt Everard Lookout
    • Thurra River camping ground
    • Point Hicks Lighthouse - 50min from Cann River; remote lighthouse & camping ground, accommodation ph: 51584268

Tamboon inlet view from camp ground and jetty during a storm