The Noojee trestle bridge among tree ferns and mountain ash

West Gippsland, Victoria

A river town under the tallest trees around.

Noojee sits in a fold of mountain ash forest where the Latrobe River runs cold and clear. Gold miners found it first, timber cutters built it, and two bushfires tried to take it back — the town just kept rebuilding around the one pub that wouldn’t burn. Ninety minutes from Melbourne, it’s still the kind of place where the trees get all the attention.

  • 1900stown founded
  • 102mtrestle bridge span
  • 76mthe Ada Tree, roughly
  • 90 minfrom Melbourne

Small town. Tall forest on its doorstep.

Timber, rail and gold all shaped the Noojee people know today, but the river and forests were here long before the mills — and they’re still what the valley runs on. One sawmill still turns logs into boards; the trout streams, the trestle bridge and the fern gullies are older than any of it, just bigger now than when the timber cutters found them. Fewer than a few hundred people call it home, under some of the tallest hardwood forest on earth. There’s a pub, a bistro, a restaurant, a café with its own general store, and a lot of country to walk off whatever you order.

Walks, waterfalls & the tallest trestle bridge in Victoriawalk

Trails for every leg.

A local pub, a bistro and a café — plus a bed for the nightfood

Find a table, find a room.

The groups keeping the valley runningCommunity

Meet the locals.

Popular places in the valley

Toolshed Bar & Bistro
Toolshed Bar & Bistrofood · historic
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Little Red Duck Café & Store
Little Red Duck Café & Storefood
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Noojee Hotel
Noojee Hotelfood
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Noojee Heritage Centre
Noojee Heritage Centrehistoric · learning
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Noojee Trestle Bridge
Noojee Trestle Bridgehistoric · walk
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Toorongo Falls
Toorongo Fallsnature · walk · adventure
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The Ada Tree
The Ada Treenature · walk · historic
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Loch Valley Tramway Walk
Loch Valley Tramway Walkwalk · historic · nature
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Make a day of it

RELAXED

A gentle loop

Waterwheel Walk, lunch in town, an afternoon under the Trestle Bridge.

FAMILY

Catch, cook, repeat

Land a trout at the Alpine Trout Farm, then a picnic and a short walk.

WATERFALLS

Chasing white water

Toorongo and Amphitheatre Falls, lunch in town, then the bridge at golden hour.

DEEP FOREST

Meet a giant

The Ada Tree, a wander through Loch Valley, and a night by the river.