Things to do near Berrys Creek

Berrys Creek sits in the Strzelecki Ranges, where fertile pastured hills meet the wonderfully perfumed Australian bush. It's rural South Gippsland at its most idyllic: small towns, winding roads, and a landscape that rewards slowing down.

The Strzelecki Ranges

The ranges themselves are worth exploring slowly. The Grand Ridge Rail Trail runs thirteen kilometres from Mirboo North to Boolarra, crossing two arch bridges through forest and farmland. The Grand Strzelecki Track offers longer one and two-day walks through the same country, if you want to go further in.

Right in Berrys Creek

Berrys Creek Gourmet Cheese has been making award-winning blue, brie and washed rind cheeses from the district's dairy farms for over forty years. The factory itself isn't open to visitors, but the cheese turns up in local IGAs and stores across South Gippsland, including Fish Creek General Store.

Mossvale Park, on the edge of town, hosts an annual open-air music festival run by the Lyrebird Arts Council, a great excuse for a rug, a picnic, and an evening under the trees.

Nearby towns

Mirboo North and Leongatha are the two closest towns to Berrys Creek, and both are worth getting to know.

Mirboo North sits at the edge of the Strzelecki Ranges, with the Lyrebird Forest Walk right at the edge of town, a ninety minute bushwalk through native forest. Lamezleigh's Coffee House and Eatery is the current hub of the town, well worth a stop for coffee or a bite, and the Mirboo North Hotel is a solid choice for a country pub dinner. The much-loved Grand Ridge Brewery, housed in an old butter factory, is currently being resurrected as a community-led project, an exciting one to watch and hopefully back open before too long. Mirboo North is also the starting point for the Grand Ridge Rail Trail.

Leongatha is the main township for the area, with a fuller range of shops, cafes and three supermarkets — Woolworths, a big IGA, and Aldi. Valley Plains Pottery, just south of town, is worth a visit for Zak Chalmers' handmade ceramics, and there's a jewellery studio in town as well.

A little further afield, Meeniyan and Korumburra both make a good day out. Meeniyan has boutique gift stores, a bakery, and Meeniyan Square for Friday night food and wine events and farmers markets, plus the Fish Creek to Foster stretch of the Great Southern Rail Trail nearby for e-bike hire.

Korumburra has come into its own lately, a country town with a genuinely good food and drink scene alongside its history. Coal Creek Community Park and Museum is the big drawcard, a free, open-air recreation of the town's coal mining heritage with an entire pioneer village to wander and a steam train running on weekends. The Coterie, in the old Borough Dept Store building, brings together vintage homewares, local makers, and a handful of food spaces under one roof. Burra Brewing Co has a beer garden and woodfired pizza worth planning around, and Kelly's Bakery is the reliable pit stop for pies and coffee on the way through. Small Forest Shop is worth seeking out too, a small production clothing store working with natural and vintage cloth, alongside original art and a lovely little cocktail bar. The Coal Creek Farmers and Craft Market runs on the second Saturday of every month. And just five minutes out of town, Truffle House in Jumbunna runs winter truffle hunts on an old dairy property, with a truffle-laden lunch to follow.

On Sundays, the Kongwak Market is worth the detour too, a funky, all-weather affair on a gold coin donation.

Food and drink

The district has quietly built a reputation for cellar doors and farm gate producers. Waratah Hills Vineyard in Fish Creek pours chardonnay, rosé, pinot and their own gin, with views to match. Gurney's Cidery, between Foster and Fish Creek, makes unfiltered ciders and looks out toward Wilsons Prom. Golden Creek Olives and Prom Country Cheese round out a slow, food-led afternoon if that's the kind of day you're after.

Further afield, if the timing's right

There's plenty to do without leaving the district, so we don't send guests chasing Wilsons Promontory, Tarra-Bulga, or Walhalla for lack of anything closer to hand. But we've had more than a few guests head out anyway, because the South Gippsland drives themselves are gorgeous, and because these places have sat on a bucket list for years, and being this close felt like a now-or-never chance to finally go.

Wilsons Promontory. The Prom is Victoria's best loved national park, all granite headlands, empty beaches and walking trails from twenty minutes to multi-day hikes. The return drive from Berrys Creek runs to around 123 km if you go all the way to Tidal River, or 83.4 km if you turn back at the park entrance near Yanakie. Fish Creek is the first major town outside the gate, worth a stop for its galleries and cafes, and Meeniyan makes a good spot for a meal or coffee on the way home.

Tarra-Bulga National Park, about an hour and four minutes away (82.5 km), has giant mountain ash, fern gullies, and remnant temperate rainforest, with Corrigan's Suspension Bridge strung across the canopy. Lyrebirds are active here through winter, and you'll likely hear them before you see them.

Walhalla, about an hour and sixteen minutes away (93.7 km), is a former gold mining town tucked into a steep mountain valley, now home to about twenty residents and a lot of history. Ride the Walhalla Goldfields Railway through Stringers Creek Gorge, take an underground tour of the Long Tunnel Extended Gold Mine, or just wander the restored heritage streets. Allow the better part of a day.

Closer still

Not every day needs a destination. The hills around Berrys Creek itself are made for a slow drive or a long walk, with little more required than a full tank of curiosity.

Things to do from Dufflebird Farm, Berrys Creek.

Fleur July 2026