Lady Talbot Forest Drive is a Parks Victoria touring route in Victoria’s High Country, in Marysville.
- Scenic drive · 45 km return · 1–4 hrs · Easy
Commencing from Marysville, Lady Talbot Drive is a scenic loop drive through the Taggerty River valley and beyond, passing through stands of Mountain Ash forests and ferns, with the ghostly white stags of dead Mountain Ash trees, killed in the 2009/10 bushfires in the distance. The drive offers numerous opportunities to stop during the first part of the drive, with short walks to Phantom Falls (800m, 30 mins return), Keppel Falls (2km, 1 hour return) and Taggerty Cascades (400m return to cascades or 1.2km return to Meeting of the Waters). The drive continues on up to Mt Margaret Gap and then loops back to Marysville. Do not undertake this drive during storm or high wind events due to…
Getting there
From Marysville head north to the roundabout and turn right down Marysville Woods Point road. Lady Talbot Drive starts here and continues for 46km along the Mt Margaret Road, through State Forest to the Buxton-Marysville Road and back to Marysville. Lady Talbot Drive is suitable for two wheel drive vehicles, but in dry weather only.
Track closures nearby
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Nearby
- Kerami Link Trail Ride · 164 m SW
- Tree Fern Gully Ride · 330 m W
- Marysville Town · 450 m NW
- Red Hill Trail Ride · 606 m NW
- Beauty Spot Nature Trail Short Loop Walk · 781 m SW
- Keppel Lookout Forest Drive Drive · 858 m W
- Beauty Spot Nature Trail Long Loop Walk · 893 m SW
- Jock Lookout Lookout · 1.1 km E
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