Budj Bim
A dormant volcano near Macarthur in south-western Victoria, also known as Mount Eccles, with a crater lake at its heart. Its lava flows shaped the land where the Gunditjmara people built stone channels and traps to farm eels, now a World Heritage site.
- Where
- Macarthur, Victoria, Australia
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- -38.0667, 141.9170
Get the Budj Bim stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Budj Bim. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Victoria volume with your photos and a note.
Near Budj Bim
Grampians National Park 105 km
Sandstone ranges rising out of the western Victorian plains, called Gariwerd by the Jardwadjali people. The park holds many Aboriginal rock art sites, waterfalls such as MacKenzie Falls, and lookouts like the Pinnacle above Halls Gap.
Twelve Apostles 118 km
Limestone stacks standing in the surf off Port Campbell National Park, carved from the cliffs by the Southern Ocean. There were never really twelve, and the waves keep wearing them down, but at sunset from the clifftop lookout they glow orange.
Loch Ard Gorge 119 km
A narrow cove in Port Campbell National Park, a few minutes' drive west of the Twelve Apostles, with a small sandy beach enclosed by high limestone cliffs. It takes its name from the clipper Loch Ard, which was wrecked nearby in 1878.
Naracoorte Caves National Park 151 km
A park in the south-east of South Australia whose caves hold an extensive fossil record, inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1994 together with Riversleigh. Of its 28 known caves only four are open to the public, the rest kept for research and protection.
Great Ocean Road 171 km
A 240 kilometre road along Victoria's south-west coast between Torquay and Allansford, built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932. It was dedicated to those killed in the First World War, making it the world's largest war memorial, and it leads to the Twelve Apostles.
Sovereign Hill 180 km
An open-air museum in Ballarat that recreates the town's first ten years after gold was found there in 1851. Costumed people work the shops and smithies along its main street, and visitors can pan for gold in the creek.
Melbourne Zoo 268 km
The oldest zoo in Australia, set within Royal Park in Parkville about 4 kilometres north of the city centre. It keeps thousands of animals of more than 240 species, from native wombats and platypus to elephants and gorillas.
Queen Victoria Market 268 km
The largest open-air market in the Southern Hemisphere, more than seven hectares of sheds and halls at the edge of the city centre. Its meat and deli halls and fruit stalls have traded since the 19th century, and summer nights bring a food market.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Victoria
Questions
Where is Budj Bim?
Budj Bim is in Macarthur, Victoria, Australia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Grampians National Park (105 km), Twelve Apostles (118 km), Loch Ard Gorge (119 km).
How do I get the Budj Bim stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Budj Bim and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Victoria volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Budj Bim before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Victoria volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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