Greater Bendigo National Park and Bendigo Regional Park
The box-ironbark forests that ring Bendigo, one of the richest goldfields on earth. The regional park is open; the national park is open in its designated areas.
Land
Regional park (open) and national park (designated areas)
Nearest town
Bendigo
Distance
Around the city
Old workings inside
98
Photo: BenCellini, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Location
Greater Bendigo National Park and Bendigo Regional Park is near the Bendigo region
Fossicking Area Boundary
Official declared boundary from the NT Government. You may only fossick within this area.
Boundary coordinates from NT Government gazettal
Can you prospect here?
- !Bendigo Regional Park: prospecting is allowed with a current Miner's Right and hand tools.
- !Greater Bendigo National Park: only in the designated areas shown on the Parks Victoria map.
- !Bendigo Creek is on the banned list. Don't fossick in it.
Parks Victoria prospecting areas map (PDF)
Banned waterways here: Bendigo Creek, Axe Creek, Bullock Creek, Emu Creek. Victoria bans prospecting in these rivers and creeks. Full list.
Mining and exploration licences can sit over any of this ground. On the Dig Here map, turn on Land tenure and Current leases and tap the spot: you get a straight YES or NO, and the titles update every Sunday.
History
Gold was found on Bendigo Creek in 1851, and Bendigo became one of the richest goldfields in the world, first for its alluvial gold and then for its deep quartz reefs. The Central Deborah, the last of the big mines, closed in 1954.
Where to look
The regional park and the national park's designated areas take in old alluvial ground and reef workings around the city. Bendigo has 1 m LiDAR on the Dig Here map, which shows the old diggings under the trees.
Getting there
Parts of the parks sit on the edge of Bendigo, at Kangaroo Flat, Eaglehawk and Huntly, and in the Whipstick north of the city.
Camping
Check with Parks Victoria (13 1963). There are campgrounds in the Whipstick section.
See Greater Bendigo National Park and Bendigo Regional Park on the map
Old workings, flow direction on every creek, mining titles and a YES or NO for any spot.
Open the mapMore in Bendigo and Heathcote
Rules: Resources Victoria and Parks Victoria, checked 6 Nov 2026. Boundaries: DEECA Public Land and Parks. Always check before you go.