Tractor Trails: Kurth Kiln Forest & History

Tractor Trails / Free self-guided adventure / Gembrook

Historic forest, a wartime charcoal kiln and a proper country picnic. Kurth Kiln Regional Park is a great way to spend a few hours exploring close to Gembrook. Make OTR Gembrook your coffee or lunch stop and enjoy the park at your own pace.

Choose your forest walk

Tomahawk Creek Circuit — approximately 2 km, 30-minute circuit, starting at Kurth Kiln Picnic Ground. This is described by Parks Victoria as a gentle walk following Tomahawk Creek.

Thornton Walking Track — approximately 2 km, 30 minutes return from the picnic ground, with a longer loop option via Scout Loop Track and Soldiers Road.

Shiprock Falls — a separate short stop, approximately 300 m / 10 minutes return from Shiprock Falls Picnic Area.

The highlights

Discover the surviving charcoal kiln built during the Second World War, forest history and a picnic ground with information boards. Bring your own picnic and take time to enjoy the bushland. Our proposed OTR picnic packs will be available to preview while we finalise the range.

Start with something good

Heading up from Emerald? Stop at Over the Road Gembrook before or after your outing for food or coffee; our proposed picnic pack range is currently available as a demo preview. Want more local ideas? Explore Tractor Trails.

Route information follows the Parks Victoria visitor guide. Forest tracks, weather, fire warnings and access can change. Take drinking water, stay on designated public routes and check conditions before leaving. Photography is illustrative, not a photograph of the mapped route.