Getting there - Driving instructions:

Kangaroos in the Top Paddock is just over 3 hours drive from Melbourne.
There are two alternative driving routes:

Option 1:

  1. Take the Western Highway out of the city, pass the turn-off to Ballarat and travel through Ararat and Stawell.
  2. Continue along the Western Highway 29 km beyond Stawell.
  3. Turn left into Jackmans Road (a sealed road 30 metres beyond the Northern Grampians Tourist Area sign, 2 km before Dadswell's Bridge).
  4. Follow Jackmans Road to the first intersection and turn right into Roses Gap Road, watching for the sign "Wartook 23kms".
  5. Follow Roses Gap Road to its intersection with Northern Grampians Road (approx 19km) and turn left onto Northern Grampians Road.
  6. Proceed along the Wartook Valley for 4 kms via the Northern Grampians Road.
  7. Top Paddock is the last entrance on your right before you enter the Grampians National Park.

Option 2:

This route is slower and goes through the Grampians National Park via Halls Gap:

  1. Take the Western Highway out of the city, pass the turn-off to Ballarat and travel through Ararat and Stawell.
  2. Turn left at Stawell towards Halls Gap, continuing for approximately 20kms.
  3. Turn right into Northern Grampians Road and continue for approximately 25kms.
  4. Top Paddock is the first gate on the left after you leave the Grampians National Park, 4 km. beyond the kangaroo viewing area at Zumsteins.
  

 

 
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Kangaroos in the Top Paddock

3062 Mount Victory Road,
Wartook Valley.

(Note that the Google Map cannot show our exact address location.
Please refer to the directions at left)