Track closure at Murray River National Park - Katarapko

Published: 13 August 2026

The Log Cross­ing Track is closed to the gen­er­al pub­lic until 20 Novem­ber 2026 for pub­lic safe­ty due to flood­ing dur­ing envi­ron­men­tal watering. 

Envi­ron­men­tal water­ing at Katara­p­ko is under­way again this year, with water recent­ly being allo­cat­ed to under­take this oppor­tu­ni­ty which assists in main­tain­ing the health of long lived veg­e­ta­tion such as red gum, black box and lignum. 

Unfor­tu­nate­ly this means the clo­sure of some roads due to flood­ing, details are as follows:

Clo­sures:
• Log Cross­ing Track closed to the gen­er­al public

Entry/​Access:
• The park is still acces­si­ble via Drap­er Road (Lock 4 entrance) and the Katara­p­ko entrance on Katara­p­ko Cres­cent via Winkie road
• All camp­sites are still accessible