Yarram is located in South Gippsland. It is 73 kilometres south west of the regional centre of Sale and 62 kilometres south east of Traralgon. The town is in a picturesque plain between the Strzelecki Mountain Ranges to the north and ocean beaches to the south. It is the main town in an area among many outlying communities. Yarram is the ideal place to go for the best combination of mountains, forests, open farmland and beautiful coastline with endless beaches.
The main industries in the surrounding area are dairying, sheep, cattle, horses, processing fish and tourism.
The area surrounding Yarram is rich dairy country. Yarram is ideally situated between two different physical features, the sea and the mountains and there are plenty of opportunities nearby to take part in the best of both these regional features.
Port Albert, only a few kilometres to the south, is Gippsland’s oldest port, first used in 1842.
The Tarra-Bulga National Park offers a unique view into the vegetation of Gippsland prior to settlement. There are many varieties of ferns, as well as trees such as the towering mountain ash, blackwood, sassafras, myrtle beech. The national park holds numerous varieties of animal life including lyrebirds, bats, lizards, wombats, platypus, possums, kangaroos and echidnas.
The wilderness area of Wilson’s Promontory is nearby to the southwest.
Yarram has a strong sense of community spirit, friendliness and hospitality that is typified by the Tarra Festival held annually during Easter. There are many sporting activities that follow at the racecourse, a country fair at the local park and local artists hold exhibitions of their work.
Bushwalking is available in the Tarra-Bulga National Park in the Strzelecki Ranges and along the foreshore of the Ninety-Mile Beach.
