Parking
Start at the Stockyards Campground car park and follow the signed track west to the cemetery, then return the same way.
Overview
About Yanakie Cemetery Walk
Why go
- A compact stop with an unusual early-settlement story.
Heads up
- The walk is very short, with the small cemetery as its only destination.
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation21–47 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
2 active Wilsons Promontory alerts
- ClosureSouthern area closures and October deer-control restrictionsMentions this trailDo not enter the listed southern visitor areas during their closures, and plan around the October aerial deer-control operation.Official details
- InfoEntrance traffic management and delaysAllow extra travel time and follow traffic controls at the Wilsons Promontory National Park entrance.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Wilsons Promontory Tour Guide
Your drive to Yanakie Cemetery Walk, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Wilsons Promontory National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this area
The Walk to Big Drift0:00 / 0:28
“You're approaching Stockyard, where the walk to Big Drift begins. The return is about four and a half kilometres and two hours: a firm track through bush, then a steep climb in loose sand.”
Plays near this trailhead in the Parkwolf Wilsons Promontory Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- The Sand That Joined the Prom
- Why This Grassland Needs Fire
- The Wombat's Hidden Day
- Five Mile Road and Millers Landing
- 22 audio storiesacross Wilsons Promontory’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Wedge-tailed Eagle, Koala, Bare-nosed Wombat, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 36 trails, 46 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Trail guide
Hiking Yanakie Cemetery Walk
The walkYanakie Cemetery Walk is an easy out-and-back from Stockyards Campground to a small historic…
Yanakie Cemetery Walk is an easy out-and-back from Stockyards Campground to a small historic cemetery. Allow about 1.2 km round trip — roughly 600 m each way — and 20 minutes. It’s a short history stop, not a bushwalk to build a day around.
At the cemeteryFive people are buried here, a stark reminder of how remote and harsh early settlement at the…
Five people are buried here, a stark reminder of how remote and harsh early settlement at the Prom could be. The cemetery is small; the destination, rather than the walking, is the reason to come. I’d add it as a brief detour while you’re already at Stockyard, especially if you’re interested in the Prom’s early settlement.
Access and footingStart at the Stockyards Campground car park and follow the signed track west to the cemetery,…
Start at the Stockyards Campground car park and follow the signed track west to the cemetery, then return the same way. The path is short and graded easy, but the ground is uneven and limbs can fall. Dogs aren’t allowed.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Wilsons Promontory
18 sightingsWedge-tailed EagleMost seen around 11 AMSighting map
29 sightingsKoalaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
774 sightingsBare-nosed WombatMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
291 sightingsEastern Grey KangarooMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
512 sightingsSwamp WallabyMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
20 sightingsIndochinese Hog DeerMost seen around 7 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Wilsons Promontory. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
