Yanakie

History

The area was one of the last to be settled in rural Victoria. Just south of the township, one can see the Yanakie drain, which was built to drain water from a large swamp prior to settlement and runs from near the national park boundary to empty into Shallow Inlet. The Post Office opened on 5 December 1892 and closed in 1952.

Geography

As the nearest town to Wilsons Promontory National Park, Yanakie has several accommodation and retail outlets. There are public toilets, a children's playground, tourist information boards, and bush and coastal walks. Yanakie hosts regional Camp Drafts (features horse and cattle skills) at a purpose-built arena. The main activity in the surrounding area is dairy farming, mainly because of its good and reliable rainfall. The second main occupations relate to tourism, with beef and sheep farming numbers increasing. The area also has views towards the northern end of the Promontory, and towards the Toora Hills and Toora Wind Farm across Corner Inlet. Yanakie experiences an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb) with warm, drier summers and relatively mild, wetter winters. The wettest recorded day was 27 December 2023 with of rainfall. Extreme temperatures ranged from on 25 January 2019 to on 19 July 2015.

Most-observed species

• Superb Fairywren

  Malurus cyaneus (Ellis, 1782) · Aves
  1,293
• Pacific Gull

  Larus pacificus Latham, 1801 · Aves
  1,240
• Gray Fantail

  Rhipidura albiscapa Gould, 1840 · Aves
  1,204
• Silver Gull

  Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) · Aves
  1,169
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  1,044
• Brown Thornbill

  Acanthiza pusilla (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  997
• swamp wallaby

  Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) · Mammalia
  888
• White-faced Heron

  Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  812

Most recent

• M 3.3 — 2026-05-09
  4 km ESE of Mirboo North, Australia
• M 4.3 — 2024-02-08
  3 km E of Leongatha, Australia
• M 4.6 — 2012-07-20
  8 km S of Trafalgar, Australia
• M 5.2 — 2012-06-19
  11 km NNE of Mirboo North, Australia
• M 3.7 — 2011-07-05
  2 km NW of Korumburra, Australia
• M 3.3 — 2011-07-05
  6 km ENE of Korumburra, Australia