It is a 11,350-hectare (28,000-acre) reserve comprising box-ironbark forest and rocky granite outcrops, including the Melville Caves.

[1][2] Popular activities include bird watching, horse riding, camping, caving, rock climbing, fossicking, and bush walking.

Facilities include walking tracks, lookouts, a campground, toilets, and a picnic ground complete with a covered shelter featuring a stone fireplace with chimney named Catto Lodge.

This lodge was named after local resident Stanley Ross Catto (dec) who worked tirelessly to develop the park.

[2] The original inhabitants of the area were the Jaara people who used the rock caves and shelters for protection from the weather.