The old pub yarn says the workers finished off a night on the town by taking their chisels to a large block of wood, which sits outside the Royal Hotel to this day. Since then the Yarraman Business group have funded the careful carving of six additional timber ‘Yarramen’ all with their own unique decorative designs.

The name Yarraman means horse in the Port Jackson Pidgin English spread by Aboriginal stockmen in eastern Australia. It derives from the word ‘yira’ or ‘yera’ meaning large teeth. The town ship had paid homage to this with an impressive horse sculpture rearing on his hind legs just up the hill from the Police Station on the main street through town.

 The Yarraman State Forest is home to impressive hoop pines plantations as well as subtropical rainforest and prickly vine forests on the broad hills above the town. Drive through the plantations to picnic or barbecue at picturesque Rogers Park. While camping is not permitted at Yarraman State Forest, walkers can use the logging and service tracks to view a great variety of birdlife within the towering hoop pine plantations and dense vine forests and registered four-wheel-drive vehicles and trail bikes, horses and bicycles may be driven or ridden on formed roads in this forest.