Campers robbed at gunpoint in Vic

A trio armed with a gun and hatchet and standing in the glare of a car's lights have robbed two people camped out in a tent in Victoria.

The 21-year-old Englishman and 23-year-old Italian woman were woken by banging on their tent and yelling around 12.30am (AEDT) on Tuesday.

They went outside and were confronted by two men and a woman standing in front of a vehicle with its high beam lights on.

The trio were believed to be carrying a firearm and a hatchet, police said.

They demanded money and the victims handed over an iPhone after saying they didn't have any cash.

The robbers left the camping site, just off a bush track known as Cemetery Road near Shepparton, in a silver or white vehicle with a bull bar.