Distance: 8-9Kms, Grading: Easy, S-2-1. Details: Start and finish at lower plenty hotel carpark MEL 20 K9 front of hotel entrance. We travel along the Plenty River on a well-made track crossing the river at several points. Will arrive at the athletes track at Montmorency and make our way back to the carpark. Estimated time...
Distance: 12 kms, Grading: Medium, M-4-4. Details: Starting in the center of Hepburn, we will be walking along various springs before heading north to Jackson’s Lookout. Some good views of Mt Franklin and the surrounding countryside can be observed from the lookout. We continue north along the Dry Diggings trail to Hunts Dam, a quiet...
Distance: 14km. Grading: Medium, M-3-3 Details: On this walk, we’ll explore the many wonders off the main trails of the Woodlands Historic Park. Starting from the main carpark we’ll visit Turtle rock, two separate trig points, one on top of Mt Gellibrand, which is a pretty short hill as mountains go ha ha, but there...
Distance: 8 to 9 km, Grading: Easy, S-2-2. From Southern Cross station we travel by train to Newmarket where we start our walk at the 1851 Stock Yards. We follow the stockman’s route through the village to the Maribyrnong River. On reaching the Maribyrnong River we will visit the Vietnamese Heavenly Queen Buddhist temple. Bring...
Distance: 12 km, Grading: Easy/Medium, M-3-3. Details: An easy walk along the shores of Coronet Bay and surrounding farmland. Excellent views of French Island and Phillip Island. Good track with 2km of beach walking, meet details TBA.
The shorter walk will require a car shuffle to Long Gully Rd. where we will avoid steep hills but enjoy bush tracks, including Wimbi Reserve. Enjoy the native animals and the song of the birds. Meet at either The Pines Shopping Centre - 8.45 am., or Panton Hill Hotel - 9.30 am. Jack’s harder and...
Distance:16.6 km - M L 5-5 Details: Starting at the Blackwood Picnic Ground we’ll cross the bridge, sample the spring water then head up the stairs and follow the trail up to Shaws Lake. Continuing on wide fire trail roads through the pretty forest to Tunnel Point Track, we turn right, now it gets a...
Distance: 12km (3.5hr), Grading: Medium, M-3-3. Details: Meet and start at Masons falls car park. We travel along Boundary track up to the main entrance. Then we travel along the Sugarloaf ridge track to the top of Mt Sugarloaf. We make our way back down Sugarloaf to Wallaby track which leads us to Masons falls....
Distance: 14.5 km Grading: Medium M 5-5 Detail: The walk starts and finishes at the Pyrete Range entrance gate. The walk winds up the back of Mount Sugarloaf via a series of single-file tracks, ascending approx. 300mtrs before walking down the other side on a wide track with some great views of Mount Blackwood/Lerderderg Gorge...
Distance: 12 kms, Grading: Easy/Medium, M-3-2. Details: A walk starting and concluding at the Lower Plenty Hotel combining the Plenty River Trail and Main Yarra Trail on a mixture of sealed, gravel, and dirt tracks. Meet at Lower Plenty Hotel, 4 Main Road, Lower Plenty at 9 am for a 9.15 start. Should finish at...
