We took a puppy for fostering care recently so now I’m always on lookout for dog-friendly walks. Dogs are allowed at the Lilydale Lake and we never been there before so we drove there to meet our friends on Sunday morning.
It is definitely a popular spot – our friends had a hard time finding a parking spot.
We walked clock-wise and took detour to the boardwalk which lead to a bird hide.
The trail was wide and flat, very easy to walk on.
With lamp posts on the way it definitely felt like a walk in a park, not a hike in nature.
The walk around the lake is about 2 km long. We decided to extend it to 4 km by walking along Olinda Creek.
Swimming in the lake was ‘not recommended’ but we saw a lot of kayaks.
All picnic tables under cover were taken but we still had a nice picnic on the grass in shadow under a tree.