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Diamond Creek Trail – Eltham to Wattle Glen
We wanted to walk on the Diamond Creek Trail and return back by train for long time and finally we did it on King’s Birthday holiday. We took a train to Eltham and started walking north. There were a lot of cyclists and people with dogs. Soon we reached Eltham Adventure Playground. Windmill House has…
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Janefield Wetlands and Plenty Gorge Park
Plenty Gorge Park is our favourite place to go for a walk. This time we started from Janefield Wetlands near Uni Hill. We returned on the trail next to the Plenty River. We walked 6.1 km for about 1.5 hours. Recording of our walk on Strava.
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Marshland Track in Plenty Gorge Park
We returned to Plenty Gorge to take a quick walk on Saturday afternoon. We started from parking next to the playground. Almost immediately we saw a kangaroo: The trees around Hawkstowe picnic area still had their autumn leaves: Our children recognised the area – they’ve been here before with scouts. It started getting dark and…
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Yellow Gum Circuit
We went for another local walk in Plenty Gorge park. We started from Plenty Gorge Upper Carpark. We passed a gigantic water tank on the left. The trail was obviously mountain back track with crazy zigzags. It became more straight after about 1.5 km. Lots of grass and gum trees. The trail was quite easy,…
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Spiritual Creek Walk in Woodlands Historic Park
Woodlands Historic Park is located in Greenvale, not far from Melbourne Airport. We took our dog for a walk there on Sunday. We started from Woodlands Homestead. They serve Devonshire tea here. Interesting design of benches around trees. Just in front of the Homestead are real Living Legends! Established to bring retired champion horses back…
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Plenty Gorge North
Plenty Gorge Park is located north-east from Melbourne. We decided to try the Plenty Gorge North walk. It starts from the car park at Hawkstowe Recreation Reserve in South Morang. These three walks start from the Hawkstowe Picnic area but we had a longer route ahead of us. The trail started wide and convenient. The…
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Plenty River Trail
We went for a short walk on Sunday. Even though we live in the area for about 18 years we never walked to the northern end of the Plenty River Trail. We started from a car park at Calparrin Avenue near Greensborough Plaza. The wide track consisted of concrete slabs. There was an alternative earthy…
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Gresswell Forest
It was a nice Sunday afternoon and we wanted to go for a walk. Gresswell Forest in Bundoora was within walking distance and we decided to go there. It took us about 20 minutes to reach one of the side entrances. We saw 2 shelters made of branches. Not sure who made them and why.…
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Heidelberg to Templestowe
We’ve been on Main Yarra Trail many times before but we decided to take a walk from Heidelberg to Templestowe again. It was a nice Sunday afternoon and the starting point in Warringal Parklands was just a 10 minute drive from us. We saw trace of the recent flood – mud on the trail and…