DAY
WALKS MELBOURNE
Update for edition 1, 2005
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Typographic errors
Page 161, caption should be 'Superb Lyrebird' (spelling error)
Changes
Floods and fires have closed some walks. Walks 22 and 26 are still
closed.
Parks plan on
progressively reopening these tracks as repair
works proceed.
Page 4. The publisher address has changed to PO Box 5042, Laburnum,
Victoria 3130.
Page 17, Tides. The Flinders website has closed. Tides can now be
obtained at www.bom.gov.au/oceanography/tides
Walk 1 - track to Currawong falls closed due to burning peat.
Walk 10 - track closed form the 3.3km to 4.5km point due to some fallen
trees and a bridge being covered with flood debris. While we cant
suggest you walk it as its officially closed, experienced walkers are
crossing the creek using a tree 10m before the bridge.
Walk 11 - Reopened since the floods except the alternative return from
Bryces Flat to Tipperary Springs on the west side of the creek is still
closed.
Walk 15, trees and flood debris often block parts of the first 5km
of
the walk. Sometimes it is
necessary to climb and sidle past these obstacles so expect progress
for the first 5km to be slow. Approaching Nolan and Kenworthy Tracks,
the track is very narrow as it sidles above old mining washaways, some
will find it easier and safer to follow the river bank to the campsite
at Kenworthy Track then climb to rejoin the main track as its wider
from there.
Walk 16, Access - the junction for the turn to Lake Merrimu has been
moved eastward 300m and is not on top of the hill (now much safer).
Map, vertical grid numbers should be 29, 30, 31 (not 28,
29, 30), the map at the car park incorrectly shows all of the walking
track on the east side of the creek, the location on our map is
correct. When there is water in the creek, at GR 786302, follow the
vehicle track eastward 100m then turn left onto a walking track to
descend
back to creek level and then continue onto Long Point.
Walk 21, on weekends, all day parking can sometimes be hard to find
around
Mordialloc. One suggestion is the car park near the corner of Chute
Street and Governer Road in Mordialloc on the east side of the railway
line (Melway 92 G1) - this is not far from the station. During
weekdays there should be plenty of parking near the sportsgrounds in
Chelsea
(Melway 93 D12 or 97 E1) - you would then join the circuit walk from
the 12.5km
point in the notes.
Walk 27 - Shelley Harris Track closed due to fire damage. Start from
the 4.0km point and skip the Shelley Harris Track - this shortens the
walk to 15km.
Walk 38, the start of the walk at the end of the nature trail is
currently not obvious. The left track looks like a vehicle access
track but is actually the end of the nature trail. If the track is
still not found then do the entire walk in reverse - some groups have
found this to be OK. Also Triangle and Link Road are swapped over on
the signposts - all maps show them as we do but on the ground at
present they are signposted as each other - we are sure you are as
confused over this one as we are.
Snail Mail Address
John Chapman, PO Box 5042, Laburnum, 3130, Australia
Photographs and text are copyright © 2005-2011 John Chapman.
Last updated : December 21st 2011