Essendon Bushwalking Club

This enjoyable circuit walk follows a mixture of walking trails and quiet management vehicle tracks. Starts and ends at Silvan Dam Overflow Car Park We will have morning tea at Valley Picnic Ground.

Lunch at Olinda Falls or on the Cascade Track

The Olinda section of Dandenong Ranges National Park, covering 790 hectares between Olinda, Kalorama and the catchment of Silvan Reservoir, once formed part of the Dandenong State Forest Reserve. One of the newer section of the National Park, Olinda boasts relatively undisturbed native habitat.

Olinda Falls: The headwaters of Olinda Creek offer two small cascades on the very edge of the Olinda Forest section of the Dandenong Ranges National Park

Grade(s):14-16 KM EM

Bring:  Your happy smiles, cameras, usual day walking gear, water, boot                                                           Notify:  On Mobile 0401531450

Please read addendum, below ...

OK, so it's Australia Day. Not normally something I get too excited about, but this year I thought I'd offer a walk from our new Anzac Station, passing lots of Australiana and finishing at our own Moonee Ponds home base (passing Cobbers Memorial, the Shrine, Simpson and the Donkey, Australian Turkish memorial, John Monash and Thomas Blainey's monuments, King George momorial, Sydney Myer Arts centre, Yarra River, William Barack bridge, Danaher's Way, The MCG with Dennis Lillee, Shane Warne, John Coleman, Jim Stynes, Neil Harvey, Kevin Bartlett and Norm Smith statues, Fitzroy Gardens and Cook's cottage, St Patrick's Cathedral, Pastor Doug and Lady Gladys Nichols Memorial, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Grollo Fountain, Bali Memorial, Melbourne University, Anzac Memorial, Melbourne General Cemetary with Prime Ministers Memorial Garden, Princes Park, Royal Park with Burke and Wiils Memorial, finishing in Moonee Ponds with of course Everage St and our very own Burke and Wills Memorial in Queen's Park.

The walk will start at 9.30am, from a cafe near Anzac Station (tba when I know what's open). Get to the cafe at 9.00 if you want a coffee before the walk.

Distance is 16km -there are of course lots of "stopping early" localities if the feet get sore ...

Addendum (added after my pre-walk)
1. The Cafe to meet at is "The Kettle Black", address 50 Albert Rd, South Melbourne. It's about 100m SW of Anzac Station. It's a nice cafe, get there at 9am for a coffee or meet to start the walk at 9.30.
2. Don't rely on Southbound trains on the new Metro Line to Anzac Station. Check if you like, but they weren't running this morning prior to 10am. Safer to go to Flinders St and catch a tram down to Anzac.
3. The number of monuments and statues to took at (and I do mean to stop at most - they're very interesting) means it's a slow journey. Because of that, I'll probably call a stop after about 12.5km, when we're near the corner of Flemington Rd and Elliot Avenue. (The last few km to Moonee Ponds are a bit "ho hum: anyway ...). From that location, the 59 tram goes North towards Essendon or South back to the City).

This is the annual Base Camp at Marysville over 4 days

The base camp will at the Maysville Caravan Park, where I have reserved 5 Cabins (4 berth) for Essendon Bushwalking Club

You will need to ring the park to book a place and pay $125 per person. Phone 5963 3247.

The walks will be Easy

Bring a cut lunch for the first day and meet at the Caravban Park at 11:30

1. Beech Rainforest Walk alnog a cascading creek 8 km

2. Lake Mountian Wild Flowers 8 km

3. Stephenson Falls 8 km

We will go out for a pub dinner one night otherwise it is BYO food

Bring warm cloths as well as wet weather gear as it can be wet and cold. 

Once registered please call Ron Bell  on 0429 384 057 and let him know you have booked on the Base Camp 

Any other questions or queries call Ron Bell

This urban walk starts at Moonee Ponds Bowling Club, goes down some side streets to Moonee Ponds Creek, passes through Parkville Gardens and emerges near some playing fields of Royal Park. We'll have morning tea here before joining the Capital City Trail for a short time then do a loop of Princes Park and break for lunch. We'll then rejoin the Capital City Trail and make our way back to the bowling club. An easy walk on mainly flat surfaces with some small climbs midway and at the end. Joggers are fine. Boots optional.  If weather is forecast to be over 30 degrees the walk may be modified or cancelled. 

NOTE:  Public transport to the Bowling Club is recommended as the walk is on a weekday where parking is limited.