australia:vic:melbourne_bushwalks
bushwalks within 200km of Melbourne
must do walks for the tourist
bushwalks around Melbourne
south-west
Pt Cook coastal park
Werribee River Regional Park
You Yangs (53km SW)
small range of massive granite boulders formed from slowly cooling volcanic magma 365 million years ago during the Devonian period when Australia was within the Antarctic circle and joined to Gondwanaland. The covering sedimentary layer has long been eroded leaving the hard granite exposed many millions of years ago.
nearby at Anakie are dormant volcanos which are very recent with lava flows around 2-3 million years ago
the You Yangs and Brisbane Ranges cause a rain shadow effect causing the western suburbs of Melbourne to be drier than the eastern suburbs.
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Brisbane Ranges (100km SW to Steiglitz)
Otway Ranges and Great Ocean Road rainforest and coastal walks (140km to Lorne)
west
north-west
Organ Pipes National Park - Keilor - lava formations
Emu Bottom Wetlands Reserve and Homestead - Sunbury - historic homestead
Mt Macedon (68km N)
Hanging Rock (76km N)
Black Hill Summit Hike - Kyneton District (94km N)
Gobaw Ranges (86km N)
Mt Alexander (130km N)
Castlemaine gold diggings heritage park (120km N)
Muckleford gold diggings (135km NW)
Daylesford mineral springs walks (114km NW)
Heathcote-Graytown National Park (156km N to Graytown)
north-east
Warrandyte State Park (15-35km E)
Pound Bend Walk
Bob's Wetlands
Whipstick Gully Circuit - gold mining relics
Longridge Park Walk - Warrandyte
Currawong Bush Park Walk - Warrandyte
Gold Heritage Walk
Mt Lofty Circuit Walk
Christmas Hills district
Smith's Gully
Panton Hill
Plenty Gorge parklands
Kinglake
Toolangi State Forest (60km NE)
Yea River Walk - Yea (80km NE)
Wilhemina Falls - Murrindindi Scenic Reserve (85km NE)
Black Range State Forest (100km NE)
east
Yarra parklands
Yarra Valley district
Yarra Junction - Little Yarra Riverside Walk
Lilydale-Warburton Rail Trail
Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve (50km E)
Dandenong Ranges
Mt. Evelyn Aqueduct Trail
Emerald Lake Park
George Tindale Gardens (Sherbrooke)
Belgrave Lake Park
Karwarra Australian Plant Garden - Kalorama
Kalorama Park Nature Trail - Kalorama
Gembrook Bushland Walk
Butterfield Nature and Flora Reserve - Emerald
Wright Forest Walk - Cockatoo
Mt. Morton - Belgrave Heights
William Baluk Flora Reserve - Belgrave Heights
Police Paddocks Walk - Endeavour Hills
Ridge Road Reserve (John's Hill) - Kallista
Dandenong Ranges Tourist Track
Emerald-Cockatoo Trail
Mine Shaft Forest Reserve - Macclesfield
Bunyip State Park (60km E)
Kirth Kiln Park (65km E)
Tomahawk Creek Track
Gilwell Track
Warburton (80km E)
Yarra Ranges NP (~80-100km E)
Noojee State Forest (100km E)
Marysville State Forest (100km NE)
Cathedral Ranges State Park (120km NE)
south-east
Lysterfield Hills
Churchill NP
Lysterfield Lake Park
Pakenham and west Gippsland region
Beaconsfield Flora and Fauna Reserve
Wilson Botanic Park - Berwick - good views
Cardinia Aqueduct Trail - Pakenham (50km SE)
Chamber's Flora and Fauna Park - Upper Pakenham
Yarrabubba Forest Reserve - Maryknoll
Bunyip Nature Sanctuary - wetlands
Labertouche Creek Fauna and Flora Reserve
Mt Worth State Park (120km SE)
Lyrebird Forest Walk - Mirboo North (140km E)
Morwell NP (150km SE)
Phillip Island (140km SE)
Tarra Bulga NP (180km SW) - 1-4km walks
Wilsons Promontory (224km SE)
south (Mornington Pensinsula)
australia/vic/melbourne_bushwalks.txt · Last modified: 2018/06/08 10:37 by gary1