Badger Creek
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The Black Spur
The scenic drive between Healesville and
Warburton
via The Acheron Way
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Mt Riddell Climb
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Yarra
Valley and Dandenong Ranges
National
Parks & Places to Visit
Parks
To Visit, Walking Tracks, Forest Drives, and More
Badger
Weir Healesville
Set
in a
beautiful forest setting with parrots, lyrebirds, kangaroos, goannas
and
kookaburras all likely to be seen. A very popular picnic area. A
number of walks can be taken from the car park but do take the walk
along
the western side of the creek down to the weir where on quieter days
you
are likely to see kangaroos and lyrebirds, especially on cooler
days.
A magical spot.
Dandenong
Ranges National
Park
A
network
of walking tracks gives access to most parts of the park. The
park
extends from Mt Evelyn and Silvan to Olinda, Sassafras, Sherbrooke,
Kallista,
Ferntree Gully and Mt Dandenong.
Yarra Ranges
National Park
Rainforest
Gallery
Discover
the mystery and the magnitude of the ancient Mountain Ash and Myrtle
Beech
forests on a journey through the tree tops and fern gullies.
Mount
Donna
Buang
At
1245 metres
high Mt Donna Buang has panoramic views over melbourne, the Yarra
Valley,
the Dandenong Ranges, Cathedral Ranges, Mount Baw Baw and the Alps.
Lady
Talbot
Forest Drive
Take
a short
scenic drive beside the Taggerty River to discover raging waterfalls
that
cascade over enormous granite boulders, bubbling creeks, beautiful tree
fern gullies under tall eucalypts and finally enter a magical ancient
rainforest
that looks much as it has for many millions of years.
Cumberland
Scenic Reserve
16
km east
of Marysville. More than 300 hectares, an extremely valuable stand of
mountain
ash. visit The Big Tree, Cora-Lynn Falls, Barton's Lookout, cumberland
Falls, Cambarville, and Sovereign View.
Murrindindi
Scenic Reserve
Near
Toolangi.
The reserve and surrounding forest offer a wide variety of walks
ranging
from short strolls to day-long hikes. See Wilhelmina Falls,
Murrindindi
Cascades, Historic tramway and Old Dindi Mill.
The Ada Tree
Probably
over 300 years old, the Ada Tree stands 76 metres in height with a
circumference
of 15 metres measured at 1.5 metres above ground level. The Ada
tree
is a giant Mountain Ash. It towers over surrounding rainforest in
the headwaters of the Little Ada River north-east of Powelltown.
The tree is accessible from Warburton, Powelltown or Noojee. An 86 Km
forest
drive round trip will take you via Starlings Gap, The Ada Tree, Ada No
2 Mill, The Bump and Seven Acre Rock.
Walk
a 3.6
km round walk to the Ada tree, a very worthwhile experience.
Mt Riddell Climb
Accessed
from the south-eastern
edge of Healesville, Mt Riddell presents a challenge to the fittest of
walkers. The route allows foot access to many miles of native bushland.
For a more
comprehensive
list of places to visit or walk check out the information at one of the
visitor Information Centres.
Yarra
Valley - Harker
Street, Healesville
Warburton
Ranges - Main
Road, Warburton
Dandenongs
- Burwood
Hwy, Ferntree Gully
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Warburton
Trail
This
trail starts
in Lilydale at the former bridge crossing on Maroondah Highway and
follows
the former train line all the way to Warburton, a distance of 38
km.
It may be joined at any place alont the route and is open to cyclists,
horse riders or the intrepid walker.
Silvan
Reservoir Park
Set
in the foothills
of the Dandenong Ranges Silvan Reservoir Park is an easy drive from
Melbourne
and ideal for a day away from it all. For the more enthusiastic,
try one of several forest walking tracks which commence from the
Overflow
Carpark.
William
Ricketts Sanctuary
An
open-air sculptor gallery amidst magnificent forest on Mt
Dandenong.
It was created by the late William Ricketts, a self-taught sculptor who
embraced aboriginal ideas in seeing nature as a living force and
modelling
his figures from real life.
Healesville
Sanctuary
One
of
Australia's most popular tourist attractions. World renown for holding
the world's largest collection of Australian wildlife blending into a
spacious
and tranquil Australian bush setting. 31 hectares of natural bush.
Warburton
Riverside Walk
The
Riverside
Walk can begin or end at any of the six bridges crossing the Yarra
Behind
the township. The total walk of approximately 5 km has a number
of
attractive rest stops along the way. For the lucky walker a
glimpse
is always possible.
La La Falls -
Warburton
A
1.6 km
walk along Four Mile Creek to the La La Falls is accessed from Old
Warburton
Road via Park Road, Warburton. The LaLa walk is a steady, gradual
climb up to the falls. For those interested in the vegetation there is
certainly enough diversity to hold one's attention.
Maroondah
Reservoir Park
Just
a few
km out of Healesville is the beautiful park of one of Melbourne's well
known water reservoirs. Beautiful gardens, lawns and walks make this a
popular picnic destination.
The Warburton Trail
Once the
main link between
Warburton and the thriving Melbourne town the railway brought guests to
Warburton for a honeymoon or to stay in one of the many chalets for a
time
away from home.
The Railway
was also the
means local timber workers, farmers and the general public had of
sending
their produce and timber to the city markets.
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