Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Olinda Valley

Walk 24 from "Day Walks Melbourne"

Length: 12.1km
Time: 3.5 hours

Dam Road (This is the same place as the picture on p.122) -


We decided that we would do another short walk. It was a beautiful sunny day (~20degrees) with little cloud overhead. We followed the outlined map in the book with one deviation. The deviation that we took was at the end of Rifle Range Gully Track. Instead of going up Barges Track, we went on Bartlett Track which was more of a walking track than Barges Track (we've been on Barges Track before). It was a good deviation and I highly suggest it. Bartletts Track then reenters Barges Track and you continue walking onto Georges Track. We then sat down and had lunch at Eagles Nest Picnic Ground which is a lovely grassy opening in the middle of the bushland. The circuit ends with a stroll through the arboretum which is pictured below and it is a very steep walk back up to the beginning. Overall, it was a good mix of walking tracks and firetrails and had nice scenery.

The walk back through the arboretum -


3.5 out of 5 stars

1 comment:

Hovic Atokian said...

Nice walk space!