Estate Spur

Walk 36 from "Day Walks Melbourne"

Length: 8.1km, circuit
Time: 3 hours
Closest Town: Alexandra

Coller Bay from Estate Spur Track:


We headed off to Marysville for a few days. From there, we went up to Lake Eildon National Park to do the Estate Spur walk. Lake Eildon is huge (on its way to empty). I was hoping for rain, while we were up there, to watch run-off through the creeks. However, it only threatened to rain and a few drops fell, but not what I was hoping for. It was a cloudy day and the tracks were damp as it had been pouring quite hard the day beforehand.

The tracks would have been a lot more interesting when the lake was full because you would have been on the waters edge, nowdays the tracks are ~100 metres from the waters edge. However, the views from Estate Spur track are definitely worth the walk. Absolutely breathtaking! The views from Estate Spur give you an understanding of the size of the lake.

Lake Eildon from Estate Spur (Same view as in Day Walks Melbourne):


I would love to know where the Cerberean caldera stretches out as the park is situated on the edge of this geological site. Note: the Cerberean caldera is an extinct 27km volcano that lies in the area. I googled it but couldn't find a lot on the site.

Impressions: 9/10

Wilhelmina Falls

Walk 32 from "Day Walks Melbourne"

Length: 12.9km, circuit
Time: 5 hours
Closest Town: Glenburn

This was a nice walk. The falls are definitely the highlight as you could imagine from the name. It was drizzling on this walk and it was nice to be out walking. Other than the falls, it is scrubby bushland and a fairly easy walk.



The falls are worth seeing though by themselves. The way that the water spreads out across the rock is really beautiful and creates a silvery lake-like appearance.



Impressions: Excellent