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
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I did this walk today. No signage at Alexander to show the way and the local Information centre hadn't heard of it. However, they pointed me in right direction and I eventually happened across the track start, beside the ranger's office.
Fairly steep gradient to get onto the spur, with a couple more pulse-raising climbs to the highest point.
Great views of the lake - good to see the levels are on the way back up!
I went off the track for the descent - saw a 1.5M kangaroo for my troubles. After a bit of bush-bashing I got to the the return track that runs near the lake.
A 2.5km mostly level walk got me back to the car.
Enjoyable 2 hours of walking - would recommend it.
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