Sassafras and Sherbrooke Forest circuit walk

Enjoy a stroll in the Dandenongs.  Travel via public transport is an option.

GRADE | LENGTH | TYPE: Grade 3: Moderate 13.5 km (graded according to the AWTGS: Australian Walking Tracks Grading System), although relatively easy within this grade. 

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: This walk is in a pretty part of the Dandenong Ranges. At the start of the walk we will head downhill through the Alfred Nicholas Memorial Gardens and uphill via Sassafras Creek to the Sassafras shops. Here we can eat BYO lunch in the town rotunda, or you can brave the crowds and purchase lunch. After lunch the second part of the walk will be in Sherbrooke Forest to the Sherbrooke Falls and back to the starting point via a boundary fire track.

Bring boots and poles if you use them, morning tea and lunch, and appropriate weather gear. There are toilets at the starting point and at the lunch spot.

BOOKING: By Thursday 16th April. To register, click on Get Tickets.
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MEETING TIME | LOCATION: 10:00am at the Ferny Creek Recreation Reserve Hall, Hilton Rd, Ferny Creek. 

MAP REFERENCE:

• Starting Point - Google map: maps.app.goo.gl/AN9iic5g7Sgnn8Lq6

PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Take the 8.06am train from Flinders St station towards Belgrave, disembarking at Upper Ferntree Gully at 9.14am. Take the #688 Croydon bus at 9.19, disembarking at the corner of Hilton Road and Mt Dandenong Tourist Road at 9.33am. Walk to the Ferny Creek Recreation Reserve via Hilton Road, arriving 9.45am.

FOOD: BYO lunch or purchase at the Sassafras shops.

APPAREL | FOOTWEAR: Comfortable walking boots/shoes and dress according to the weather forecast. Bring poles too if you usually use them.

LEADER: Darren M. | Email LeaderDarrenM@nomads.org.au if you have any questions.
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