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.Â
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION:Â 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 Friday 19th December. To register, click on Get Tickets.
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MEETING TIME | LOCATION:Â 10:00am at the Ferny Creek Recreation Reserve Hall, Hilton Rd, Ferny Creek.Â
MAP REFERENCE:
PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
Take 8.06am train from Flinders St station towards Lilydale. Disembark at Croydon station at 9.04am, then take 688 bus towards Upper Ferntree Gully at 9.12am. Disembark at the corner of Hilton Road and Mt Dandenong Tourist Road at 9.47am. Walk to the Ferny Creek Recreation Reserve via Hilton Road, arriving 9.55am.
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.
Members can access leader contact details under Members | Leader Contacts when logged in to the website.
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