Warrandyte State Park - Gold Heritage Walk
About this event
A series of interconnected walks to check out Warrandyte’s gold mining past. The focal point of our walk will be a memorial cairn that has been erected on Fourth Hill.
GRADE | LENGTH | TYPE: Grade 3 Moderate (due to hills and terrain (graded according to the AWTGS: Australian Walking Tracks Grading System). The estimated total walk distance is around 9 km.
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: A 9km circuit walk along the Whipstick Gully to Fourth Hill mine, down to the Gold Discovery cairn on Andersons Creek, Taroona Ave, Everard Drive to the Pound Bend tunnel; returning along the Yarra River trail to the Warrandyte Museum. There are some steep hills on muddy tracks, so boots are recommended.
The first discovery of gold in Victoria was in 1851 at Warrandyte; now an outer suburb. Detailed mining of the area did not occur until other areas in the state were exhausted. Many of the mining sites are available for observation.
Optional Afternoon Tea in the nearby village of Warrandyte will be organised at the conclusion of the walk.
BOOKING: By Thursday 27th August. To register click on Get Tickets.
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FURTHER INFORMATION: www.parks.vic.gov.au/places-to-see/sites/fourth-hill---gold-memorial
Above Photos: taken circa 1926 by John T's father. See originals in Nomads Photo Gallery.
MEETING TIME | LOCATION: 10:00am at the Whipstick Gully Bus stop on Yarra Street, Warrandyte, beside the Warrandyte Museum. Parking available close to our meeting point.
MAP REFERENCE: Melway map 23 grid E 12.
DISTANCE | TIME FROM GPO: 25 km from Melbourne CBD, 1 hour by car using the Eastern Freeway, to Blackburn Road, Andersons Creek Road to Warrandyte/Heidelburg Rd which becomes Yarra Street at Warrandyte.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Three bus options are available: #364 (Ringwood Station) / #578 (Eltham Station) / #906 (Southern Cross City via Victoria Pde, Hoddle St then Eastern Freeway) to Warrandyte Museum. To plan your journey see: transport.vic.gov.au/journey. Weekend travel is currently half price, capped at $4 full, $2 concession & free for seniors.
FOOD: Picnic facilities are available @ Andersons Creek & Pound Bend but BYO lunch & water as there are no food or drink shops in the park. I plan for a brief morning tea/coffee stop at Goldfields shopping centre on route to Pound Bend.
APPAREL | FOOTWEAR: Dress for Winter (layers are recommended). Check the weather forecast on www.bom.gov.au. Wear solid footwear (boots recommended) as the tracks are steep in parts and may be slippery, especially after rain.
LEADER: John T. | Email LeaderJohnT@nomads.org.au if you have any questions.
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