Bushwalk Australia

I'm doing the oxfam 100km walk next year (yarra ranges) and trying to work out some good routes that have high kms (>50) close to city. I can do laps of a number of places but was also hoping to do something a little more interesting. Ideally something where i can include night walking. There are a number of alpine walks but most would be multi-day and involve steep ascents which is really not what I'm after. Any suggestions?

If the north of Melbourne is okay for you, I'd suggest combining (a) a loop around Sugarloaf Reservoir (15km), (b) Christmas Hills from Sugarloaf Reservoir to Kinglake NP (15km return), and (c) Kinglake NP over Mt Everard (23km return). About 2km of road walking to link up (a) and (b), all up 55km. PM me if you'd like a GPX file.

There are heaps of tracks in the Dandenongs you could link up

rolfex wrote:If the north of Melbourne is okay for you, I'd suggest combining (a) a loop around Sugarloaf Reservoir (15km), (b) Christmas Hills from Sugarloaf Reservoir to Kinglake NP (15km return), and (c) Kinglake NP over Mt Everard (23km return). About 2km of road walking to link up (a) and (b), all up 55km. PM me if you'd like a GPX file.

That would be great rolf. Pm sent

If you're looking for an urban trail to clock up some k's before or after work, a suggestion: https://upstreamfoundation.org/the-course/

Eremophila wrote:If you're looking for an urban trail to clock up some k's before or after work, a suggestion: https://upstreamfoundation.org/the-course/

Yes, there are plenty of options around the suburbs of Melbourne following the off-road bike paths along the Yarra, Plenty River, Merri Creek, Darebin Creek, Mullum Mullum, Edgers Creek, Maribyrnong River, Dandenong Creek linking up with the Western Ring Road and Eastern Freeway.

If you are a public transport user.
A train to Upper Ferntree Gully.
Walk up through Ferntree Gully National Park (Thousand Steps)
Follow the Oxfam trail or a multitude of tracks to Mt Evelyn.
Follow the Warburton Railtrail to Lilydale station and catch a train home.

Happy to provide a detailed track and profile if needs be. I walk these tracks really often and there's not to many I'm not familiar with.

Eremophila wrote:If you're looking for an urban trail to clock up some k's before or after work, a suggestion: https://upstreamfoundation.org/the-course/

That looks awesome...except for the date. Too soon and clashes with a nz trip..... a shame as would've been great prep.

neilmny wrote:If you are a public transport user.
A train to Upper Ferntree Gully.
Walk up through Ferntree Gully National Park (Thousand Steps)
Follow the Oxfam trail or a multitude of tracks to Mt Evelyn.
Follow the Warburton Railtrail to Lilydale station and catch a train home.

Happy to provide a detailed track and profile if needs be. I walk these tracks really often and there's not to many I'm not familiar with.

Would love any detail you could provide. Will plan a practice run with the team....

ErichFromm, The current track I have plotted is just under 31km from station to station.
Would a gpb or gpx file be of use?
Do you by any chance use OSM maps?