Pathway to central Victoria's hidden treasures from deep gorges and fern-lined rivers to the artefacts and cultural heritage of the greatest gold rush the world has ever seen.

The Great Dividing Trail, a community-planned 280km public walking trail following the top of the Great Dividing Range from Bacchus Marsh to Blackwood, Daylesford, Castlemaine, Bendigo, Creswick, Ballarat and Buninyong, allows recreational walkers and tourists the time to savour central Victoria?s unique combination of gold rush heritage and its natural beauty.

Created by a community-owned organisation, the Great Dividing Trail Association (GDTA), the Trail links the old gold rush towns at the heart of Victoria, as well as the forests, hills and lakes, straddling the Australian Great Dividing Range.

The Trail's spokes consist of four major Tracks, each of which in turn are separated into thematic Walks that can be easily accessed for day or shorter walks.

NOTE: All prospective walkers should check and be fully prepared for any predicted adverse weather conditions, and never walk or ride on the GDT in extreme weather (predicted heat, cold, rain or wind, including total fire ban days). Carrying sufficient water is essential at all times. 

VERY GOOD NEWS: 19 Dec 2009

The Goldfields Track section of the GDT has received $500,000 in Federal Government TQAL funding for track upgrades for walkers & mtb cyclists!!! See News Page for details.

CURRENT TRACK ALERTS (Dec 2009):

• After prolonged dry years there is NO guaranteed natural or potable drinking water  available along most parts of the Great Dividing Trail. Walkers should carry sufficient  water with them at all times and replenish in towns from public and commercial supplies. Good rains in Nov and Dec 2009 have resulted in reasonable flows in  the Loddon and Lerderderg Rivers and some creeks, including the Jim Crow Creek though by mid summer their flows are likely to be minimal.
• Part of the Great Dividing Trail Lerderderg Track between Daylesford and Bacchus Marsh was impacted by wildfire activity in February 2009. This section of Track is CLOSED for approx 5 kms east of  Daylesford until further notice.
• Walkers should carry GDTA maps, Meridian publications or survey maps  and carry a compass and whistle. A GPS would be  useful.
• Mobile phones will not operate on all  parts of the Trail.