Early in 2011 DSE closed the Lerderderg Track between Jubilee Lake and St Leonards Hill following storm damage. The track is still closed. GDTA has repeatedly requested that the track be reopened. At a meeting with DSE Midlands District in November 2011 the GDTA asked DSE to take urgent action to reopen the track.

DSE have advised that only DSE posts are allowed on their land. This means that on the Lerderderg Track between Jubilee Lake and Blackwood, DSE will replace all green GDT posts with grey DSE posts.

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Suggested Day/Family walks

Day /family walks on the Dry Diggings Track include:

  • Any walk between Vaughan and Fryerstown or Fryerstown and Castlemaine and Spring Gully.
  • A walk in either direction from Hepburn Springs.
  • A walk in either direction from Tipperary Springs or the Blow Hole.
  • A walk up Mt Franklin.

Day family walks on the Wallaby Track include:

  • a walk between Buninyong and Mount Buninyong
  • a walk between Buninyong and Ballarat
  • A walk from Ballarat to the edge of the Creswick State Forest.
  • Any walk starting at Slaty Creek or St Georges Lake.
  • Open country walking between Dean and Mollongghip.
  • Forest walk between Mollongghip and Wombat Station.
  • Any walk in either direction from Sailors Falls.
  • A walk from Daylesford toward Sailors Falls.

Day/family walks on the Lerderderg Track include:

  • Walks in the vicinity of Blackwood towards Garden of St Erth or down the Lerderderg River valley.
  • Walks in either direction starting from O'Briens Crossing.

Day/family walks on the Leanganook Track include:

  • Walks in the vicinity of Mt Alexander summit.
  • Walks in the vicinity of Chewton.
  • Walks along the exisitng Bendigo Bushland Trail towards One Tree Hill.

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