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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Dry Diggings Track

Daylesford to Castlemaine
57km walk amongst historic goldfields relics

Passes Through:

• Daylesford
• Hepburn
• Mt Franklin
• Vaughan Springs
• Fryerstown
• Castlemaine

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Dry Diggings Track

The Dry Diggings Track was the first section of the trail to be planned and implemented in 1995, linking the historic gold mining towns of Daylesford and Castlemaine. It comprises the central section of the Goldfields Track and from its launch on 17 May 2011 is now open for both walking and mtb cycling (with some minor, signed diversions).

The Dry Diggings Track covers 55 km and is an easy three day walk (or one big day mtb trip) in either direction, through three distinct areas of bush, Ironbark on the Upper Loddon Walk, Box/Stringybark on the Gold Fields Walk and Candlebark/Messmate on the Springs Walk.

The walk/ride takes you through a diverse series of historic mining landscapes which have been worked from the first discovery of gold in the 1850s up until recent times, and include the main mineral spring areas of Vaughan, Hepburn and Daylesford.

Camping facilities and water are available at Castlemaine, Vaughan, Mt Franklin, Hepburn Springs and Daylesford. [NOTE: Following severe flooding in late 2010 and early 2011, some parts of the track were damaged. The section of track between Bryces Flat and Hepburn Springs was closed, but the section from Bryces Flat to Daylesford reopened on 30 March 2011. A map with an alternative route between Daylesford and Hepburn Springs is available on request through the Daylesford Visitor Information Centre.]

 

The Blow Hole

Lake Daylesford

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