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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Leanganook Track

Castlemaine and Bendigo
58km walk between Castlemaine and Bendigo.

Leanganook Summit Walk

Calder Highway - Sutton Grange Rd 11.5km

CURRENT ALERT May 2009 Parks Victoria advises that the section of the Leanganook Track over Mt Alexander is closed until Friday 15 May because of limbs and branches over the trail from burning off operations.

Soon after leaving the Calder Highway this walk skirts a granite quarry and heads via a walking easement onto the now forested (mainly manna gum) granite country that forms the Mount Alexander range, largely denuded of trees by the 1860s. The walk goes through the former Koala Park towards the top of the range via the Dog Rocks, a collection of granite tors onto the gently sloping, summit ridge at Langs Lookout with excellent views to the north and east.

The descent from the summit down the eastern flank toward Sutton Grange Raod is studded with huge granite tors interspersed by an unusual and beautiful old growth open woodland with large, spreading manna gums and yellow box trees.

 


View from Langs Lookout

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