Lerderderg Track
Bacchus Marsh to Daylesford
71km following the Lerderderg River Valley
Passes Through:
- Daylesford
- Blackwood
- Bacchus Marsh
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Site sponsored by City of Ballarat
Developed by Knowers Ark
Balt Camp Walk
Leonards Hill Rd - Balt Camp 9.7km
This walk takes you deeper into some higher parts of the Wombat Forest - up and down through regrowth forest to the Balt Camp - the highest point (855 metres) on the entire GDT. This area occasionally gets snow on colder days in winter and very heavy annual rainfall, but it is necessary to carry water by virtue of the fact that it is mostly a ridge top walk.
You should buy the Lerderderg Map (available for $5.50 via GDTA or from the Daylesford Information Centre just down from the Daylesford PO) which includes and access map.
Vehicle access is via Leonard's Hill around 4 km east along Leonard’s Hill Rd or west from Bullarto South. There is space where the walk crosses the road for car parking.
The 'Balt Camp' - on Camp Road - was a refugee work camp for 'displaced persons' - including from the Baltic States - after World War 2. All that remains are a stone chimney and concrete foundations of the huts.