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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Lerderderg Track

Bacchus Marsh to Daylesford
71km following the Lerderderg River Valley

Gorge View Walk

Mt Blackwood - Swans Rd 12.6km

Again, for this walk we strongly urge you to buy the Lerderderg Map - available via GDTA (for $5.50) or from a local Visitor Information Centre - which includes an access map. Both Mount Blackwood Road and Swan's Road are sealed and accessible from Bacchus Marsh in all weather.

There are no services - and being mostly on ridges, there is seldom any surface water. You need to carry water at all times. While some tracks leave the GDT and head down towards the Lerderderg River where there is water, the 300 metre deep river gorge itself is very, very steep and difficult and dangerous terrain to walk in without good planning, knowledge, bushcraft and maps.

With all of these cautions in mind, the Gorge View Walk itself, though steep at times (the track drops 400 metres from Mount Blackwood to Swan's Road over the 12.6 km), is picturesque, diverse and interesting - mostly along minor vehicle tracks and with some excellent views over parts of the lower river gorge.

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