Due to February fire activity, the Lerderderg Track at Daylesford remains CLOSED until further notice between Jubilee Lake and Leonards Hill Road.
Lerderderg Track
Bacchus Marsh to Daylesford
71km following the Lerderderg River Valley
Passes Through:
- Daylesford
- Blackwood
- Bacchus Marsh
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Township Walk
Mt Blackwood - Swans Rd 12.6km
This walk can be done in either of both directions - though walking down 220m over 9 km to Bacchus Marsh is obviously easier than walking up to Swan's Rd. Some of the vistas down into 'The Marsh' on the climb (or descent) are excellent.
The Bacchus Marsh Railway Station is less than an hour by frequent suburban VLine trains from Melbourne's Spencer Street Station. You should buy the Lerderderg Map - available via GDTA (for $5.50) or from Visitor Information Centres - which includes an access map. There are entry station maps at both Swan's Road and the Bacchus Marsh Railway Station.
The suburban sections from the Railway Station, north along the footpaths through town, under the Western Freeway and around the edge of Darley - are clearly marked by street signs (on metal poles, rather than by low wooden posts as on most of the GDT).
If you doing (or have completed) other sections of the Lerderderg Track walk with a small group and are keen to 'get into the bush' quickly rather than walking through nine km through Bacchus Marsh and the edge of Darley suburbs, consider phoning a local taxi to take your group to or from the Swan's Road entry station.