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
Whisky Creek Walk
O'Briens Rd - Mt Blackwood
This walk has no services and is rated as medium to hard walking because of its steepness and inaccessibility. There is usually (but not always) water once you leave O'Brien's Crossing - and no water at Mount Blackwood. Given the relative remoteness of this walk, you definitely need to buy the Lerderderg Map - available via GDTA (for $5.50) or from a local Visitor Information Centre - which includes an access map
While some tracks leave the GDT and head down towards the Lerderderg River, the river gorge itself is very, very steep and difficult and dangerous terrain to walk in without good planning, knowledge, bushcraft and maps.
