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.

2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity
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A selection of Great Walks in 2012

Happy New Year to all for 2012

More information is available below about the great GDTA walks and activities in GDTA Members Newsletter. A good reason to join ...

 

Walks between January & June 2012


GDTA walks will not be held on days of Total Fire Ban or in extreme weather

Notes:

Ø  Most walks in this program are based around the Dry Diggings section of the Goldfields Track.

Ø  The Goldfields Track extends from the summit of Mt Buninyong, south of Ballarat, to Bendigo.

Ø  Intending walkers should have experience at walking these distances and grades.

Ø  Please contact the leader at least three days before the walk is scheduled.

Ø  Visiting walkers who are not members of Bushwalking Victoria should ensure that they are covered by their own insurance policy.

 

Thursday 26 January

Australia Day Celebration Walk
to summit of Mt Buninyong  Easy-Medium

Pat

0418 131 545

Sunday 26 Feb

Mount Macedon Circuit – approx 10km Easy

Richard

0448 572 867

 

 

 

Sunday 18 March

Golden Springs to Lake Daylesford

11km Easy

Gib

0419 370 342

Sunday 31 March

Beeripmo Walk, Mt Cole area
21km Medium-Hard

Colin

5330 1929

Sunday 15 April

Australian Heritage Week Walk

Vaughan Springs – Tubal Cain 14km Easy-M edium

Alison

0477 968 579

Sunday 29 April

Tarilta Gorge

14km Easy-Medium

Ed

0434 672 392

Saturday 12 May

Chocolate Mill to Hepburn Reservoir  

15km Easy-Medium

Ed

0434 672 392

Sunday 20 May

Eureka Reef Circuit (to top of The Monk)  

12km Easy-Medium

Bill

0407 347 319

Thursday 24 May

Longest Morning Tea Fund-raiser for Cancer Foundation

@ Plaistow Homestead, Rodborough Road Newstead

Peter & Lilian

No RSVP needed

Saturday 2 June

 Sailors Gully-Helge Track Circuit  

14km Medium

Richard

0448 572 867

Sunday 17  June

Spring Gully-Fryerstown Circuit

12 km Easy-Medium

Barb & Lionel

0411 265 305

Saturday 30 June

Expedition Pass Reservoir-Garfield Wheel via Welsh Village

12km Easy-Medium

Gib

0419 370 342



 

The first GDTA Committee meeting for 2012 is on on Wed 25 January at 7.30pm, in Mitchell (Uniting Church) Hall in Daylesford.

 

 Previous Series of Walks

In 2009 we conducted a series of one day walks covering three of the four GDT tracks (that we call the Goldfields Tracks) from Buninyong to Bendigo. You might like to try some of these sections yourself with friends, armed with the Wallaby Track, Dry Diggings Track and Leanganook Track maps to guide you. Enjoy!!
Click here to download the Goldfields Walk Program 2009 (PDF 351KB).

 

The Goldfields Track (Mt Buninyong/Ballarat to Bendigo) will be launched in 2010. The promotion of the Goldfields Track is a partnership initiative between Goldfields Tourism, Parks Victoria, People and Parks Foundation, Conservation Volunteers Australia and the Great Dividing Trail Association (GDTA).  To commemorate the launch of the Goldfields Track, the GDTA walked the Track in manageable sections during 2009. The distance is approximately 200 kms, undertaken by 13 separate day walks. 
 
Walk
Section
Distance
Rating


1
Exploring Buninyong village:
Mt Buninyong - Whitehorse Bridge to Sebastopol
 
13 kms
Easy
  

2
Crossing Ballarat’s hidden valleys & wetlands:
Whitehorse Bridge – Gong Reservoir
 
14 kms
Easy-Medium


3
Skirting cool highland lakes & rivers:
Gong Reservoir – St George’s Lake Creswick
 
16 kms
Easy-Medium


4
Conquering the Divide & discovering potato country: St George’s Lake – Mollongghip
 
23 kms
Medium


5
‘Falling’ off the Divide along railways & timber tramways: Mollongghip – Sailor’s Falls
 
23 kms
Medium

 
6
Exploring Daylesford’s lakes & valleys:
Sailor’s Falls – Bryce’s Flat
 
 
13 kms
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Easy Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
7
Meandering through Hepburn Springs’ valleys:
Bryce’s Flat – Chocolate Mill Daylesford
 

  
Medium


8
Experiencing the wild beauty of the upper Loddon forest: Chocolate Mill – Vaughan Springs
 
21 kms
Medium
 
 
9
Going for Gold along the water races into Castlemaine: Vaughan Springs – Castlemaine
 
19 kms
Medium
 
 
10
Exploring the historic Mt Alexander goldfields:
Castlemaine – Calder Highway
 
15 kms
Medium
 
 
11
Crossing Leanganook – the granite mountain:
Calder Highway – Sutton Grange
 
13 kms
Medium-Hard
 
 
12
Discovering historic water channels through ironbark country: Sutton Grange – Sandhurst Reservoir
 
22 kms
Easy-Medium
 
 
13
Reaching Bendigo’s golden edges:
Sandhurst Reservoir – Bendigo
 
 
 
13 kms
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Easy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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