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picturesque Manningham surrounded Eastern Fwy Park Rd by native vegetation following greenbelts on generally fl at paths. All are short with optional longer trails. Location Public Transport Time See individual wheel-walk profi les. Metlink: t 131 638 Manningham City Council See individual wheel-walk profi les www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au Melway Reference A Wheel Pleasure 699 Doncaster Road Distance See individual wheel-walk profi les. Ventura Buses: t 9488 2100 Three Great Wheel-walks Doncaster 3108 See individual wheel-walk profi les www.venturabus.com.au t 03 9840 9333 f 03 9848 3110 Diffi culty e [email protected] Easy Parking www.manningham.vic.gov.au See individual wheel-walk profi les. This brochure is printed on Australian made, Accessibility 100 per cent recycled Tudor RP carbon neutral Easy paper which has helped reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by more than 110kgs CO2-e.

1. Green Gully Wheel-walk: Well-maintained, sealed path along green habitat corridor: 2.2 kms return. 2. : Mostly well-maintained, sealed path along wetlands and lake: 1.5 kms return. 3. Mullum Mullum Trail: Well-maintained, sealed path through creek side bushland: Facilities Be Prepared Additional Walks Map Key See individual wheel-walk profi les. Sun protection recommended There are 20 walks in the series Parking (incl. disabled parking) 2.5 kms return. Carry water to choose from. Hazards See individual wheel-walk profi les All offer picnic opportunities. Public toilets Snakes in the summer. Days of total fi re ban Check the fi re risk warning before Picnic area embarking on this walk: www.cfa.vic.gov.au Playground 1. Green Gully Length 2.2 kms Stick to the centre path and wheel-walk 3. Mullum Mullum Trail Time 40 – 60 minutes through the Reynolds Road underpass. Walk Description This is a fl at sealed This short green belt is often path along a green belt. Green Gully is accompanied by the calls of Rainbow Reynolds Rd Porter St a wetland habitat supporting frogs and Lorikeets. Listen out for them. birds. The wheel-walk follows a habitat Carefully cross Glendarragh Road. corridor between houses. Facilities Seating, picnic shelter, This is part of the wetlands area that playgrounds. There are no toilets. is important frog habitat. It can be a bit muddy here after rains, but the payoff is Mullum Bucks Hazards One road crossing of a Mullum Flat r hearing local frogs calling and perhaps Blackburn Rd Reserve D residential street. One road underpass.

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Wheel-Walk Extension a Hardy Dr Head straight towards Reynolds Road. as m If you wish for a longer wheel-walk, r o are D h Era Ct spe T continue along Green Gully, crossing e Springv Shak The path divides here in three Porter Street towards Warrandyte Road. Hillcrest Ct directions. Left will take you up to Return once the path begins to rise. urn Rd Reynolds Road, and right will take you Add 1.5 km for the return section B ells Rd t ar erp around Jenkins Park. The park is lovely C a S of this extension. w d Blackb ie in with a sharp incline on the far side llv e e D T that might be diffi cult for those in c e d ls R non-motorised wheelchairs. da Tin

2. Ruffey Lake Park Length 1.5 kms The wetlands on your left are a Length 2.5 kms They remain signifi cant trees Time 30 – 40 minutes protected sanctuary for birds, frogs Time 1+ hr and forests for both spiritual and turtles. Wetlands are vital habitat and heritage reasons. Walk Description This is a sealed Walk Description This is a sealed wheel- K for many of our native animals. Several ing st wheel-walk that gently undulates around walk that follows the . species of native plants fi lter toxins Manna Gums provide important wetlands and the lake. from the water helping maintain Facilities Toilets, drinking fountains, habitat for gliders, possums and parrots. e d Hollows take years to form so prime ar Facilities Toilets, drinking fountains, a healthy ecosystem. picnic shelters, barbecue, playground. lev ou barbecue, picnic shelters, playground, habitat hollows are hotly contested. B Hazards Track prone to fl ooding in places. e Council will purposely leave dead trees h seating. Begin your wetland bird watch here. T Look for Dusky Moorhens, Purple Location Start and fi nish at Mullum to ensure enough hollows for everyone. Hazards Track prone to fl ooding Mullum Reserve sporting precinct at in places. Swamphens, Australian Wood Ducks and the occasional pelican. There is the corner of Springvale and Reynolds The hillside building, now Carey Location Start and fi nish at The Boulevarde a bird identifi cation chart at the roads, Donvale. Baptist Grammar School was built in carpark, Ruffey Lake Park, Doncaster. observation deck. Melway Reference 34 G7 the early seventies as one of ’s Melway Reference fi rst ‘alternative education’ schools. e 33 F10 Parking Springvale and Reynolds roads, d r Wheel-Walk Extension The school was ‘Era’, and its six forested a

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e hectares were bordered by orchards, l Instead of retracing your steps you u Ruffey Lake Park, Doncaster. o can veer to your right and continue the creek and a dirt track called B Your wheel-walk begins at the e Springvale Road. The open space Th The wheel-walk begins at the end of circumnavigating the lake. Beware sporting precinct. There are toilets, before you was their oval — complete the Ruffey Lake Park The Boulevarde — there is one small section that is a picnic and barbecue facilities. downhill gradient and is unsealed with with resident trees. car park. Take one of the gravel tracks Follow the path until it takes you small tree roots penetrating the track. to the sealed path. to the creek’s edge. Cross the bridge ahead and stay If you are careful and have a suitable on the sealed path. McCallum Rd At the crossroads you will see a straight chair then circumnavigating the lake Here you will notice Manna Gums line of trees that remind us of how this area is a lovely extension. line the path. These are the tall smooth The picnic shelter is a nice spot Botanic Dr looked with rows upon rows of fruit trees. barked trees with their bark peeling to relax before your return. Almost half of Doncaster and Templestowe off in long ribbons. Manna Gum forests Wheel-walk Extension were covered in orchards. Today very George St have provided food and shelter for The Mullum Mullum Trail walk continues few remain. generations of — the to Warrandyte Road. Cross at the Indigenous custodians of this area. Springvale Road intersection and add 4 kms for the return journey.