Four Great Jogging Trails
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The paths vary Location Public Transport from sealed to gravel to dirt and are All jogs fi nish at their starting points. Metlink: t 131 638 gently undulating with a few short climbs. Manningham City Council www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au Melway Reference Super Striding 699 Doncaster Road Time See individual jog profi les. Ventura Buses: t 9488 2100 Four Great Jogging Trails Doncaster Victoria 3108 See individual jog profi les www.venturabus.com.au t 03 9840 9333 f 03 9848 3110 Distance e [email protected] See individual jog profi les Parking www.manningham.vic.gov.au Diffi culty See individual jog profi les. This brochure is printed on Australian made, Moderate 100 per cent recycled Tudor RP carbon neutral paper which has helped reduce global greenhouse Accessibility gas emissions by more than 110kgs CO2-e. Unsuitable 1. Green Gully Jog: Well-maintained, sealed path with some small hilly sections: 4.2 kms. 2. Koonung Trail Jog: Partly sealed, partly gravel tracks that follow the Koonung Creek: 4 kms. Extension run: 4.5 kms. Total: 8.5 kms. 3. Candlebark Park to Beasley’s Nursery and Facilities Be Prepared See individual jog profi les. Sun protection recommended Teahouse Jog: Carry water Very picturesque unsealed Hazards Use designated pedestrian crossings Wear appropriate footwear. return trail following the at all roads. Days of total fi re ban Main Yarra Trail and Mullum Check the fi re risk warning before Mullum Creek: 11.2 kms. embarking on this walk: www.cfa.vic.gov.au 4. Finns Reserve to Westerfolds Park Jog: Mostly sealed paths surrounded by bird life, kangaroos, grasslands and tree-lined hills. There is one section of dirt track: 5.6 kms. T e m p l e Warrandyte Rd m o r e D r Porter St Blackburn Rd Surrey Rd d R e t y d n a r r a W Eastern Freeway Wagon Rd Bonds Rd Rd h g ra r r a D d e n s e s l i t G a Porter St Reynolds Rd M Unwin St Atkinson St n St Jenkins a Wetherby Rd c Blackburn Rd Park n Middleborough Rd u Wood St D Mahoney St t Ruffey St e Dr Fitzsimons Ln S James St ar McLachlan St e Porter St sp n ke Milne St ha io Anderson St S n James St U Parker St Omar St Parker St Foote St Serpells Rd Green Gully Jog Koonung Trail Jog Creek and crosses a bridge. Jog under the meandering Yarra River, the This run surrounds you with nature and the next pedestrian overpass then circle serpentine Mullum Mullum Creek, fresh air. Begin at Finns Reserve where Length 4.2 kms, extension 4 kms; Length 4 kms, extension 4.5 kms; back to cross it. At Surrey Road cross riverine woodland and open grasslands. there is an exercise station for you to Total: 8.2 kms Total: 8.5 kms according to the map. On the return side Begin at the Candlebark Park car park stretch as either a warm up or cool the undulating path is mostly gravel. and follow the Main Yarra Trail across down. Follow the sealed path across Facilities Nil Facilities Nil Cross the freeway at the next overpass boardwalks and bridges past towering the suspension bridge, turn right and Hazards Several road crossings Hazards 1 major road crossing (per jog). and return to Boronia Grove. manna gums and through grasslands. follow the track until you cross another of residential streets. Watch for mud Location Boronia Grove, Leeds Street, The track crosses The Parkway to further bridge and climb a short hill. At the top after rains. Doncaster East. Candlebark Park to boardwalks and wetlands then veers of the hill there is a sealed path that Beasley’s Nursery Jog right to Beasley’s Nursery and Teahouse. leads to your left — take this. The next Location Jenkins Park, Shakespeare Melway Reference 47 K4 Drive, Templestowe. There is a café and facilities here if you turn is to your right just after the Yarra Parking Boronia Grove, Leeds Street, Length 11.2 kms, extension 4 kms; need a break before the return run. Rapids Observation Point. Melway Reference 34 C7 Doncaster East Total: 15.2 kms Follow the main dirt track until you come Parking Jenkins Park, Shakespeare Finns Reserve to Jog Extension Koonung Trail — Facilities Toilets, drinking fountains, café. to both dirt and grassy crossroads. Turn Drive, Templestowe Westerfolds Park Jog eastwards: 4.5 kms Hazards One road crossing in right on what should look like the main Jog Extension Mullum Mullum The track follows a well-maintained residential street. The path is popular Length 5.6 kms, extension up to 3.6 kms; dirt track. It will be heading into open Linear Reserve — Warrandyte Road and paved path on the northern side on the weekends so be aware of cyclists Total: up to 9.2 kms grasslands — avoid the kangaroos. to Reynolds Road: 4 kms return. of the freeway. The trail uses pedestrian and walkers. Watch out for kangaroos. The sealed path is ahead, turn right Facilities Toilets, drinking fountain, bridges over the freeway. Be careful, again and this takes you back to Finns Well-maintained sealed path that has Location Fitzsimons Lane, Templestowe. exercise equipment. very minor upward climbs at the the path on the southern side is gravel Reserve. Stretch and cool down at the Melway Reference 21 G12 beginning and the end. This is a family and is occasionally wet. Cross Hazards Unsealed paths are prone exercise station. There is a drinking friendly trail but the views are long so Middleborough Road to the next Parking Fitzsimons Lane/Candlebark to mud. fountain nearby. You can shorten or there is time to call out that you are pedestrian overpass. This is the only Park carpark, Fitzsimons Lane, Location Finns Reserve, Duncan Street, lengthen this run by starting at the approaching. There are two small road street crossing; the return route offers Templestowe Templestowe Lower. Porter Street entrance and circling Westerfolds Park. crossings and one underpass. Run right an underpass. Jog Extension Mullum Mullum Creek Melway Reference 33 B4 to the end of a steep decline and catch from Beasley’s Nursery to Reynolds Road: Extension Jog: This jog is a mixture of Parking Finns Reserve carpark, your breath before turning and heading 4 kms return. From Fitzsimons Lane to sealed and unsealed tracks. At the oval Duncan Street, Templestowe Lower back up and over the hill. before returning to Boronia Grove, Westerfolds Park: various lengths. Jog Extension Ruffey Lake Park Hill continue to your right along the Koonung This is a jog along gravel pathways fi lled Tops Path Circuit: 3.6 kms — Ruffey Creek Trail. There is an underpass and with heritage atmosphere including Creek Path Circuit: 2.7 kms. the path deviates around the Koonung historic orchards, mobs of kangaroos, .