Category: Daylesford and the Macedon Ranges

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Ingliston Granites
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Ingliston Granites

Ingliston Granites is a 5km hike along Ironbark Gorge Track that continues on to Ingliston Granites in Werribee Gorge State Park. This is a one way track that you’ll need to return along the same path to get back to your car at the carpark on Ballan Ingliston Road just out of Bacchus Marsh. Ingliston...

Falcons Lookout
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Falcons Lookout

Falcons Lookout is a short 3.5km hike along Ironbark Gorge Track in Werribee Gorge State Park. Falcons Lookout is commonly used for rock climbers and abseilers, so chances are that you’ll see them doing their thing there when you hike down. This is a one way track that you’ll need to return along the same...

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Lerderderg O’Brien’s Crossing Circuit: River Crossings, Rock Scrambles and Snow

Our third Green Trails Day Hike took us into considerably more demanding terrain. On Sunday 27 August 2017, I led five other hikers on a challenging circuit from O’Brien’s Crossing in Lerderderg State Park. Although the Meetup event advertised a 23-kilometre route with approximately 750 metres of ascent, my Garmin recording ultimately measured 24.14 kilometres,...

Conglomerate Gully Walking Track
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Conglomerate Gully Walking Track

Conglomerate Gully Flora and Fauna Reserve is hidden away in the mountains below Mount Macedon near the town of Riddell, at the end of Wheelwrights Road. There is not much room for parking down here, perhaps up to two cars could squeeze in, due to the fact that there are two properties whose driveways extend...