Main Yarra Trail - Banyule Wetlands to Plenty River

A 2 km return hike along the Main Yarra Trail, Oct 31 2014, from the Banyule Wetlands to the Plenty River confluence. 

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Plenty Gorge Parklands - South Morang

These pix were taken on December 1 2012 in the Plenty Gorge Park, 20 km north of central Melbourne, in South Morang.
The Park is very large, and there are several recreational/picnic areas.

My visit was to the Middle Gorge Picnic Area, which comprises two sections. The viewing platform is at the upper carpark at the top of the cliff, overlooking the Park and the Plenty River. Picnic and toilet facilities are located at a small carpark at the bottom of the Gorge, about 500 m away.
There are spectacular views across the Gorge from the clifftop platform. An overgrown and disused walking track leads down from the platform to the foot of the gorge.
A shared pathway starts at the viewing platform, and follows the perimeter fence.

The upper carpark, and lower level picnic ground are off Gorge Rd, not far from Plenty Rd.
I last visited this area several years ago, and I was saddened to note visually detracting high-density residential development around the perimeter of this section of the Park.

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Plenty River Trail, Greensborough

Pix on the Plenty River Trail, Greensborough, between Whatmough Park and the Greensborough Bypass Bridge, 20 km, NE of central Melbourne.

This was a 4 km return hike, following the Plenty River, on a hot day, November 30, 2012!

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Main Yarra Trail - Viewbank

On October 3 2012 I hiked a 4 km (return) sector of the Main Yarra Trail, Viewbank, 15 km east of central Melbourne..

I started at the car park at the Banyule Flats Reserve, travelling east, passing  the boundary of the Rossanna Golf Course, over the Plenty River Bridge, to the turnabout point past the transmission lines.

 
Nice views of the Yarra and Plenty Rivers.

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