This walk takes in varied scenery along Yankee Creek, along water races through pleasant forest in a lesser-known area that has a rich history of gold mining.
A circuit walk along tracks north east of Blackwood, going past the historic Yankee Mine. Walk goes through Wombat State Forest and part of Lerderderg State Park.
This area has been appreciated by Victorians for a long period of time. The area of the Yarra River a short way downstream was an important meeting site for the Wurrundjeri people, with good hunting and fishing. In 1863 the boat house was established and is now the oldest operating boathouse in Victoria. Around this walk you will see original native bushland and maybe some local lorikeets, parrots and cockatoos.
