The Eltham and Environs Walking Group had many walks and instructions but since they have redone their website from Joomla to WordPress all have been put behind a pay wall.

I took a copy from the web archive and they are listed here. It’s possible some of the instructions are out of date, but as they are walked photos and walking maps will be added and put into the “walks” category. Walks with the category “Walks to Do” have not been done yet.

The walks are all numbered with a letter following. “E” means easy, “M” medium and “L” is a mystery. Perhaps it means “long”.

The Areas

These are divided into:

• Central Eltham
• East
• North
• West
• South

Central Eltham – within 5 km of the Eltham Library

1M	Yandell Reserve, Apollo Parkways and Partingtons Flat, Greensborough
2M	Butterfly Reserve and Woodridge Linear Park, Eltham
6M	Karingal Drive and creek and Ryans Rd, Eltham North
8M	Griffith Park and Sweeneys Flats, Eltham
11M	Pecks Dam and Old Eltham Rd, Montmorency
12M	Montmorency easements, Were St and the rail line
17M	Kalparrin Ave, McLaughlans Lane and Plenty River, Greensborough
20M	Rosehill and Old Eltham Rds, Lower Plenty
22M	Scenic Cres and Ryans Rd, Eltham North
1E	Maroondah Aqueduct to Allandale Rd13E
10E	Edendale Farm to Diamond Street, Diamond Creek
13E	Lower Eltham Park, via Lavender Park Drive, Eltham
14E	Lower Eltham Park, via the Leisure Centre
17E	Murray Wetlands and beyond, via Edendale Farm, Eltham
20E	Petty’s Orchard and Tikalara Park, Lower Templestowe
29E	Westerfolds Park ‘Home Show’ circuit, Templestowe
23E	Yallambie Tennis courts to Willinda Park, Yallambie
25E	St Katherine’s Church and Bushland Reserve, Greensborough
32E	Bonds Rd to Warringal Park, Main Yarra Trail, Viewbank

East

13M	Mount Lofty and Henley Golf Course, Wonga Park
15M	Old Caledonia Gully and Black Cameron Rd, Smiths Gully
16M	Long Gully Rd and Motschalls Rd, Panton Hill
18M	Rifle Range Reserve, Smiths Gully
23M	Yarra Glen to ‘Four Winds’ property, Christmas Hills
25M	Hunts Lane, Steels Creek
26M	Sugarloaf Reservoir, Christmas Hills
33M	One Tree Hill Reserve, Christmas Hills
34M	Bunjil Reserve circuit, Panton Hill
40M	Clifford Drive and Bend of Isles, Warrandyte State Park
41M	Garden Hill and Nicholas Lane, Kangaroo Ground
43M	Marshalls Rd to Mt Everard, Kinglake National Park
44M	Watsons Creek Track, Kinglake National Park
46M	Couties and Kings Roads, Panton Hill
48M	Rob Roy Track, Smiths Gully
50M	Motschalls Track to Rob Roy, Panton Hill
51M	Kings, Glenvern and Cracknalls Rds circuit, Panton Hill
53M	Calwell Rd to Sugarloaf Reservoir, Christmas Hills
55M	The four Panton Hill Reserves
60M	Full and Plenty Creek and Mt Slide Rd, Steels Creek
61M	Old Kinglake Rd to Mt Everard, Kinglake NP
62M	Gills Road circuit, Watson’s Creek
42E	Jehosaphat Gully, Kinglake
44E	Graham Road-Pretty Hill Trail, Kangaroo Ground
48E	Roberts Road circuit, Christmas Hills
52E	Bluehouse and Howards Roads circuit, Panton Hill
56E	Hargreaves and Harvey Roads, Steels Creek
2L	Cooksons Hill Track, Mt Jerusalem Track, Old Kinglake Rd,
3L	Sugarloaf Reservoir circular walk, Christmas Hills
7L	Skyline Road: the ‘Four Winds’ property / Kinglake National Park

North

4M	Diamond Creek circuit, from Phipps Cres
30M	Watery Gully and Moonlight Rds, Wattle Glen
32M	Yellow Gum Park and Blue Lake, Plenty
39M	Quarry Hills Bushland and Granite Hills Parks, Mill Park Lakes
42M	Valley, Silvan and Flat Rock Rds and Heather Ave, Wattle Glen
45M	De Fredericks Rd area, Yarrambat
52M	Oatlands Road: Plenty Gorge Parklands
55E	Hawkstowe Park, Morang Wetlands, South Morang

West

31M	Yarra Bend Park, Dights Falls and the Capital City Trail, Fairfield
2E	Banksia and Warringal Parks. Heidelberg
4E	Botanical Gardens, South Yarra
6E	Mulberry Orchard and Alphington circuit, Darebin Creek
7E	Darebin Creek: Ibbott Park and Oriel Rd, West Heidelberg
8E	Darebin Creek: CTBarling Park to Bell St, Preston
9E	Darebin Creek, Bundoora Golf Course and Mt Cooper, Bundoora
11E	Gresswell Forest Reserve, Macleod
31E	Yarra Bend: Kane’s Bridge to Fairfield Park
34E	Boulevard North / Banksia St to Wilsons Reserve, Heidelber
36E	Macleans to McKimmies Rds, Darebin Creek, Bundoor
38E	CERES to Fairfield, Merri Creek, Brunswick E
45E	Merri Creek: Newland Rd to St Basil’s Homes, North Coburg
47E	Janefield section of Plenty River, Bundoora
50E	Fawkner section of Merri Creek
54E	Moonee Ponds Creek Trail and Gellibrand Hill Back Paddock, Westmeadows
4L	Gellibrand Hill, Woodlands Historic Park, Greenvale
5L	Moonee Ponds Creek, Woodlands Historic Park, Greenvale

South

3M	Currawong Bush Park, Donvale
21M	Ruffey Lake Park and Rieschiecks Reserve, Doncaster
27M	Jumping Creek Reserve to Blue Tongue Bend, Warrandyte State Park
28M	Fourth Hill and the Gold Heritage walk, Warrandyte State Park
29M	Black Flat to Jumping Creek and beyond, Warrandyte State Park
36M	Whipstick Gully and Webb Rd, Warrandyte State Park
57M	Haslams Track circuit, Warrandyte State Park
5E	Bolin Bolin Lagoon. Bulleen
16E	Mullum Mullum Creek: Beasley’s Nursery to Tindall’s Reserve Templestowe
18E	One Hundred Acres Reserve, Park Orchards
24E	Ruffey Creek Trail: Finns Reserve to Ruffey Lake, Templestowe
26E	Pound Bend circuit, Warrandyte State Park
28E	Westerfolds Park to Finns Reserve, Templestowe
35E	Banyule Creek and Rivergum Track, Viewbank
41E	Plenty River and new bridge circuit, View bank
46E	Blackburn Lake Sanctuary circuit, Blackburn
49E	Koonung-Bushy Creek, Box Hill
51E	Schwerkolt Cottage, Eastlink Trail and Yarran Dheran Reserve, Mitcham

Featured image: Clem Onojeghuo from Pexels