by ChrisJHC » Mon 02 Dec, 2019 8:43 pm
It's part of the Goldfields Track (that goes from Ballarat to Bendigo).
This part is from Castlemaine to Bendigo.
An easy 2.5 days with bush camping. A slight detour takes you to the Leanganook Picnic Area with toilets.
One "cute" part of the walk is that about half of it is along an open water channel meaning you don't have to carry water.
You just scoop it out of the channel. You must treat the water as there will be plenty of dead animals in it upstream.
There is only one serious hill - Mount Alexander.
When I did this last year I left my car at Castlemaine Train Station, walked to Bendigo then caught the train back to my car.
I'd rate this as a good walk rather than a great one. A good intro to multi-day walking if you haven't done that before.