Nomads Outdoors Group – Warrandyte State Park – Gold Heritage Walk

A series of interconnected walks to check out Warrandyte’s gold mining past. The focal point of our walk will be a memorial cairn that has been erected on Fourth Hill.

GRADE | LENGTH | TYPE: Grade 3 Moderate (due to hills and terrain (graded according to the AWTGS: Australian Walking Tracks Grading System). The estimated total walk distance is around 9 km.

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: The first activity will be the circuit walk around Fourth Hill area with ample time to inspect the eight protected sites in this sector. The walk will proceed along the Wildcat Gully and Whipstock Gully Tracks to another circuit walk around the site of the Victory Mine. The area is well sourced with storyboards. Additional walks will be taken along the many interconnecting management vehicle tracks.

The first discovery of gold in Victoria was in 1851 at Warrandyte; now an outer suburb. Detailed mining of the area did not occur until other areas in the state were exhausted. Many of the mining sites are available for observation.

Optional Afternoon Tea in the nearby village of Warrandyte will be organised at the conclusion of the walk.