Walking Trails

Starts and Finishes at Grants Picnic Ground

This hard-surfaced track has been especially designed for the disabled. The track follows a steady gradient weaving through spectacular Mountain Ash forest and features interpretive signs to introduce you to the surrounding forest.

Starts and Finishes at Olinda Falls Picnic Ground

One of two waterfalls worth visiting and an easy 600m round trip. You can take the track from Mechanics Reserve on the Tourist Rd for a longer walk. The down-hill takes you to a junction where you have the option of visiting the upper or lower falls viewing platforms.

Starts and Finishes at Grants Picnic Ground

This easy Interpretive Walk takes you back in time to ancient origins with signs that will introduce you to the cool temperate rainforest which is threatened throughout the world.

Starts and Finishes at Kyeema Memorial or Burkes Lookout

Join the Kyeema Track and view the Memorial marking the spot where the Kyeema aircraft crashed in 1938. Take a longer walk by starting at Burkes Lookout. This scenic track takes you around to the base of SkyHigh. Drop in for a refreshing drink before returning.

Starts and Finishes at the Ferntree Gully Picnic Ground

This short walk is ideal to experience the lush fern gullies of the Ferntree Gully Creek. The area is home to both the Rough and Smooth tree ferns which suit these damp conditions, with the rough tree fern easily identified by the rough stems on its fronds. Crimson Rosellas and possums favour the newly forming fern fronds as a food source. 

Starts and Finishes at Doongalla Homestead Picnic Ground

After viewing the remains of the Doongalla Homestead and Stables and maybe even a picnic lunch you can take this moderate walk though some of the Doongalla Forest.

Start and Finish at Sherbrooke Picnic Ground

This is an easy 1 hour walk which will take you to the falls through a lush forest setting. There are also a number of other walks that start and finish here.

Starts and Finishes at Ferntree Gully Picnic Ground

A favourite for training and those interested in the history of the Kokoda Track. This moderate to steep 3km loop has commemorative plaques along the way depicting the lives of Australia soldiers who fought and died in Papua New Guinea during WWII.

Starts and Finishes at Valley Picnic Ground

This moderate walk will take you about 1 hour to complete through the forest boasting relatively undisturbed native habitat. There are also a number of other walks that start and finish here.

Starts and Finishes at Ferntree Gully Picnic Ground

These tracks pass through remnant Cool Temperate Rainforest and Wet Forest. Sooty Owls have been sighted and heard in this area, sounding their mating call in the early evening. A small population of Superb Lyrebird inhabit the wet forest and are often heard and seen scratching by the side of the track searching for a meal. 

Starts and Finishes at Ferntree Gully Picnic Ground

Belview Terrace passes through open Shrubby Foothill and Grassy Dry Forest. You will notice “slash breaks” on both sides created following the 1968 wildfires. Swamp Wallaby, Possums and Gliders frequent this area, together with the Blue-tongue Lizard known to wander the drier slopes. 

Starts and Finishes at Grants Picnic Ground

The route follows Lyrebird Walk passing though cleared areas of bush created by the successive wildfires of the early 1900’s. At Paddy Track Junction turn south and cross Hardy Creek before climbing Welch Track and following Coles Ridge Rd back to the picnic ground.

The 17km long & our premier hilly trail follows the Puffing Billy steam railway through the Eastern Dandenong Ranges starting at Clematis and finishing in Gembrook offering a full range of experiences for users – hills, forests, farms, rural villages, picnic facilities, heritage railway.

Wright Forest has several walking tracks to choose from. The tracks link to Emerald Lake Park and the town centre of Cockatoo. Wrights Forest is a remnant native eucalypt forest and consists of over 75 species of native plants.

An intimate 17km walking track along Sassafras Creek. You can start from Emerald or Sassafras with picnic grounds along the way. You’ll see many native birds and wallabies at dusk. You can picnic at Kays, Olympic, Kensleys & Beagleys picnic grounds.

Butterfield Wildlife Reserve was a former logging and gold mining region. The track starts from Emerald-Monbulk Rd, also a starting point to walk the Dandenong Ranges Tourist Track to Emerald or onto Monbulk. The chimney remnants of Bill Butterfield’s cottage built in the early 1940’s can be viewed at the start of this gentle and peaceful walk.

Gembrook Park is a 5 minute walk from the Gembrook Town Centre and Puffing Billy railway station. There is a picnic area and 2 short walks to explore. Fern Gully Walk is a 1.5km walk. Hillside Walk continues on for another 1.2km. The park is around 29 hectares is a display of mountain grey gums, mountain ash and messmate stringy bark.

A selection of short and longer walks for all abilities taking in woodlands, heathlands on river plains, Mountain Ash and natives.

A short steep track linking the Wishing Well Track to Pine Track via the Emerald–Cockatoo Multi-use Trail. Array of native and some large elm trees at the bottom end of the track. Note - This track can be slippery during wet weather.

Proceeding south from the cafe, you will reach Lake Nobelius. This lake was constructed as a sediment trap for stormwater entering the park from urban areas to the east of the park and the natural spring that enters from the south. A number of boardwalks pass over the water, allowing walkers to view the abundant animal life.

This track is well-formed and is dominated at one end by mature pine trees (Pinus radiata), giving the trail its name. The track joins the Emerald–Cockatoo Multi-use Trail on the border of the Nobelius Heritage Nursery.

The Wishing Well Track walk is the most popular within the park. Walk through a stand of chestnuts, into an ancient forest gully with very tall European trees towering over the native rainforest. When you reached the end, make a wish at the wishing well.

This track, narrow and steep in parts, meanders along the stormwater course that flows from Nobelius Heritage Nursery through to Lakeside car park. You will head through the gully filled with native and exotic flora then come to a small field of ferns. This track is very narrow and is slippery after rain.

This trail runs from Nobelius nursery through to Wombat corner, and is part of a longer trail that links Emerald to Cockatoo via Emerald Lake Park and Wrights Forest. The trail is lined with ferns and a mix of exotic and native flora.

Nobelius Track follows Puffing Billy railway line, from the Carl Stemp amphitheatre to the packing shed. The walk has a number of pine trees, chestnuts and oaks, together with a mix of indigenous flora. The track passes the old Nobelius station and is part of the annual Great Train Race fun run.

This hard-surfaced track has been especially designed for the disabled. The track follows a steady gradient weaving through spectacular Mountain Ash forest and features interpretive signs to introduce you to the surrounding forest.

This easy Interpretive Walk takes you back in time to ancient origins with signs that will introduce you to the cool temperate rainforest which is threatened throughout the world.

The route follows Lyrebird Walk passing though cleared areas of bush created by the successive wildfires of the early 1900’s. At Paddy Track Junction turn south and cross Hardy Creek before climbing Welch Track and following Coles Ridge Rd back to the picnic ground.