Merri Creek Trail

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Merri Creek Trail
Merri Creek Trail - sign and path.JPG
Looking towards the city at Quarries Park
LengthApprox 21 km
Location Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
DifficultyEasy
Hazards Some blind corners, steep drop into creek, dog droppings on and beside trail, snakes
Surface Shared use concrete path
HillsUndulating

The Merri Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians that follows the Merri Creek through the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [1] [2] [3]

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Route

The path commences at Dights Falls near where Merri Creek enters the Yarra River, and then takes a winding route, mainly following the creek all the way to the Western Ring Road Trail. Hazards include a steep section, unmanageable to all but the most hardy cyclists and close to a school, at Heidelberg Road in Clifton Hill, and a missing section in North Fitzroy that requires leaving the river cutting to cross St. George's Road.

The route is now sealed for its entirety, with the last unsealed sections replaced in 2008. Along the way it passes by CERES, the Brunswick velodrome and the Coburg Lake park.

At the Western Ring Road Trail, heading west will lead you to the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail, Brimbank Park and the Maribyrnong River Trail. La Trobe University Bundoora campus can be accessed by following the trail east.

Landmarks

Connections

North end at 37°41′41″S144°58′03″E / 37.694670°S 144.967497°E / -37.694670; 144.967497 . South end at 37°46′59″S144°59′33″E / 37.783139°S 144.992628°E / -37.783139; 144.992628 .

In 2022 a new footbridge was added from Brunswick East to Northcote, near Ceres.

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References

  1. VicRoads - Bicycle Facilities Map Archived 2007-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Melbourne and Geelong's shared paths in Google Maps
  3. Melbourne and Geelong's shared paths in Google Earth
  4. Kate Morgan (17 September 2013). "Two Minutes with Adalita | Magic Dirt". TheUrbanList.com. Urban List Pty Ltd. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  5. Northcote Leader - bridge opening Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine