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Yarra River Heritage Walk is an 18.5Km, grade 3 hike in Warrandyte State Park, Victoria. This hike typically takes 5 hours to complete.

Length: 18.5Km

Duration: 5 hrs

Grade 3 (Moderate)

Style: One Way

Start: End of Lower Homestead Rd

End: Stonehouse Cafe Warrandyte

Location: Warrandyte State Park

State: Victoria

Nearby town: Wonga Park

From state capital: 35km

Latitude: -37.712384

Longitude: 145.293364

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Hike Overview

The Yarra River Heritage Walk is longer walk that combines many shorter ones in the area into a day hike. Following the Yarra River as closely as possible through the length of the Warrandyte State Park from the end of Lower Homestead Road to the Stonehouse Cafe.

Track Grade

Grade 3 (Moderate) - Walks for Most Fitness Levels: Grade 3 on the AWTGS represents moderate walking tracks. These are ideal for walkers with some fitness who are comfortable with some hills and uneven terrain. While suitable for most ages, some bushwalking experience is recommended to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience. Tracks may have short, steep hill sections, a rough surface, and many steps. The total distance of a Grade 3 walk can be up to 20 kilometers.

Tips

Snakes have been observed in the area, so make a lot of noise.
There are no services or fresh water (other than the Yarra) along the trail, except at the Stan Brae Farm picnic area.
There are many places where you can stop and start this walk, with the longest section being from Clifford Park to Jumping Creek Reserve (7km).
Please respect the area - Clifford Park is owned by the Scouts, but allow use for walkers; a section of this walk is not marked on any maps and may be private property (although maps show it as State Park)

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Yarra River Heritage Walk (18.5km)

Total distance: 18530 m
Max elevation: 129 m
Min elevation: 33 m
Total climbing: 550 m
Total descent: -575 m

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Getting there

Yarra River Heritage Walk (18.5km)

Park a car at the end of Lower Homestead Road and the other at the Stonehouse Cafe. Then simply follow the river!

The park is 24km north-east of Melbourne. Access is mainly via three sealed roads: Warrandyte Road, Research-Warrandyte Road and Ringwood-Warrandyte Road (Melways pages 23 & 24). Park at the end of Lower Homestead Rd, Wonga Park. Watch out for Kangaroos, they are everywhere. The track begins from the carpark.

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Access conditions

2WD Access
Bitumen Road

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Yarra River Heritage Walk (18.5km)

3 Reviews on “Yarra River Heritage Walk (18.5km)”

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Cam Davis

I highly recommend this hike. Hiking along side the Yarra river is very pleasant and there are plenty of river side spots to rest and take in the river. Not an overly hard hike but well worth the effort.

24/03/2022, 05:18

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