Waverley Flora Park

Difficulty

Walking: Moderate
Mountain biking: Intermediate

Length: 2.8km

Time: 1 hour walk

Parking: Turning circle at the end of Lanena Street

Dogs: Under effective control (Please obey signage. Effective control means your dog is in close proximity, in line of sight, immediately responds to your voice command. If not, leave your dog on lead)

Begin at the Winifred Curtis Entrance at Mercedes Place. Walk up the ramp at this entrance and follow the gravel track (Charles Darwin Trail) for 600 metres, ignoring all other tracks until you reach a six-track junction. Take the track straight ahead leading to the east and turn left after 15 metres onto the Waverley Quarry Track. This track passes an historic quarry face on the right and leads to a low stone wall and plaque. Turn right and follow a rock-bordered track to a T-junction, where you turn left onto the Charles Darwin Trail. Continue along this track and walk in a clockwise direction, passing a reservoir and radio aerial on the left. Continue downhill and take the second track to the right. Follow this track, ignoring all other tracks until you reach a junction marked by boulders.

From here you can walk 10 metres to the left to see a pond (inhabited by frogs during wet periods), then return to the main track and take the right fork to a fenced lookout above the historic quarry.

Follow the fence line to a flat flagstone surface, and proceed downhill. A track to the left, marked by a large boulder, detours 100 meters to a lookout with spectacular views south-west, a great place to rest for a while. Head back to the main track, and continue to the six-track junction. At the junction, take the second track on the left (Mornington Hill Track) and head to the fenced park boundary. Turn right and follow this boundary to a two metre high rock wall, and back to the park entrance.

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