Mullum Mullum Trail - Great Wheel Walk
Mullum Mullum Trail - Great Wheel Walk
This is a sealed wheel-walk that follows the Mullum Mullum Creek. Time: 1+ hour return trip. Note that track is prone to flooding in places.
Summary
This is a sealed wheel-walk that follows the Mullum Mullum Creek. Time: 1+ hour return trip. Note that track is prone to flooding in places.
Description
Your wheel-walk begins at the sporting precinct. There are toilets, picnic and barbecue facilities.
Follow the path until it takes you to the creek's edge.
1. Here you will notice Manna Gums line the path. There are tall smooth barked trees with their bark peeling off in long ribbons. Manna Gum forests have provided food and shelter for generations of Wurundjeri - the Indigenous custodians of this area. They remain significant trees and forests fro both spiritual and heritage reasons.
2. Manna Gums provide important habitat for gliders, possums and parrots. Hollows take yaers to form so prime habitat hollows are hotly contested. Council will purposely leave dead trees to ensure enough hollows for everyone.
3. The hillside building, now Carey Baptist Grammer School was built in the aerly seventies as one of melbourne's first 'alternative education' schools. The school was 'Era', and its six forested hectares were bordered by orchards, the creek and a dirt track called Springvale Road. The open space before you was their oval - complete with resident trees.
Cross the bridge ahead and stay on the sealed path.
4. The picnic shelter is a nice spot to relax before your return.
Wheel-walk extension: the Mullum Mullum Trail continues to Warrandyte Road. Cross at the Springvale Road intersecion and add 4kms for the return journey.
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Points of Interest
1. 1. Manna Gum forest
These are tall smooth barked trees with their bark peeling off in long ribbons. Manna Gum forests have provided food and shelter for generations of Wurundjeri - Indigenous custodians of this area.
2. 2. Tree hollows
Manna Gums provide important habitat for gliders, possums and parrots. Hollows take years to form so Council will purposely leave dead trees to ensure enough hollows for everyone.
3. 3. Site of Melbourne's first 'alternative school'
The hillside building once housed one of Melbourne's first 'alternative education' schools. The school was 'Era', and its 6 forested hectares were bordered by orchards, the creek and a dirt track.
4. 4. Wheel walk extension
The picnic shelter is a nice spot to relax before you return. To extend your walk, continue north of the trail to Warrandyte Road. Cross at Springvale Road intersection, and add 4km for return journey
Features
Playground
Picnic spot
Drinking water available
Public toilets
Pram friendly
Local treasures
Art and culture
Nature trail
Lake, creek, river
