Docklands West - Lunch break walk (Docklands Park - Victoria Harbour Promenade)
Docklands West - Lunch break walk (Docklands Park - Victoria Harbour Promenade)
A great quick walk that you can complete in between 30 to 45 minutes. Great for a lunch break. A regular walk taken by the Docklands Walkers walking group.
Summary
A great quick walk that you can complete in between 30 to 45 minutes. Great for a lunch break. A regular walk taken by the Docklands Walkers walking group.
Description
Commencing at Docklands Park (Corner of Bourke Street & Navigation Drive) walk towards the Bourke Street and Harbour Esplanade intersection. Cross Bourke Street at the traffic Lights.
Follow the path along Harbour Esplanade (Outside the NAB building) towards Victoria Harbour Promenade. Turn left at the nearest footpath and follow Victoria Harbour Promenade to the Library at the Dock.
Turn left at the library and follow the foothpath around Buluk Park. Turn right at Collins Street and head towards Victoria Harbour Promenade. Turn left rejoining Victoria Harbour Promenade.
Continue along Victoria Harbour Promenade and turn left before Shed 2 and then right at North Wharf Road.
Follow North Wharf Road all the way to the end of North Wharf Road (Careful some sections of the road is gravel). Turn around at the fence after taking a look at the view of Bolte Bridge and heads towards the old Harbour Control Tower.
Follow Victoria Harbour Promenade all the way back down to Harbour Esplanade, turn right and walk towards the Bourke Street and Harbour Esplanade intersection. Cross Bourke Street at the traffic Lights. Turn right at Bourke Street, the walk conclude at Docklands Park at the corner of Bourke Street and Navigation Drive.
Public Toilets:
*Docklands Park South, Harbour Espalade;
*Rear of the 800 Bourke Street building (Victoria Harbour Promenade);
*Central Pier;
*Docklands Library;
*New Quay;
*Waterfront City;
*South Wharf;
*Southern Cross Station.
Public Transport:
*The starting point is a short walk from Southern Cross station.
*The closest tram stops to the starting point are:
- Harbour Esplanade – Stop D4 Routes 35, 70 & 75
- Collins Street – Stop D16 Routes 11 & 48.
3465 Views
Points of Interest
1. Starting Point – Docklands Park
Courtyard, Corner of Bourke Street and Navigation Drive
2. Library at the Dock
Library at The Dock, is the civic heart of Docklands. It offers traditional and digital catalogues, free wi-fi, a range of unique events and multipurpose rooms for hire.
3. Buluk Park
Buluk Park
4. Shadow Trees (2014)
The Shadow Trees sculpture installation is an assemblage construction of painted and fabricated mild steel.
5. Community Hub at the Dock
A community facility for boating enthusiasts (Docklands Yacht Club, Dragon Boat Victoria & Melbourne Outrigger Canoe club) and maternal and child health centre and other community services.
6. Turn left here before Shed 2
Turn left here before Shed 2
7. Bolte Bridge
A large twin cantilever bridge is the longest bridge in Australia. The bridge features two 140 metre high silver towers. ( Longest Span = ?173 metres, Clearance = 25 metres)
8. Old Shipping Control Tower
Old Shipping Control Tower
9. Enterprize Ship Trust
A timber two-masted, topsail schooner, the Enterprize Tall Ship is a replica of the first vessel that brought British settlers to Melbourne in 1835.
10. Alma Doepel
The Alma Doepel is a three-masted topsail schooner, is one of the oldest surviving ships . Built in 1903 in Bellingen, NSW, by Frederik Doepel. Under restoration due early 2019.
11. White Caps (2012)
An artwork by Ari Purhonen. Nesting on the timber piles that once supported the old wharves, the artwork shimmers like a shoal of fish gently moving with the winds and tides of the harbour.
Features
Public Transport
Seating available
Pram friendly
Historical interest
Local treasures
Art and culture
Lake, creek, river
