Tawonga South - Junction Creek Nature Walk
This lovely loop in the Junction Creek gully is perfect for short adventures through the tree ferns.
Distance / time: 1 km / 30 min
Grade 3: Some bushwalking experience recommended. Mostly formed track with short steep hills and steps.
Start at the intersection of Vails Road and the Kiewa Valley Highway. The trail heads westward, crossing a footbridge over the creek and looping around to return via Vails Road. Two shortcuts along the way fork to your left. Keep right to complete the full loop.
Junction Creek Nature Walk Map
Review:
A delightful walk which follows Junction Creek through a lovely environment with lots of tree ferns and many bridges across the creek made of logs or planks. There is also a good range of birds to see and hear.
There's no allocated parking area so it's best to park beside the Kiewa Valley Highway where there's some room. At the start of the walk don't cross the initial bridge but head down to the creek and follow the narrow track that runs beside the creek. Even though the creek is wild and thickly vegetated in places you can always hear the water flowing nearby for most of the length. You will pass a massive wombat hole beside the creek.
There is one point for a rest where there's a seat next to an interesting old car wreck The track reaches a sign "The Gully exit to Vails Road" with steps leading uphill. Ignore this exit and continue on to where the track ends in a thick tree fern gully and steps lead up the hill, The track turns towards the east where there is a seat to rest on and then downhill to meet a gravel road which later joins the asphalt Vails Road.
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Location
Cnr Kiewa Valley Highway and Vails Road, Tawonga South 3698 Map
