Sunday Walk along Gardiners Creek


We went on a short walk with our friends last Sunday. Gardiners Creek is located in Melbourne eastern suburbs. It was originally known by its Woiwurrung name Kooyongkoot, meaning “haunt of the waterfowl,” because it was once a favourite gathering place for water birds along the Yarra catchment.

We started from the car park next to the Bennettswood Bowling Club.

Trail

The trail was nice and flat.

Wooden sculpture of a rooster. You can see new train station being built in the background.
Geological sculpture

The stacked blocks are different rock types. The labels are ERUPT, LITHIFY, METAMORPHOSE, MELT – the main processes rocks go through as they change from igneous to sedimentary to metamorphic and back again.

Another wooden sculpture

We reached High St Road in Ashwood and turned back. We returned on the other side of the creek. We walked 8 km total.


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