WALKING TRACKS
There are many public recreational tracks in
the present-day Police Paddocks Reserve, and Churchill NP for walking, hiking, running,
jogging, sports training, cycling, horse-riding, orienteering, nature study, bird-watching, GeoCache exploring,;and Geodetic
marker searching. They are categorized as:
JAMBOREE ROADWAY TRACKS
These
use the 10 km network of internal sealed gated roadways built in 1964 for the Scout Jamboree. Private vehicle access is not
permitted, as they are intended for fire-protection and Park management purposes
OTHER TRACKS.
Built in the years from 1966 to the present - these include narrow bushland pathways, some of which
are signed - only some are shown on current maps
Woodland Walk
750 m circuit,
starting at the northern boundary of the Brady Rd picnic area
Wetland Walk.
1 km circuit,
starting from the junction of Baden Powell Drive and Brady Rd
Wonga Track
250 m, linking
Baden Powell Drive with the Wetland Walk
Historic Area Walk
500 m, linking
Greenbank Area with Frankston Drive
Tree Conservation and Community Garden Track
500 m. This passes through the area which was created for the Jamboree - it links Brady Rd and Greenbank Avenue
Police Rd
Walk
500 m, along the unsealed fire control road, starting
at the gate at the Rowville East Terminal Station and ending at Churchill Park Drive
Dandenong Creek Trail
3 km, extending from Heatherton Rd to Stud Rd, crossing Brady Rd
Arthur C. Robinson Track
500 m, passing through an old scout camp reserve, linking Churchill Park Drive with Power Rd
Native Police Depot Track,
1 km. This leads to the Commemorative Cairn (commissioned in 1972). north of Brady Rd. which is on
the site of the former Native Police Depot. It starts near the Dandenong Creek Bridge on Brady Rd, and is a gated fire protection
and park management track
Ridge Track
1 km, linking Frankston Drive
with Police Rd. This seldom-used and relatively unknown track passes through areas of uncleared woodland, and is heavily overgrown
in places
Minor
Ghost Tracks
Archeological research in recent years has uncovered
the remains of several very old horse and woodcutter tracks, in the lower section of the Paddocks, to the east of Stud Rd.
No above-ground evidence is visible
Walking Tracks in Churchill National Park - visit the following link for details!
