Merri Creek Trail

Merri Creek Trail
Looking towards the city at Quarries Park

Length	Approx 21 km
Difficulty	Easy
Hills	Undulating
Hazards	Some blind corners, steep drop into creek, dog droppings on and beside trail, snakes
Water	Don't drink the creek water!! Fountains at the velodrome and at Coburg Lake
Path	Shared use concrete path

The Merri Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians that follows the Merri Creek through the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Route

The path commences at Dights Falls near where Merri Creek enters the Yarra River, and then takes a winding route, mainly following the creek all the way to the Western Ring Road Trail. Hazards include a steep section, unmanageable to all but the most hardy cyclists and close to a school, at Heidleberg Road in Clifton Hill, and a missing section in North Fitzroy that requires leaving the river cutting to cross St. George's Road.

The route is now sealed for its entirety, with the last unsealed sections replaced in 2008. Along the way it passes by CERES, the Brunswick velodrome and the Coburg Lake park.

At the Western Ring Road Trail, heading west will lead you to the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail, Brimbank Park and the Maribyrnong River Trail. La Trobe University Bundoora campus can be accessed by following the trail east.

Landmarks

CERES
Brunswick velodrome
Coburg Lake
HM Prison Pentridge

Connections

The path joins the Western Ring Road Trail in the north.
In the south, it meets the Yarra River Trail.^[4]
In April 2010, connections to the Capital City Trail were improved with the addition of a new bridge across Merri Creek, 160m south of the junction of Union Street and Merri Parade.^[5]

North end at 37°41′41″S 144°58′03″E / 37.694670°S 144.967497°E / -37.694670; 144.967497. South end at 37°46′59″S 144°59′33″E / 37.783139°S 144.992628°E / -37.783139; 144.992628.

Gallery

Footbridge to Rushall railway station
Revegetation

References

↑ VicRoads - Bicycle Facilities Map
↑ Melbourne and Geelong's shared paths in Google Maps
↑ Melbourne and Geelong's shared paths in Google Earth
↑ Kate Morgan (17 September 2013). "Two Minutes with Adalita | Magic Dirt". TheUrbanList.com. Urban List Pty Ltd. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
↑ Northcote Leader - bridge opening

Bike rides around Melbourne 3rd edition, 2009, Julia Blunden, Open Spaces Publishing, ISBN 978-0-9752333-4-4
Bike Paths Victoria sixth edition, 2004. Edited and published by Sabey & Associates Pty Ltd. pp124. ISBN 0-9579591-1-7

External links

Merri Creek Management Committee
Friends of Merri Creek
Merri Creek Trail Map: Darebin City Council
Geographic data related to Merri Creek Trail at OpenStreetMap

Bicycle trails in Melbourne

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Bike paths in Melbourne Cycling in Melbourne Cycling in Victoria Segregated cycle facilities

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