Distance: 16km   Bookings are not required for this walk, just turn up at:   9:15am   Ringwood station (in front of Ringwood RSL on Station St). The leader will organise car-pooling and provide directions to the location of the walk.  Drivers are really appreciated to help car-pool walkers between the meeting point and the walk location. There is free all-day parking in the railway carpark if your vehicle isn’t needed for transport. The drive from the meeting point to the starting point of the walk will take about 60 minutes and is 110 km return. The walk will take around 5 1/2 hours including breaks. Expect to return to the meeting point around 5.30pm.

Walk Description

The Tanglefoot Track is undulating up high at about 800m in the mountains north of Healesville. The track winds through magnificent rainforest gullies and mountain ash forests, mainly regrowth from the 1939 bush fires. Also expect to see Blackwood Wattles, Sassafras and Myrtle Beech trees. Some of the Myrtle Beech are over 200 years old having survived the 1939 bush fires.

Tree ferns grow luxuriantly below the canopy, surrounded by a dense layer of ground ferns in the spectacular Wirrawilla Walk winding through cool temperate rainforest in the headwaters of the Sylvia Creek. There are more than 100 different species of birds in the area, including lyrebirds. In the treetops look out for kookaburras and cockatoos, sooty and powerful owls, and you may see wedged-tail eagles in the skies above the treetops.

What to bring

• Day pack
• Sufficient water (2 litres, more on hot summer days)
• Lunch and snacks
• Hat, sun screen
• Suitable outdoor clothing (no jeans/sneakers!)
• Rainwear & warm jacket
• Proper walking shoes/boots

Refer to our Gear Checklist page for more details.   If you are not properly equipped, the walk leader can decide not to let you participate on this walk.

Booking Fee:

YHA Bushwalking Victoria Members: Free
Non-members: $7  (please pay the leader CASH at the start of the walk, no credit cards)

Passengers must pay the driver their share of car-pooling costs as described on the Car-pooling page. Please bring cash for this purpose.

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Contact the leader using the “Enquiry” button below BEFORE 8 pm on the preceding Wednesday.