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• Hanging Rock
• Dandenong Ranges - Hamer woodlands, Sherbrooke forest
• Mount Macedon / Camel's Hump
• You Yangs
• Werribee Gorge
• Lerderderg Gorge
• Werribee mansion and park
• Organ Pipes National Park
• Montsalvat artist colony, Eltham
• Port Melbourne beach to Middle Park and St Kilda beaches - in summer

• Melbourne Botanic Gardens
• Alexandra Gardens
• Fitzroy Gardens
• Carlton Gardens

• Brighton Beach
• Half Moon Bay Beach, Black Rock
• Karkarook Park, Moorabbin
• Braeside Park wetlands
• Edithvale wetlands and bird hide
• Tirhatuan Wetlands, Mulgrave
• Churchill National Park
• Dandenong Wetlands and bird hide
• Lysterfield Lake Park
• The Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve, Frankston
• Langwarrin Flora and Fauna Reserve
• Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne
• Cardinia Aqueduct trail in Pakenham

• Fairview Park, Hawthorn
• Koomba Park, Wantirna
• Huntingdale Wetlands
• Bridge Reserve and Fairway Reserve, Mt Waverley
• Valley Reserve, Mt Waverley
• Jell's Park, Glen Waverley
• Birdsland reserve Belgrave Heights

• Yarra Flats Park, Ivanhoe
• Plenty River trail, Banyule Flats Reserve, Heidelberg
• Montsalvat Artist Colony, Eltham - historic colony farm buildings, nice walk to explore (entry fee)
• Barak Bushlands, Eltham
• Westerfolds Park, Templestowe
• Pound Bend Tunnel, Warrandyte State Park
• Gold Heritage Walk, Warrandyte - Johnson's Mine, Fourth Hill Geraghty's Tunnel
• Black Flat, Warrandyte State Park
• Jumping Creek Reserve, Warrandyte State Park
• Mt Lofty near Wonga Park
• The 100 Acres Flora and Fauna Reserve, Park Orchards
• Lilydale Lakes

• Woodlands Homestead and Park, Tullamarine
• Plenty Gorge Parklands, Mill Park
• Bundoora Park
• Gresswell Forest Nature Conserve, Watsonia

• Maribyrnong River parklands:
  • Thompson Reserve and Pipemakers Park near Highpoint West Shopping Centre
  • Fairbairn Park
  • Maribyrnong Park
  • Afton St Conservation Reserve
  • Avondale Heights parkland reserve
  • Tea Gardens Reserve
  • Canning Reserve
  • Thompson Reserve

• Footscray Park and along Maribyrnong River

• Brimbank Park
• Organ Pipes National Park

• Westgate Park - under Westgate Bridge - pink algae lakes
• Sandridge Beach and lookout, to Port Melbourne beach then to Middle Park and St Kilda beaches
• Albert Park

• Newport Lakes Reserve

• Williamstown port
• Port Gellibrand Coastal Heritage Park
• Cyril Curtain Reserve around the headlands
• Williamstown beach
• Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve / Paisley Challis reserve and birdhide alongside Kororoit Creek
• Newport Railway Museum

• Cherry Lake reserve
• Altona Costal Reserve alongside Kororoit Creek
• Altona Beach
• Doug Grant Reserve alongside beach
• Truganina Park / Cheetham Wetlands / Altona Fireshore Reserve / Altona Meadows Natural Features walk along Skeleton Creek

• Point Cook coastal park
  • Cheetham Wetlands Observation Tower and nearby beach
  • Point Cook Homestead - 1850's
  • RAAF Museum
  • Point Cook beach
  • Campbell's Cove beach

• Werribee mansion and Werribee park precinct:
  • Werribee mansion gardens
  • Victoria State Rose Garden
  • Werribee Park sculpture garden and old farm sheds
  • Werribee Open Range Zoo

• The Briars historic homestead and Park, Mount Martha
• Mount Martha Park
• Daangean, enter from Hodgens Road and find the Powerful owls in amongst the messmates
• Arthur's Seat State Park, McCrae - great views and gardens, King's falls
  • walk from Waterfall gully road carpark around the Kings Falls circuit
  • Seawinds and walk the lookout walk or if you have two cars dump one there and walk from Kings Falls across through Seawinds to the Bunnarong track
• Point Nepean National Park
  • old Quarantine Station
  • old Fort Nepean
  • London Bridge coastal area and Portsea back beach
• Diamond Bay and Bay of Islands
• Bridgewater Bay, rock pool and Pirates Bay cave
• Number Sixteen Beach, Dragon's Head and Lizard Head Rock
• St Andrew's beach to Boag Rocks
• Gunnamatta Ocean Beach
• Fingal beach and sea caves
• Cape Schanck Lighthouse and Two Bays walking track
  • Bushrangers bay
• Coolart Historic Homestead and wetlands near Balnarring and Somers beaches
• Warringine Park, Hastings
• Hastings Foreshore Reserve
• Moonlit sanctuary, near Pearcedale
• Mt Cannibal flora and fauna

• Dandenong Ranges
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  • Grant’s picnic ground, Sherbrooke
• Marysville, Steavensons Falls
• Bunyip State Park - wetland board walk - interesting button grass flora and a lovely range of dragonflies
• drive from Mt Donna Buang along Acheron Way to Narbethong
• Seven acre rock do some tramways walks Powelltown ,Noojee

• Hobb's Road Reserve, Bullengarook - nice wattles in late winter/early spring
• Gisborne botanic gardens
• Emu Bottom wetlands, Sunbury
• Mount Macedon:
  • reservoir circuit walk through pine forest
  • Sanitorium Lake circuit walk - high elevation, moist
  • Camel's Hump - high elevation, rock climbing area but nice short walk up a brief incline to snow gums with great views to north
  • Memorial Cross - top of the mount, various walks available
  • Mount Towrong peak walk
  • fantastic very large private gardens (honesty box entry fee, seasonal, great for picnics, photos):
    • Forest Glade Gardens
    • Gardens of Tieve Tara
    • Duneira Estate

• Long Forest walks, near Bacchus Marsh
• Walk to old Draper's Load Antimony Mine, Pyrete Range
• Lerderderg Gorge - bush walks along the river
• Werribee Gorge - a range of interesting walks

• You Yangs - granite outcrop overlooking Melbourne, great for walks and picnic, last entry is usually late afternoon pending season
• Serendip Sanctuary - free, bird sanctuary, check open hours
• Avalon beach and coastal reserve - walk around salt pans