Overview

  • Highlights: Long walk through Eastern Sherbrooke Forest
  • Distance:  7.1 km loop
  • Duration: 2 hours return
  • Grade: Moderate to Difficult
  • Conditions: Path is step free with a slight gradient
  • Best Time to Visit: Anytime
  • Facilities: Toilets & picnic tables at picnic ground
  • Start/Finish: Grants Picnic Ground
  • Permits/Bookings: None required
  • Address: Dandenong Ranges National Park, Victoria
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WHAT WE LIKED

Chance to spot lyrebirds and rosellas in the forest.

WHAT WE DISLIKED

Scenery can get a bit repetitive after a while.

Summary

Located in the Dandenong Ranges National Park, the Sherbrooke Forest walk takes you through the eastern Sherbrooke Forest where you are surrounded by Mountain Ash and Messmate Stringybark forest.

Sherbrooke Forest Walk

 

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The Sherbrooke Forest Walk is a round trip starting and finishing at Grants Picnic Ground.

The route follows Lyrebird Walk, then Neumann Road, passing though cleared areas of bush created by the successive wildfires of the early 1900’s. At Paddy Track Junction turn south and cross Hardy Creek before climbing Welch Track and following Coles Ridge Road back to the picnic ground.

Most of the walk is through Mountain Ash and Messmate Stringybark forest.

There are steep sections on Paddy Road and Welch Track which may be slippery when wet.

This longer walk is moderate to difficult so allow yourself plenty of time to complete the loop and take some water on a warm day. Other walks start and finish here.

 

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Bird Feeding Area

There is a bird feeding area at Grants Picnic Ground.

Visitors must purchase a token from ‘Grants on Sherbrooke’ kiosk to enable them to enter the fenced Bird Feeding area and obtain a measured amount of seed to be offered to the wild birds. Visitors are not permitted to bring in their own seed nor offer seed or other food items to birds outside of the Bird Feeding Area.

The bird feeding area is the only place within the Dandenong Ranges National Park where native birds may be hand fed. The area is accessed via a concrete path from the cafe. The bird feeding area is level with a concrete surface. The entry area is 850 millimetres wide making it suitable for wheelchair access and a fully inclusive experience.

 

Sherbrooke Forest Walking Map

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