Black Flat Walk

Black Flat Walk

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Posted 2019-08-25 by Neil Follettfollow
The Warrandyte National Park consists of many individual named areas, all following the south side of the Yarra River from Wonga Park to Warrandyte North.



The Black Flat Park Walk is one of them. There is a small off-road car park at the entrance on Tills Drive.


It is of several hectares and is heavily vegetated with both tall gums and dense smaller undergrowth.

The main walking track is circular, mostly around the perimeter of the bush. The track is wide and compacted but some sections are very narrow and rough, definitely not wheelchair terrain. The circuit walk distance is just under two kilometres.


The walk is purely for the enjoyment of walkers, as signs indicate, no dogs, no horses, no fires and no cycles. Feet are welcome.


There is evidence of many trees having fallen across the paths and these have been cleared from the path and the remains left to become future homes for native fauna.


Most of the park is reasonably elevated and I would class it as an all-weather walk with only one or two sections looking like it may be damp in wet weather.


I was there on a weekday and although there were two other cars in the car park I saw no one. Although some of the path borders houses and it was very quiet. Solitude, I would describe it as.

The solitude was broken at one point by the soothing sound of flowing water as the Yarra River came into view. It was fast flowing over a rapids area. Unfortunately, because of the steep bank through bush and the fact that I can't swim, I was unable to photograph the rapids.


However, a little further downstream the narrow path followed the Yarra closely and allowed many river images.


Although I heard several birds, I didn't see any, apart from a fast fly-by by two parrots, rosella or lorikeets. They were that quick. The only floral displays seen was many wattle trees in bloom.


About half way around the circuit a branch path led to the Jumping Creek Reserve.


The area was part of the Warrandyte goldfields in the 1880s and evidence of mining is still evident in places with several large depressions where the earth was dugout. Disappointedly rubbish had been dumped in some of them.




Along the western side of the park, a large rusting boiler is fenced off. It was used to generate steam to power some of the mining equipment. Some gold was discovered, but not enough to make the ventures economical.


The only facility on the walk is one picnic table and seats near the Yarra.

It is not generally known that the first discovery of gold in Victoria was at Warrandyte in 1851. Apart from being a pleasant walk, the Black Flat walk has historical significance.

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