Walk 5 - Schwerkolt – Creekside Walk
60 mins return (moderate)
Start at the Visitors Centre. Follow the track shown in RED/YELLOW on the map. Walk through the picnic area and pass the ponds, to follow Yellow Box Track and then the Schwerkolt Track until you reach Schwerkolt Cottage, open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays. For more information, see https://www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/things-do/arts-culture/schwerkolt-cottage.
On the way, note the canopy trees and mid and lower storey woodland vegetation along the Yellow Box Track as described for Walk 3.
Walking next to the creek gives you a great opportunity to see Pacific Black Ducks and Wood Ducks, and, in the Spring, families of ducklings. You will also see visible remains of sites used by Augustus Schwerkolt where he quarried for stone to build the Cottage, as well as old fruit trees on your right which h serves as the Schwerkolt family’s orchard area.
Along the track, also note the very lovely poles showing Indigenous art which serve as distance markers used for the Mullum Mullum Park Run (Mitcham) a 5 km run/walk/cycle event held every Saturday morning from Schwerkolt Cottage and through Yarran Dheran.
For more detail see: https://www.parkrun.com.au/mullummullum/course/
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