Steele Creek: Airport West to Keilor Park
Steele Creek: Airport West to Keilor Park
A walk in three parts along Steele Creek: first between Fullarton Rd and Roberts Rd, secondly from the Western Ring Rd to Keilor Park Drive, and finally through the Keilor Botanic gardens.
Summary
A walk in three parts along Steele Creek: first between Fullarton Rd and Roberts Rd, secondly from the Western Ring Rd to Keilor Park Drive, and finally through the Keilor Botanic gardens.
Description
This walk or maybe three walks goes through several different environments - sports grounds, regenerated creek banks, freeway grunge, parklands and a little botanic garden. You can treat the walk from Fullarton to Roberts Road as a short loop, starting either end, and walking through the David Reserve and the made path one way and along the western side of the creek through grass vergeand up to Fullarton Rd the other. Getting from Roberts Rd to start the second part the other side of the Western ring Road means either hopping in you car and driving around, or walkinguop Roberts Rd to Fullartoin Rd and then taking the path near the side of the ring road - I've not walked this section.
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Points of Interest
1. A.J Davis Reserve
Sportsground used for rugby and cricket with scout hall adjacent, lots of dog walking.
2. Walking track through Steele Creek linear reserve
Walk along east side of reserve from car park to join walking track. Track to east follows course of a tributary to Steele Creek, which flows underground, joining Steele Creek near Fullerton Rd.
3. Regeneration of trees
Some good work being done to increase tree cover along the creek.
4. View along the creek bed
But the 'bed' is more a concrete runway for much of its length.
5. Playground off Roberts Rd
View from across the creek on walk back. No path on this side but an easy walk and scramble up the slope at the end to join the path along Fullarton Rd back to the cr park if you do the round trip.
6. Some steel for Steele Creek
Look what the floodwaters brought down.
7. Under the Ring Road - More a warning than anything else!
There is no direct walk between the junction of the path and Roberts Rd. Either retake your steps either side of creek and drive, or walk down Robert Rd to Terror St path (not walked by me).
8. Steele Creek flows free up this far
Probably the most attractive part of the walk is between Snow St and Fosters Rd
9. The path goes missing for a moment
But walk around this dead tree and you will find a bit more between the creek and Keilor Park Drive.
10. The creek disappears under Keilor Park Drive
I walked back to my car from here rather than walk up the road, but you could continue up to the roundabout and cross to the Botanic Gardens at 11.
11. Entrance to the Keilor Botanic Gardens
A rather scrubbyy old bridge links the car park to the Botanic Gardens - with a plaque commemorating its opening by the then Governor in 1982.
12. Keilor Botanic Gardens
Some attractive features of a native botanic garden but frankly rather run down and half-hearted - see the link below.
13. End of the walk
A short track links the gardens with Lindon Close through a linear reserve flanked by Tullamarine industrial sites. A corridor of green hanging in there!
Features
Playground
Seating available
Dog off-leash area
Lake, creek, river
Park / Garden
