Description

CHALLENGE RATING: “Short sections of riverside rock scrambling, short technical ascents & descents, short sections of hiking at height”

Come with us on a 8km 321m elevation hike of Werribee Gorge State Park. Werribee Gorge on Wurundjeri country has a spectacular variety of terrain providing for a fun, challenging and scenic day out for both the kids and adults. We will check out the impressive lookouts, search for the local wildlife and enjoy each others company as our guides lead you around this adventure playground. You don’t have to be super fit, just bring a “have a go” attitude and embrace the adventure.  

This tour follows the winding Werribee River along the Gorge’s harsh cut cliff faces. We check out the scenic viewpoints over the Gorge and river before dropping down the ridge to follow the technical trails and sometime rock scrambles of the river trail and an old irrigation water channel back to our start/finish point.

With breaks this hike should take approximately 4 hrs to complete. Toilets are located at the start/finish. 

Starting and finishing at the Quarry Picnic area carpark on Myers rd, our tour takes in:

Werribee River

Quarry Picnic Area

Eastern Lookout

Western Lookout

Picnic Point

Lionhead Beach

Needles Beach

Wire rope scramble

We have something for everyone on this tour which will be lead by our experienced, fun loving tour guides.

The bus will leave at 9:00am from Frankston Visitor Information Centre, 7N Pier Promenade, Frankston VIC 3199. We will stop for toilets, food and coffee on our way.

Weather forecast:

What to bring:

A 500ml water bottle or we can supply this on the day.

A rain jacket

Good condition sports/walking shoes

Comfortable walking clothes

Any emergency medications you may need

 

What your guides will cover:

Navigation and tour flagging

Customer first aid response (all guides first aid trained and carry first aid kits, with further first aid supplies in van)

Regroups and head counts

Radio comms and group coordination

Emergency response via mobile phones, satellite phones and personal locator beacons

Jelly snake and vegan jelly distributors

In hike toiletries

Customer snake bandages

Sunscreen, hand sanitiser, wet wipes.

We recommend having ambulance cover, due to the potential high cost of complex emergency response in natural settings.

https://www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/membership/fees-terms/

Our tour details, safety notes, weather advice and course GPX/KML files will be emailed out a few days before your tour date.