Easy/Medium day to explore Hepburn Regional Park, from the historic town of Daylesford through forest old gold-mining areas, to historic Castlemaine.

From Daylesford, the trip will pass through some wet forest, to the Lavandula Lavender farm and cafe (and cricket willow museum). Then onto Vaughan mineral water springs camping area within the Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage park. We might be able to do the Eureka reef walk (1.8km), around old quartz mining ruins and some aboriginal rock wells. The road goes through a few small creek fords before heading into Castlemaine.

Although most of this trek is suitable for AWD vehicles with good clearance, there are a number of hills and muddy sections that are best suited to vehicles with low-range

This trip aims to follow Trek number 10 of the 4wd treks close to Melbourne book. Reach out to the trip leader if you want more information.

We will meet at 9:00 at the Visitor Information Centre on Vincent St, Daylesford, and depart at 9.30am. If you plan to get breakfast/coffee beforehand there are plenty of cafes a block or so away.

compressor, uhf radio, food and water for the day, any recovery gear you may have
normal road tyres should be ok, but AT or MT preferred
not suitable for AWD vehicles as per book

Note: This is possibly a joint trip with another FWDV affiliated 4wd club.
Just setting a max of 4 vehicles, but if there is more interest, please put yourself on the waitlist which maybe accommodated if there are less attendees from the other club.

I am aiming for this to be members only (apologies no prospectives) as this is possibly a joint trip with another club.

Reach out to the trip leader if you have any questions or concerns.