Traditional Custodians: Kurung-jung-balluk and the Mapeang-balluk clans
Not like you may assume Werribee Gorge is an hour north west of Melbourne and not actually near the foul smelling city of sewerage bearing the same name. Also unlike it’s stanky associate Werribee Gorge is picturesque and brimming with natural beauty.
The main circuit (werribee gorge circuit) is a tidy 10km loop that takes you down, into and through the gorge. A few light scrambles and a cool change as you follow the creek, just watch out for the occasional jogger steaming passed.
I had seen some photos of what looked like quite a kind of intense rock face scale where you clung onto a steel cable bolted into the rock. When faced with this obstacle, in reality it is far less impressive even toddlers were hopping around it. I say less impressive but it was still entertaining and provides a good jump platform into the creek if its a particularly hot day.
All in all if you want to escape the smog its worth spending a few hours out this way.
By Max Blackmore
2016
LFRF acknowledges all the Traditional Owners of the land [or country] and pay our respects to the Elders, past and present of the Kurung-jung-balluk and the Mapeang-balluk clans and urges you to please do the same.
