Bendigo Bushland Trail

Length:  65 kilometres
Cycle:  6 hours return
Track:  Moderate
Grade:  Moderate
Start:  Bendigo Visitor Information Centre
Finish:  Bendigo Visitor Information Centre
Nearby:  Bendigo
Permits/bookings:  None required.

The trail combines the best of the natural and historic features of Bendigo and its rural fringe – wildflowers, abundant wildlife, heritage buildings and relics of the gold rush past.

Pick up a map at the Bendigo Visitor Information Centre and choose your direction. Follow the signs featuring an echidna logo to take in views of the goldfields from One Tree Hill Lookout and Diamond Hill. Inspect the region’s wildflowers and orchids at the Salomon Gully Flora Reserve, and visit Bendigo’s historic attractions along the way. Look out for the region's kangaroos, wallabies, possums, and its colourful bird life, including rosellas, honeyeaters, wrens, thornbills and tree creepers.

Note: Mountain bikes are recommended for sections of the trail.