Bendigo is known as a “City within a Forest”, being completely surrounded by National and Regional Parks. Box-Ironbark forests have been shaped by over 40,000 years of indigenous involvement, gold fever and more recently, recreation.
The Bendigo Bushland Trail consists of bicycle and walking tracks, as well as some road tracks. It encircles the urban area of Bendigo and covers a total distance of 65km. ’Rex’ the echidna will guide you. Just follow the blue and gold signposts. This trail goes through pockets of remnant Box-Ironbark regrowth.
Look carefully for animal tracks on tree trunks, trail tracks and ant’s nests. You may even be lucky enough to see a kangaroo (goo-ra) or black wallaby (jhin-bong-goore) bound past. A possum (bun-nar) may be roosting in a shrub or a tree or even in the Dodder Laurel, a vine that tends to strangle the plant it grows over. Most of our native animals are nocturnal, in that they only come out at night.
Download the Experience Bendigo Outdoors - City Map brochure which contains the Bendigo Bushland Trail (2mb, PDF). Alternatively please contact the Bendigo Visitor Centre on 1800 813 153 or via our contact form to request a copy. |