Recorded by Stephen Lofthouse and contributed to the library by Neil Smith.

Meeting place is the Reynolds road gate [Mel 22 E9], at 0930 for a 0945 start. This is corner of Reynolds Road and Yarra Braes Road. We will walk down Reynolds road 300 m, cross the creek the follow it almost its point of discharge into the Yarra (400m). Then we will follow the ridgeline parallel to the Yarra to the old front garden of Killeavy (1km). Then we will leave the home block and follow the fence line down the Yarra (500 m). We will then walk along the Yarra until we come to a large clearing by the river and have morning tea (500m). Sated we will walk up the hill and turn right at the intersection and walk to Overbank Road and Laughing Waters Road (1km). We will then walk down Laughing Waters Road and turn right onto a river track opposite Ford’s Lane and walk along it until we reach Caitlin’s Retreat (1Km) and Laughing Waters, From there we will walk to the top of the first ridge and then take a left to head back to Ford’s Cottage 500m). From there we will walk back up to Overbank Road (1km) and take track back past Killeavy and then onto old entry road odd to the right which we will follow downhill to the lower gate. From there we follow our noses uphill under the power lines and back to the cars. About 7.4km.

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