Kalorama-Doongalla Loop

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Features Birding · Views · Wildlife

Hike through the beautiful Australian bush while catching glimpses of magnificent views across Metropolitan Melbourne and the bay beyond. Pass the site of a plane crash some 80 years ago before reaching the old Doongalla Homestead site.

Bring your own drinking water as there is none available at the site.

Starting from the parking area, follow the Old Mountain Road to shortly make a left onto Fireline Track. Follow Fireline Track through rolling forested hills before catching the Dacite Track on your left.

Dacite Track lasts for only a short while before using the Rankin Track to dive down a steep hill to a connection with the Camelia Track.

Camelia Track continues through more of the same forest and descending terrain until reaching one of the highlights of the hike: Doongalla Homestead.

At the site, enjoy a snack in the picnic area while you investigate the remnants of an original bush homestead. When you're ready to continue, find the Zig Zag Track to begin a steady climb through switchbacking terrain to another junction with the Dacite Track and the trail's end into the Kyeema Track.

Traversing rolling terrain yet again, the Kyeema Track follows a leafy, pleasant path to the junction with Trig Track and the final leg of the journey back to the car.

Kangaroos, wallaby, koalas, kookaburras, and cockatoos all can be seen on this trail.

The old Doongalla Homestead site marks the original spot where the homestead was destroyed in a bush fire in the 1930s.