Improving the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail

Starting at Melbourne Airport at one end and finishing at Docklands, this trail has great destinations to make it an excellent recreation or commuter route.

Cross Keys Reserve to be upgraded (Mel 28K1)

Jan 07 The Moonee Ponds Trail will be upgraded through Cross Keys Reserve as a part of Melbourne Water's improvements to the creek bank. The upgrade of the existing trail is welcomed but it is very dissapointing that Melbourne Water chose not to realign the trail to avoid some tight corners and steep grades as suggested by local riders, Moonee Valley BUG and Moonee Valley Council.

20th birthday celebration

Thursday 21 July 2005 marked the 20th anniversary of the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail's official opening in 1985. Moonee Valley Mayor, Lydia Kauzlaric, made a short speech to students from Penola College in Broadmeadows and Strathmore college who had ridden to Boeing Reserve for the occasion.

Also present were Moreland Mayor Mark Higginbotham and a representative from Melbourne Water and CityLink. Happy Birthday was sung and cake devoured. 

Hume: Line marking required for trail

Marking a centre line along the trail through Jacana Wetlands will help people to navigate the trail network. Trail users often take a wrong turn at intersections where other trails intersect with the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail. These include:

• Western Ring Path (Melway map 6 D11)
• Broadmeadows Valley Trail (Melway map 6 D9)

As part of a signage audit we carried out for Parks Victoria in 2003, signage and line marking at these intersections were recommended.

Trail users often take a wrong turn at the intersection with the Western Ring Path (pictured). Line marking and improved signage will help keep people on the right track.

Moonee Valley: Safety fencing at Bell St, Moreland Rd and Dean St

Jul 05 New safety fencing at Dean St underpass has narrowed the useable space on the trail. After complaints from cyclists council arranged for a site visit to look at the issues and put the proposed Moreland Rd underpass fence on hold until the design issues can be sorted. Part of the safety rail has been removed in the meantime.

CityLink installed a safety fence at the Bell St underpass in 2004 which was a good design as it is set back from the path to provide clearance for pedals and handlebars.

See photo (right). We want to see something similar at Moreland Rd and Dean St underpasses.

Moonee Valley: Strathnaver Reserve

July 05 A Masterplan for Strathnaver Resereve is currently being developed (Melway map 16 D6). We have provided input requesting that the path surface and width meets the standards (3.0m is the ideal, and 2.5m is an acceptable minimum). We also requested centre line marking.

People get lost at this location because they miss the turn across the bridge (Melway 16 D5).>

Marking a broken centre line along the path through Strathnaver Reserve and continuing it across the bridge will help people to stay on the main trail.

A stop line should be marked across the intersecting trail on the west side of the creek, north of the bridge.

The photo of the Main Yarra Trail (right) shows how the white line guides people to turn right at the T-junction from the bridge, rather than making a wrong left hand turn.

Ride this trail

Riding the trail. Notes here.