Access from Melbourne:
Drive from Melbourne toward Ballarat on the western freeway (M8), and take the Greendale and Blackwood exist (C318) just about 30km past Bacchus March. Turn right at Greendale roundabout and then left at Simond Reef Road, as you enter Blackwood. Go down Simmonds Reef Rd untill you reach Jack Cann Reserve parking area and then find the sign showing the start of the heritage river walk.
The walk:
GPS track and profile of the Lerderderg Heritage River Walk
This 10.3km circuit walk is located in Wombat State Forest and part of the Great Dividing Trail. The track is easy/moderate and simple to follow, but you should take care to find the track continuation when crossing roads and cycle tracks. Compass and/or GPS and a map could be put in good use.
The track should take around 3 hours of walking at a gentle pace. There is a 40m drop at the half way point where you can rest on a shaddy and comfortable log beside the river. On the return journey, you follow the west side of the river and there is a 40m climb back to the car park.
River view point and lunch spot
This is the river view from the photo point on the track
Patches of Ferns on the track side along the river.