Updates

Media, Updates

The importance of water

By Track Admin / 4 March 2026

Gold transformed the land — but not in the way the diggers imagined. What began as a rush for fortune […]

Track closures, Updates

Alternative walking route around Leanganook (Mount Alexander)

By Track Admin / 3 March 2026

Mount Alexander Regional Park is closed to the public, which means the walking section of the Goldfields Track is closed.

Track closures, Updates

Track closures around Hepburn Springs

By Track Admin / 12 February 2026

Parts of the Goldfields Track are closed north of Hepburn Springs: the Blowhole to Hepburn-Newstead Road, and Hepburn- Newstead Road

Track closures, Updates

Section of Wallaby Track closed from 9 Feb 2026

By Track Admin / 14 January 2026

Thinning harvest scheduled at the Creswick Pine Plantation (HVP Plantations) HVP Plantations has scheduled a thinning harvest at the Creswick

Track closures, Updates

Goldfields Track – Safety Update

By Track Admin / 13 January 2026

Due to recent fires, parts of the Goldfields Track around Harcourt and Liyanganuk/Leanganook have been impacted and are not safe

Acknowledgement of Country

The Wadawurrung and Dja Dja Wurrung People are the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land and waters over which the Goldfields Track passes. The Goldfields Track Committee pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging and extend this to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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