One of the best places to encounter Australian wildlife is in its natural habitat. Find yourself having an 'up close and personal' experience with our local flora and fauna. Enjoy our backyard of adventure playgrounds and picnic spots in the bush, along creeks and streams. Wander the tracks and climb the hills.
Warburton offers runners a feast of trail runs, from long, flat compacted trails that will satisfy every budding marathoner, to the most challenging mountain climbs that will test the mettle of any hardcore trail junkie.
Scotchman 's Creek was one of the earliest goldfields to open in the Upper Yarra district, wile the Backstairs Track linked Old Warburton to new Warburton.
The Australian Bicentennial National Trail (BNT) is a 5,330km self reliant multi use route through bush, wilderness and mountain areas. Trail Heads are in Healesville, Victoria and Cooktown in tropical north Queensland.
With Warburton Habitat Tree explore Melbourne’s catchment country, ancient forests, pristine waterways, walk amongst the tallest flowering plants in the world, collect mountain spring water, search for wildlife and visit our very unique “Indoor Forest’
The Lilydale to Warburton Rail Trail is a 38 km track following the old railway line through the towns of Wandin, Worri Yallock, Seville, Launching Place, Yarra Junction, Wesburn, Millgrove and terminating in Warburton.
Maroondah features gardens with stands of native and exotic trees, native animals and birds and walking tracks. Its playground, lawns and cool summer shade make it a popular picnic destination in warmer months.
Mountain bike riding is a popular recreational activity in forest and there are many areas of public land where mountain bike riders can enjoy Victoria's great outdoors.
At only 75km from Melbourne, the Yarra at Warburton represents the closest Grade 2-3 paddling to Melbourne. While being dependent on rainfall and snow melt for river levels to reach the 1.5-2m sweet spot, paddling can be undertaken any time of the year.
This beautiful site features a 40 metre long observation platform which takes you into the rainforest canopy 15 metres above the ground in the Yarra Ranges National Park near Warburton.