Moonee Ponds Creek Trail

Moonee Ponds Creek Trail
Moonee Ponds Creek Trail running alongside Citylink
Length	Approx 25 km
Location	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cycling details
Trail difficulty	Easy
Hazards	Blind corners, steep drop into creek. There is a gravel bank near Flemington Bridge Station where it is easy to slip
Surface	Bitumen path, purpose built wooden decking in spots
Hills	Flat
Connecting transport
Train(s)	Jacana, Pascoe Vale and Flemington Bridge stations

The Moonee Ponds Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows the Moonee Ponds Creek through the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

It commences in Melbourne Docklands on Footscray Road near where the creek enters the Yarra River. The lower reaches of the path are also the route of the Capital City Trail.

It follows the creek, snaking under and around the Tullamarine Freeway for many kilometres. There is a short on road section through Essendon along Vanberg Road. After Bell Street it leaves the Tullamarine Freeway and the dank concrete environment and heads north on the east side of Essendon Airport through a series of parks, including the aptly named Boeing and Charles Kingsford Smith Ulm reserves. Passing under the large trestle bridge, the trail soon arrives at the Western Ring Road and the Western Ring Road Trail.

1.3 km along to the north is Jacana Reserve, near Johnstone Street. By crossing a small footbridge here, one arrives at the south end of the Broadmeadows Valley and the south end of the Broadmeadows Valley Trail.

Continuing on the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail leads to Willowbrook Reserve near Mickleham Road, in Westmeadows. West of Willowbrook Reserve, the path continues along the fence line of the Woodlands Historic Park, home of Living Legends, next to