Trail Watch report card. Rating Victoria's walking trails.

Check out our Trail Watch report card, which covers many of Victoria’s most popular parks and reserves. These ratings indicate the overall quality of a parks walking trails based on construction and maintenance, and how clearly they are signposted. Admittedly these ratings are fairly general, but it will give walkers a chance to gauge just how much effort a particular park or reserve is putting into its walking trails.

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PARK NAME	WALKING TRAIL MAINTENANCE	WALKING TRAIL SIGNAGE	COMMENTS
ALPINE NP	POOR / AVERAGE	POOR	Irregular trail maintenace and generally poor signage.
ARTHURS SEAT SP	VERY GOOD	GOOD / VERY GOOD	Urban bushland.
AVON WILDERNESS PARK	WILDERNESS WALKING	WILDERNESS WALKING	There are no marked walking trails in the park.
BARMAH NP	GOOD	AVERAGE / GOOD
BAW BAW NP	GOOD	GOOD
BEECHWORTH HP	VERY POOR / POOR	VERY POOR / POOR	Quality of trails are getting worse by the year. Very poor signage. Could be a major walking destination.
BENDIGO RP	VERY POOR	VERY POOR / POOR
BIG DESERT WILDERNESS	WILDERNESS WALKING	WILDERNESS WALKING	There are no marked walking trails in the park.
BLACK RANGE SP	POOR	POOR	Few walking trails. Never maintained.
BRISBANE RANGES NP	AVERAGE / GOOD	AVERAGE	More work needs to be done with trail maintenance and signage.
BUNYIP SP	AVERAGE	POOR / AVERAGE
BURROWA-PINE MOUNTAIN NP	AVERAGE	GOOD	Walking trails badly need more regular mainenance.
CAPE LIPTRAP COASTAL PARK	GOOD	GOOD
CAPE NELSON SP	GOOD / VERY GOOD	AVERAGE
CASTLEMAINE DIGGINGS NAT HP	GOOD	POOR	Too many unmarked 4WD tracks make this area very confusing for walkers.
CATHEDRAL RANGE SP	VERY GOOD	EXCELLENT
CHILTERN-MT PILOT NP		POOR	Walking is mostly on vehicle tracks.
CHURCHILL NP (LYSTERFIELD PARK)	GOOD	VERY GOOD	Walking is on shared bike paths and vehicle tracks.
COBBOBOONEE NP	GOOD	GOOD	Great South West Walk.
COOPRACAMBRA NP	VERY GOOD	POOR	Mainly wilderness walking. A couple of established trails.
CRESWICK RP	AVERAGE	VERY POOR	Too many 4WD vehicle tracks and generally no signage.
CROAJINGOLONG NP	GOOD	AVERAGE
DANDENONG RANGES NP	VERY GOOD	GOOD / VERY GOOD
EDWARDS POINT WILDLIFE RES	EXCELLENT	VERY GOOD
ENFIELD SP	GOOD	AVERAGE
ERRINUNDRA NP	GOOD	AVERAGE	Limited walking trails.
FRENCH ISLAND NP	AVERAGE	AVERAGE	Walking is almost entirely along management vehicle tracks.
GRAMPIANS NP	VERY GOOD / EXCELLENT	VERY GOOD
GREAT OTWAY NP	VERY GOOD	VERY GOOD
GREATER BENDIGO NP	POOR	VERY POOR
HATTAH-KULKYNE NP	GOOD	AVERAGE / GOOD
HEATHCOTE-GRAYTOWN NP	AVERAGE	AVERAGE	Walking is mainly along 4WD management vehicle tracks. Signage getting old and is confusing in places. Too many illigal trail bikes.
HEPBURN RP	VERY GOOD / EXCELLENT	VERY GOOD
HOLEY PLAINS SP	AVERAGE	POOR	Walking is entirely along management vehicle tracks.
HOWQUA HILLS HISTORIC AREA	AVERAGE	POOR
KINGLAKE NP	VERY GOOD		New trails and signage are under construction.
KOOYOORA SP	VERY GOOD	VERY GOOD	Excellent off-trail walking.
LAKE EILDON NP	VERY GOOD	EXCELLENT	Excellent off-trail walking.
LANGI GHIRAN SP	GOOD	POOR
LERDERDERG SP	VERY GOOD	AVERAGE / GOOD	Excellent wilderness walking in the gorge.
LERDERDERG SP (PYRETE SECTION)	VERY POOR	VERY POOR	Excellent wilderness walking.
LITTLE DESERT NP	VERY GOOD	AVERAGE / GOOD
LONG FOREST NATURE CONS RES	POOR / AVERAGE	VERY POOR
LOWER GLENELG NP	GOOD	GOOD / VERY GOOD	Great South West Walk.
LYSTERFIELD PARK (CHURCHILL NP)	GOOD	VERY GOOD	Walking is on shared bike paths and vehicle tracks.
MACEDON RP	VERY GOOD	GOOD
MALDON HISTORIC RES	AVERAGE	VERY POOR	Walking is mainly along management vehicle tracks.
MITCHELL RIVER NP	GOOD	AVERAGE / GOOD
MORNINGTON PENINSULA NP	VERY GOOD / EXCELLENT	VERY GOOD
MORWELL NP	GOOD	AVERAGE
MT ALEXANDER RP	POOR	POOR	The southern section of the West Ridge Walking Track has now vanished. Most of the signage in the park has gone.
MT ARAPILES-TOOAN SP	VERY GOOD / EXCELLENT	VERY GOOD
MT BECKWORTH SR	POOR	VERY POOR
MT BUANGOR SP	GOOD	GOOD
MT BUFFALO NP	EXCELLENT	GOOD
MT ECCLES NP	EXCELLENT	VERY GOOD
MT SAMARIA SP	GOOD	GOOD
MT WORTH SP	AVERAGE	AVERAGE
MURRAY-SUNSET NP	WILDERNESS WALKING	WILDERNESS WALKING	There are no marked walking trails in the park.
PADDYS RANGES SP	AVERAGE	POOR
POINT NEPEAN NP	VERY GOOD	EXCELLENT
PORT CAMPBELL NP	GOOD	VERY GOOD
SNOWY RIVER NP	AVERAGE	GOOD
ST ARNAUD RANGE NP	AVERAGE	POOR	Walking is entirely along management vehicle tracks.
STEIGLITZ HP	AVERAGE	POOR
TARRA-BULGA NP	GOOD	GOOD / VERY GOOD
TERRICK TERRICK NP	GOOD	POOR / AVERAGE	Walking is mainly along management vehicle tracks.
WARBY-OVENS NP	GOOD	AVERAGE
WARRANDYTE SP	VERY GOOD	AVERAGE / GOOD
WERRIBEE GORGE SP	AVERAGE	GOOD	More trail mainenance is required on eroded sections of the trail.
WILSONS PROMONTORY NP	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT
WOODLANDS HP	GOOD / VERY GOOD	VERY GOOD
WOMBAT STATE FOREST	AVERAGE / GOOD	GOOD
WYPERFELD NP	VERY GOOD	EXCELLENT
YARRA RANGES NP	VERY GOOD	VERY GOOD
YOU YANGS RP	VERY GOOD / EXCELLENT	VERY GOOD

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