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Dights Falls

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Dights Falls

Length2.3 mi
Elev. Gain206.6 ft
Est. Steps5500

Trail

Forest

Lake or River

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Introduction
Dights Falls is a 2.4 mile (5,500-step) route located near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. This route has an elevation gain of about 206.6 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
I took small trails, very narrow but more exciting following Yarra river to get to Dights fall and little climb up to the top rock, was a beautiful view. An amazing walk so far for Monday.

Collingwood Children's Farm

Tourist Attraction
Collingwood Children's Farm is a not-for-profit, inner city farm situated on the Yarra River in the Melbourne suburb of Abbotsford, Australia. It is adjacent to, and considered part of the larger Abbotsford Convent complex. The Abbotsford Heritage Precinct Farmlands (APHF) supporting the Collingwood Children's Farm are unique in being the oldest continually farmed land in the state of Victoria.

Dights Falls

Water
Dights Falls is a rapids and weir on the Yarra River Melbourne, Victoria, just downstream of the junction with the Merri Creek. At this point the river narrows and is constricted between 800,000-year-old volcanic, basaltic lava flow and a much older steep, silurian, sedimentary spur. The north side also contains abundant graptolite fossils in sedimentary sandstone.

Abbotsford Convent

Building
The Abbotsford Convent is located in Abbotsford, Victoria, an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The Convent is in a bend of the Yarra River west of Yarra Bend Park, with the Collingwood Children's Farm to its north and east, the river and parklands to its south and housing to its west.During the 19th and part of the 20th century, the 6.8 hectare site was occupied by one of the largest convents in Victoria.

Abbotsford, Victoria

Place
Abbotsford is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, 2 km northeast of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Yarra. At the 2016 census, Abbotsford had a population of 8,184.Abbotsford is bounded by Collingwood, Richmond and Clifton Hill and separated from Kew by the meandering Yarra River.

Burnley, Victoria

Place
Burnley is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Yarra. At the 2016 Census, Burnley had a population of 769.Burnley has the Yarra River as its southern and eastern boundaries. The other boundaries are Bridge Road to the north and Burnley Street to the west.

Electoral district of Abbotsford

Place
Electoral district of Abbotsford was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.Abbotsford was created by the post-Federation Electoral Districts Boundaries Act 1903coming into effect in 1904 when 42 districts were abolished (including Jolimont and West Richmond) and 24 new ones created resulting in 65 districts.

Victoria Bridge, Melbourne

Place
The Victoria Bridge is a bridge over the Yarra River between Richmond and Hawthorn, Melbourne, Australia. It carries Victoria Street across the Yarra.The bridge is riveted and welded steel Warren truss bridge. It was completed in 1884. The bridge was widened in 1890 by the addition of a third line of truss on new piers on the upstream side to carry horse trams.

Johnston Street Bridge

Place
Johnston Street Bridge is a concrete road bridge crossing the Yarra River in Collingwood, a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria.The current bridge was constructed in 1954-6 by the Victorian Country Roads Board (CRB) using a design employing cast-in-place reinforced-concrete curved Tgirders and an integral flat slab deck.

Hawthorn Bridge

Place
The Hawthorn Bridge is a wrought iron truss bridge across the Yarra River, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The bridge connects Bridge Road and Burwood Road. It is a substantial riveted, wrought-iron, lattice-truss bridge with bluestone abutments and piers, designed by Francis Bell and is the oldest extant bridge over the Yarra River and is one of the oldest metal bridges in Australia.

Skipping Girl Sign

Place
The Skipping Girl Sign or Skipping Girl Vinegar Sign, colloquially known as Little Audrey is an historic animated neon sign in the inner suburb of Abbotsford, Melbourne, and was possibly the first animated neon sign in Australia when first erected in 1936. It advertised the Skipping Girl Vinegar brand, and was placed on top of the factory at 627 Victoria Street, Abbotsford.
Route Details

Length

2.3 mi

Elev. Gain

206.6 ft

Est. Steps

5500
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🦘 𝓐̲𝓝̲𝓝̲𝓐̲ 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️ 🇦🇺
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