Mordialloc Creek walk map
Mordialloc Pier · Mordialloc Creek · Nepean Highway · Attenborough Park · Footbridge · Boat ramp · Brown’s Reserve · Wells Road · Boundary Road · Yammerbook Nature Reserve · To Waterways
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- Mordialloc Pier is a haven for sightseers and fishers and enters the bay beside the mouth of Mordialloc Creek. Commence travelling towards Nepean Highway.
- The creek has moorings for 700 boats. The island in the creek houses the Mordialloc Motor Yacht Squadron. The Bridge Hotel, which is on the opposite bank, commenced operating in 1873.
- The old carnival site opposite the island is now called the Hazel Pierce Reserve in memory of the former Mordialloc councillor. Carnival events raised funds for the promenade and band rotunda built in 1925.
- Pompeis Landing. Walk under the road bridge and emerge opposite the former Pompeis Boat Building Works. This family business built seaworthy wooden boats for more than a 100 years.
- Continue under the railway line and follow the shared bicycle/pedestrian track through the George Woods Reserve to the footbridge over the creek.
- Continue along the south bank of the creek and note remnant Swamp-paper Bark trees and Phragmites reeds on both sides. Phragmites on the island in the creek provide a wonderful habitat for birds.
- Walk past the Centre Swamp Drain pumping station to the Wells Road bridge. Note Brown’s Reserve playing fields and the Yammerbook saltwater wetland, created on a Melbourne Water flood retarding basin.
- Cross Wells Road bridge and turn left to commence the return journey through stands of indigenous vegetation planted by Kingston council and Friends of Mordialloc Creek. Note abundant bird life in the trees and water.
- Pass the Chute Street boat ramp and rejoin the shared bicycle/pedestrian path at the footbridge. Alternatively, cross the bridge, turn right and continue past Mordialloc Secondary College, on land claimed 140 years ago by the district’s first European settler, Alexander McDonald. Walk through Attenborough Park to the Nepean Highway and perhaps enjoy refreshments in Mordialloc.
- Epsom Conservation Reserve. See page 12.