Wurundjeri Walk is a linear park of 20 hectares extending most of the way between Middleborough and Blackburn Roads in Blackburn South.
The park is comprised of the following parks and reserves:
- Wilkes Place Link
- The Wurundjeri Wetlands.
- Orchard Grove Reserve – including a “Rain Garden”
- Hurter / Finch Street Link
The walk follows an old water course (these days sometimes referred to not-so-sympathetically as the Fulton Road Drain) which joins KooyongKoot at the Box Hill Golf Club. A tributary from the Eley / Holland Roads area in Burwood East unites with the drain at the Wurundjeri Wetlands.
Location
The walk extends from Wilkes Place/Bono Close near Middleborough Road in the west to Finch Place in the east which joins Blackburn Road. From the western Wilkes Place link, the walk traverses the Wurundjeri Wetlands, through the Orchard Grove Reserve to the Hurter Street / Finch Place link.
Bungalook Nursery is located on the edge of Orchard Grove Reserve on Fulton Road towards Illowra Walk.
Relevant Friends’ Group
The Friends of Wurundjeri Walk is the new group active in Wurundjeri Walk. Formerly, the Wurundjeri Walk Advisory Committee was active in the park for many years. Sadly, that group folded when key members retired or moved away from the area – in combination with the COVID lock-downs which adversely affected volunteering in general.
So, support for the park is being restored through the Friends of Wurundjeri Walk – please contact Sabastian via e-mail if you are interested in participating.
Web-site: https://wurundjeriwalk.wordpress.com/ (this is the former Wurundjeri Walk Advisory Committee web-site)
Also: https://wurundjeriwalkhistory.wordpress.com/ (this is another former Wurundjeri Walk Advisory Committee web-site focussed on the history of the area).
Facebook: none (yet).
E-mail: FriendsOfWurundjeriWalk@gmail.com
Latest News
David Berry OAM
One of our former committee members, the late David Berry, has been posthumously awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List!
As per his honour’s citation, he was recognised for decades of “service to conservation and the environment.” It mentions his 38 combined years of his contributions to Wurundjeri Walk, through Wurundjeri Walk Advisory Committee and us, the Friends of Wurundjeri Walk – from 1986 to 2024!
More than that, it mentions his vast contributions to the environment and conservation, through Blackburn District Tree Preservation Society, Whitehorse City Council, Bungalook Nursery and so much more.
He used his decades of experience and expertise to guide us in the starting stages of Friends of Wurundjeri Walk and we are still thankful for it! It has allowed us to have successfully completed two Clean Up Days, 3 working bees planting 144 plants across 5 garden beds and, now, one birdwatching blitz! We aim to continue to carry on the work of the former Wurundjeri Walk Advisory Committee, of which David was a long standing member.
David died on 22 November 2024. We still miss him dearly and we wish he were alive to enjoy this prestigious honour with his family. He truly deserves it!