Lemonade Creek Track

Lemonade Creek Track is a 4 km (2.5 mi) point-to-point walk from Blanket Leaf Picnic Area to Erskine Falls Car Park. Allow about 1.5 to 2 hours, then shuttle back to your start. Route distances differ: the written directions and mapped track fit about 4 km, while an older park plan lists 5.5 km for the same name. Check current signs and leave extra time.

From Blanket Leaf, follow signs for Lemonade Creek and Cora Lynn. After about 500 m, take the right-hand branch marked Lemonade Creek Track. Around 1.5 km in, the route crosses Lorne to Erskine Falls Road, then uses a short signed driveway described as private land. Its current public-access status has not been confirmed; check with Parks Victoria before taking that connector.

The narrow path begins along the top of a gully beneath tall eucalypts and varied ferns. After the second wooden bridge, the view opens onto straight trunks and tree ferns below. The track then descends to creek level and crosses the water several times on small bridges and boardwalks before following a fern gully. For a trail photo, include one of the timber bridges in the frame to show the route beneath the canopy.

Common Bird Orchids flower here around October and November. In spring, Balm Mint-bush brings purple, perfumed flowers, while Snowy Daisy-bush flowers white. Rose Robins may be seen or heard, along with calls from White-eared Honeyeaters and White-throated Treecreepers; these are possibilities, not guaranteed sightings.

The track leaves the fern gully, crosses a ridge into more open woodland, returns to ferns, passes one more wooden bridge and climbs to Erskine Falls Car Park. The waterfall lookout is a separate stop from the through-route. At the start, Blanket Leaf Picnic Area has toilets, a small shelter, an information board, picnic tables and wood-fired barbecues; bring your own wood.