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The land of the Dandenong Valley Parklands was reserved by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works in 1973 as part of a plan to create more public open spaces. Plans for the Parklands were originally announced in 1975, and the first publicly accessible section, Jells Park, was opened in 1976.
The traditional custodians of the land surrounding what is now known as the Dandenong Creek were the indigenous Bunurong people of the Kulin nation who referred to the creek as Narra Narrawong; while others gave the creek the name Dandenong, sometimes spelled as Dand-y-non or Tanjenong by early settlers, believed to mean "high" or "lofty".
The EastLink Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians in the outer eastern/southeastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.The trail gets its name from the north-south EastLink tollway, along which it follows for most of its length from Ringwood to Dandenong, [2] [3] until it joins the Dandenong Creek Trail near the Dandenong Bypass bridge at the tri-suburban junction ...
Braeside Park has a 24-hour car park at the entrance to the park from Lower Dandenong Road. The park's wetlands are also a popular birdwatching location. Birds such as the pacific black duck , pied cormorant , spotted pardalote and whistling kite can be found in the area. [ 6 ]
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Both Dandenong Creek Trail and EastLink Trail run through the park on the primary north–south concrete path, before the trails split near the southern car park. [10] All trails were originally of fine crushed gravel, but in mid-late 2007, the existing Dandenong Creek Trail was upgraded to 3-metre (9.8 ft) wide concrete bike path from Boronia Road south to the former toilet block as part of ...
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Dandenong Creek Trail continues to the south past the map cabinet. 1.6 km further south, the trail crosses a footbridge at the most northern end of the Jells Park wildlife lake. There is a small tee intersection at this point.