Comments on: Outer Circle Rail Trail

By: Wolter K.

Wolter K. — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:38:44 +0000

RT59/70 The City of Boroondara has installed a raised crossing in Abercrombie St, near Deepdene Primary, to stop people going diagonally without looking for traffic, it's a nice improvement.

By: Anton M.

Anton M. — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 07:38:00 +0000

Not my personal favourite, but a good trail nonetheless in inner city Melbourne. Admittedly, I did get lost at points as signage is quite poor and the trail merges with other trails making it a bit confusing to keep track of where you're meant to be. Granted, this was my first time and I'm from the inner-north so not familiar with the area. Some parts of the trail require getting off the bike to cross a major road. Plenty of cafes along the way and the scenery is nice. I intend to come back to this trail at a later date.

By: Wolter K.

Wolter K. — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 09:07:29 +0000

Always a nice one to come home to. I commuted this way for several years … still waiting for the bridge at Toorak Rd.

By: Ewen H.

Ewen H. — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 02:27:51 +0000

What Warwick said below. An awesome, long trail in the heart of Melbourne with many options for a coffee along the way. A few more signs would be helpful in places, however it is easy to navigate and not get too lost.

By: warwickdymphna@gmail.com

warwickdymphna@gmail.com — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:26:02 +0000

20/27. This is an old friend, having ridden along here for many years. As usual, we did this trail (AKA The Anniversary Trail) as part of a longer loop starting at Kew, crossing the Yarra at Fairfield, down the Merri Creek path, along the Main Yarra Trail to Gardiners Creek Trail, which then meets the end of the Outer Circle at Alamein.
It’s fully sealed, but has a few major road crossings. I love it as you ride through some of Melbourne’s most beautiful and expensive suburbs, and there’s plenty of cafe options along the way.
Twenty trails now completed, only seven to go as part of my challenge to ride every rail trail in Victoria this year to promote organ donation. You can follow my rail trail exploits on FB Warwick Duncan – The 2nd Chance Man or Insta @warwick_rides.

By: cascho

cascho — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:08:53 +0000

I rode this trail yesterday (7th April, 2015) – and it is a gem of a rail trail. Though the trail passes through some of Melbourne’s denser suburbs, you don’t realise it given the quality of the parkland along the trail. Highlights for me were the Urban Forest in Malvern and the deep cutting through Canterbury. The trail is bitumen or concrete the entire way, and there are a lot of people enjoying the parks – so it’s definitely for a leisurely ride, and not for racing. I was planning to incorporate the ride with the Rosstown Rail Trail – but a change in the weather meant that wasn’t possible, and will have to wait for another day. All in all a great rail trail.