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Brimbank ParkBrimbank Park is situated in Keilor East (Melway ref: 15 A10). Cars enter from Keilor Park Drive which is off the Western Ring Road. Opening hours are 8:30 AM to 8:00 PM during daylight saving and 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM outside of daylight saving. This Park has many places to run, with some nice rolling hills and some nasty sharp hills. There is a network of wide bike paths or you can run along a dirt/gravel trail that follows the river and forms a link to the Maribyrnong River Trail, making it possible to run from Keilor along the river as far as Footscray. A great place for hill repeats, there is a 4.5k circuit along a bike path, and you can run for a hour plus along the river and then return, so a nice place for long runs along the river, at times it is very easy to forget that you are in a capital city. With public toilets & BBQ's available in various locations this Park can be a great place for large group runs and family outings. This Park does not have bins & you should be prepared to take all of your rubbish home. Please make sure you do not leave valuables in your car (even hidden). Slowaz's car was broken into 23/7/06 parked in Carpark C while he was was running along the river trail, and wallet and phone stolen. Brimbank Park site Map of Brimbank Park Here are some photos taken by CR STEVE of a CR group running through Brimbank Park and along the adjoining Maribyrnong River trail on 6/11/05. The photo gallery includes an elevation map and an arial photo of the 21 km run this group did, 16 kms of which was on the very well maintained compacted dirt trail which has all kms marked. (Note there are no taps along the trail once you leave Brimbank Park and snakes have been seen in spring/ early summer.) http://www.coolrunning.com.au/gallery/BrimbankRun-2005-11-06 There is a group of CR's that runs regular Sunday Long Runs of approx 20-24 kms in and through Brimbank Park. For more information and times see the entry under "Northern and Western Suburbs CR Run Group" on main page of the Run Guide. http://www.coolrunning.com.au/runningguide/arg.php?pagename=Main.Victoria |
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