The Koonung Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists

Cycling

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 and pedestrian

Pedestrian

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s, which follows Koonung Creek

Koonung Creek

Koonung Creek is a small tributary of the Yarra River in Melbourne's east. The creek originates in Nunawading near Springvale Road, and flows to join the Yarra at the border between Ivanhoe East, Bulleen and Balwyn North. The place the two waterways meet forms the borders between these suburbs...

 in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

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. The trail also follows the course of the Eastern Freeway as it too, follows the course of the Koonung Creek

Koonung Creek

Koonung Creek is a small tributary of the Yarra River in Melbourne's east. The creek originates in Nunawading near Springvale Road, and flows to join the Yarra at the border between Ivanhoe East, Bulleen and Balwyn North. The place the two waterways meet forms the borders between these suburbs...

, and has good connections to on-road paths.

Following the Path

The path is easy to follow as it travels parallel to the Eastern Freeway. 600m west of Middleborough Rd the trail is located on the south side of the feeway. East of that point it runs along the north side of the freeway.

Near the Bushy Creek Trail

Bushy Creek Trail

The Bushy Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians in the inner eastern suburb of Box Hill North in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.The trail has some short road sections including an unshared path along Springfield Road....

 turnoff is a small wetland area with Purple Swamphen

Purple Swamphen

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s and the occasional Little Pied Cormorant

Little Pied Cormorant

The Little Pied Cormorant, Little Shag or Kawaupaka is a common Australasian waterbird, found around the coasts, islands, estuaries, and inland waters of Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, and around the islands of the south-western Pacific and the sub-Antarctic...

.

Connections

Yarra River Trail in the west. Intersects the Bushy Creek Trail

Bushy Creek Trail

The Bushy Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians in the inner eastern suburb of Box Hill North in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.The trail has some short road sections including an unshared path along Springfield Road....

 in the middle. Since the completion of the EastLink

EastLink, Melbourne

EastLink is a A$2.5 billion tolled freeway linking a large area through the eastern and south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. It is a part of Melbourne's Metropolitan Ring Road project....

 project (2008), the trail links to the Mullum Mullum Creek Trail

Mullum Mullum Creek Trail

The Mullum Mullum Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows Mullum Mullum Creek in the outer eastern suburbs in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....

 in the east, just 80m west of Beckett Rd.

Leaving the trail at Middleborough Rd and travelling north 1.9 km by road, leads to the Ruffey Creek Trail

Ruffey Creek Trail

The Ruffey Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows Ruffey Creek in the inner eastern suburbs of Templestowe and Doncaster in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Platypus are known to live in the creek.-Following the Path:...

 near George St. Leaving the trail at Middleborough Rd and travelling south 1.4 km by road, leads to the Bushy Creek Trail

Bushy Creek Trail

The Bushy Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians in the inner eastern suburb of Box Hill North in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.The trail has some short road sections including an unshared path along Springfield Road....

via Springfield Rd.

West end at 37.781635°S 145.062340°E. East end at 37.804200°S 145.204411°E.