Scotchman’s Creek Bike Trail

The Scotchman’s Creek Bike Trail endures a love/​hate relationship with all who ride and walk it.
Love, because it’s beautiful. Love, because it stretches such a long way. One can walk from Syndal to Chadstone and see so many different types of scenery. I got to walk through a tunnel under the freeway, go through a golf course, through two separate stretches of wetlands, and along a really nice trail that I could have believed was in the mountains.
Hate, because the path is so damned hard to follow. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t got lost at some point along the trail. The signposting is terrible. It will take you all the way into the city if you follow it properly, but good luck with that. I tried to walk to Jell’s Park from Blackburn Road, and ended up going through a very private looking housing estate. I was convinced I’d taken a wrong turn but pressed on regardless, only to see another signpost at the end pointing me down a street. Apparently I was still on the right track. Crazy.