Sunday 2 June 2013

Enfield State Park (my rating D)

Enfield State Park is near Ballarat, about 2.5 hrs drive from Melbourne City.  I chose this park because I was longing to be away from the city and man-made noises and to see some vast greenness, and I hadn't been to this park yet.

2 and half hours drive, GPS guided us to somewhere near the park but not in the park (by judging the google map), luckily we had the print-out map, finally we saw the sign of "Enfield State Park" and were back on track (Misery Creek Road).

But worrying about the condition of the unsealed road and potential flood after possible heavy rain, plus the lack of the road signs, we failed to go to the desired destination "Surface Point".  We went back to the Entry where "Enfield State Park" sign stands, and set up our camp chairs.

There, I had my "relaxation".

The park itself should be nice, the only thing that made me nervous is: there's no road signs except the road names.  "Misery Creek Road" goes to 3 different directions, but there's no sign to "Surface Point".  I followed my sixth sense completely whenever I had to choose which way to turn: left or right.  And because of this, I was nervous that I might've got lost and couldn't find the way out.




(Misery Creek Road - unsealed): this section is actually very good, but it goes steeper and bumpier deeper into the woods.

(This is where we set up our camp chairs)

(map from Park Victoria website)

1 comment:

  1. My dogs love camping on this park but, surprisingly, they are unsure about all the strange noises.

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