Junction Walking Track

About this walk

The Junction in Fryers Range State Forest was once a busy route used by Traditional Owners and later by European settlers traveling to Castlemaine from Melbourne.

The Junction Walk starts at the Railway Dam and is an easy route around this historic site.

Remnants of a once-busy town

The Junction Hotel opened here in 1854 and was a popular resting point for travellers. Later mullock – waste matter – from the railway tunnel buried the hotel. During construction of the railway, a temporary town was established for construction crews and the Railway Dam was built to service steam trains.

The intricate stone stump on the bottom of the dam and the cobbled stone roads were made by the 200 German stonemasons who worked in the area.

On the walk you may find remnants of old buildings and see the footings of the old bridge on the original road to Fryerstown.

Page last updated: 31/07/24