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2 unusual facts about Gardiners Creek


Alamein railway station

The Outer Circle Trail for cyclists and walkers (also called the "Anniversary Trail") continues along the Outer Circle alignment after Alamein station as far as Gardiners Creek and the Malvern Valley Public Golf Course, and then connects with the Gardiners Creek Trail and a path to East Malvern station.

Gardiners Creek

The creek originates in the suburb of Blackburn, where many small creeks and gullies converge around Blackburn Lake.


Box Hill artists' camp

In the summer of 1885/86, Tom Roberts and Frederick McCubbin set up a tent on the site near Damper Creek (now Gardiners Creek) on the property of David Houston, about a mile south of the railway station.


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