{"id":125,"date":"2010-12-04T05:48:14","date_gmt":"2010-12-04T05:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/?p=125"},"modified":"2011-05-02T12:16:26","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T12:16:26","slug":"patterson-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/?p=125","title":{"rendered":"Patterson River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Length:<\/strong> 6.35 km<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time taken<\/strong>: 1 hours, 50 mins (including breaks for pictures)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade:<\/strong> Easy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Climb<\/strong>: 20 metres (as measured by RunKeeper)<\/p>\n<p>This walk followed the Patterson River from the beach to the Frankston Freeway and back. The whole walk was quite open and exposed which resulted in me getting a touch of sunburn on my arms and neck. I&#8217;m glad I had company for this walk because it would have been long and boring without it.<\/p>\n<p>From the path we saw boats and jet-skis on the river, and the back of houses on the land. The beach at the end was lovely as the sun was fully out.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_257\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/pattersonlakesmap.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-257\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-257\" title=\"pattersonlakesmap\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/pattersonlakesmap-300x166.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/pattersonlakesmap-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/pattersonlakesmap.png 716w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_126\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-126\" title=\"patterson1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Frankston train line and Nepean Hwy bridges crossing the river near the entrance.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_127\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-127\" title=\"patterson2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The path along the river was quite wide and exposed for the length of it. <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_128\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-128\" title=\"patterson3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson3.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People sitting on a small patch of beach along the river.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_129\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-129\" title=\"patterson4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson4.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bridge crossing one of the river inlets.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_130\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-130\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-130\" title=\"patterson5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson5.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from the bridge.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_131\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-131\" title=\"patterson6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson6-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson6-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson6.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A different angle from the bridge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-132\" title=\"patterson7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson7-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Frankston Freeway bridge. We had to cross this bridge to walk back.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson7-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson7.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_133\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-133\" title=\"patterson8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson8-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson8-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson8.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocks across the river near the freeway bridge.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-134\" title=\"patterson9\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson9-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson9-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson9-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson9.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-135\" title=\"patterson10\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson10-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The entrance to the river from the beach.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson10-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson10-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson10.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_136\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136\" title=\"patterson11\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson11-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson11-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson11.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A lizard trying to find his way to the other side of the fence near the beach.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_137\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-137\" title=\"patterson12\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson12-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson12-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/patterson12.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A statue beside the beach.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Length: 6.35 km Time taken: 1 hours, 50 mins (including breaks for pictures) Grade: Easy Climb: 20 metres (as measured by RunKeeper) This walk followed the Patterson River from the beach to the Frankston Freeway and back. The whole walk was quite open and exposed which resulted in me getting a touch of sunburn on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bayside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}