{"id":17,"date":"2010-09-12T07:45:29","date_gmt":"2010-09-12T07:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/?p=17"},"modified":"2010-09-13T09:34:59","modified_gmt":"2010-09-13T09:34:59","slug":"the-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melbournedaywalks.com\/?p=17","title":{"rendered":"The Domain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Length:<\/strong> 5km<\/p>\n

Time taken<\/strong>: 1 hr<\/p>\n

Grade:<\/strong> Easy<\/p>\n

Climb<\/strong>: 54 metres (as measured by RunKeeper)<\/p>\n

While not really a full day walk, the domain – otherwise known as “The Tan” – is quite a nice walk and in the book! The Tan is a great walk if you don’t have time to get out to a more remote area. As a bonus, after walking the circuit you can walk around the Royal Botanic Gardens at a nice leisurely pace.<\/p>\n

The 4km track circles around the Royal Botanic Gardens – through Kings Domain, down a South Yarra side street, and along the Yarra River. On this walk there were two things that really surprised me:<\/p>\n

1. Along the Yarra side of the track there were numerous different species of succulents planted at the bottom of the cut out cliffs. I don’t think i’ve ever seen so many beautiful succulents in one place.
\n2. I don’t know why I assumed this track is flat, but it has some decent gradients compared to your average park circuit walk. I took Tyrone’s advice and walked anti-clockwise to get the downhill gradient on Anderson St.<\/p>\n

I would walk this track again if I am short of time, or perhaps near the area and it’s a great day.<\/p>\n

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"The Tan" track along the Yarra River<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cacti in the Botanic Gardens<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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