Walk 1. Federation Trail East

Soon after we moved to Brooklyn the Bike trail of Federation Trail to the East was opened This included a bridge over the railway line and along the freeway edge.

The Federation Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which mainly follows the heritage-listed Main Outfall Sewer (built in the 1890s) through the western suburbs of Melbourne 

  

Federation Trail and Pipeline 

The start of the Trail East 

Lovely paintings on the PAZStone building 

Taggers all along the way 

The shared bike path. Really flat 

beside the freeway. I bet on some mornings, the bikes just sail past all the cars!

Portables for Coates Hire 

Old Bradmill Factory 

The old Bradmill Factory 24ha site is slated to become a mini-suburb with up to 1500 dwellings and retail spaces. (2011) Not a lot of action!!! and permit expired this year.
I gather there is a huge amount of art and graffiti inside but not going to explore!

Grafitti on the Old Mill But How did they get there ?

Closer inspection reveals a ladder

The bridge over the railway line. A gentle Incline 

Looks like a country railway line! Right next to the West gate Freeway
Rail line to Newport 

The back of McIvor Reserve and Footscray Hockey Club
A hive of industry at the weekends 

Containers ring the property of Secon Freight Logistics all attracted taggers 

Glorious trees line the walk 

Running from the old pumping station in Spotswood to the banks of Werribee River, Greening the Pipeline is a proposal launched in June 2016  by a western suburbs council, Melbourne Water and City West Water, the state government and VicRoads.