Growing up in Mooroopna I spent a fair bit of time in the bush and hanging out on the banks of the Goulburn River. Whislt I hadn't started doing much running when I first moved away from there, years later when I returned It became my favourite place to run. Back then there was as sealed bike path from Mooroopna to Shepparton through the bush. As a person who liked the solitude when running I can remember being a little disappointed as more and more sealed bike paths went in around the bushland.
Despite seeing more people whilst out bush it is still is a great place to run and of course there are still many dirt tracks to get into it. My favourite run had to be leaving near Princess Park in Shepparton and straigh across the bridge where you duck under the bridge and head off along the river towards Gemmill Swamp. Eventually you end up at the back of the Mooroopna Golf Club. If your feeling brave you can duck through the golf course and end up at the old Mooroopna Hospital. From here it is back on the bike path to Shepparton.
(Map says 11.3 but it is a bit further as I couldn't get it to show the path under the bridge)
As my parents have now moved to a different part of Shepparton I now get out on the tracks behind the Shepparton Golf Club. On a recent run there I had forgotten about the recent rain and found a billabong full and being short on time it was going to be quicker to cross it rather than back track. It made for an interesting last few KMs with wet shoes.
One thing I love about the bush tracks in Mooroopna/Shepparton is that they aren't as rocky as the ones around Bendigo and just feel a bit softer under foot.
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