The Federation Trail
The Federation Trail is a 23-kilometre-long shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which mainly follows the heritage-listed Main Outfall Sewer through the western suburbs of Melbourne.
The trail was officially opened on 22 October 2006.
In 2010 work started on extending the trail from Millers Road to Williamstown Rd. Completion of stage 1 of the VicRoads Truck Action Plan should see the trail finally connected from Williamstown Road to the Hobsons Bay Coastal Trail on Hyde Street. In March 2011, work on the extension stopped completely, due to a change of government and troubles with funding and design of the bridge to Fogarty Avenue. Thirteen hundred metres of concrete path had been built which lay idle until November 2014, when the bridge was completed.
In November 2014, VicRoads announced that the trail has been extended from Millers Road to Fogarty Avenue in Yarraville with the completion of the 124-metre-long Brooklyn Bridge over the Brooklyn freight line. The next two stages include extending the trail to Williamstown Road and Hyde Street. (But don't hold your breath!)
The Cache
Footscray Hockey Club’s facilities at McIvor Reserve, Yarraville are regarded as the best club level hockey facilities in Australia. Featuring two synthetic turf fields (both wet/dry hybrids, one with a water cannon irrigation system), the Club also has an outdoor artificial grass specialist training area that is the size of, and marked as, an ‘indoor’ court. The club also has a new car park and a magnificent clubhouse, now featuring its own substantial pro-shop HOCKEY HQ. Whilst primarily the base of the FHC, the McIvor Reserve facility hosts a variety of activities including Lacrosse, Gridiron and Soccer.
The ground now also has a cache!
Placing this cache would have to be the only time I have ever seen these playing fields empty!
Please be carful of muggles, there are usually lots.