The Moonee Ponds Creek is a creek and major tributary of the Yarra River running through urban Melbourne, Victoria, Australia from northern to inner suburbs. In 2004 a reporter for The Age described it as "arguably the most abused tributary of the Yarra River, and part of the true underside of Melbourne". [1]

The Moonee Ponds Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows the Moonee Ponds Creek through the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [1][2][3]

This northern loop takes you along the leafy winding paths of Moonee Ponds Creek into the rural expanses of Woodlands Historic Park and excellent wide open valleys along the Greenvale Drain and Broadmeadows Vally trail. Numerous places to stop and refresh along the way.

The Chain of Ponds Collaboration is an ambitious collaboration working to transform the Moonee Ponds Creek into an iconic waterway for Melbourne that provides high social, cultural and environmental benefits.

The Friends of Moonee Ponds Creek Inc (FoMPC) is a community group working to protect and enhance the Moonee Ponds Creek and its environs. Our aim is to develop the Creek and its immediate environment so that it can best support the native flora and fauna, to create a wildlife corridor (biolinks) and to provide a valuable natural resource for ...

The Moonee Ponds Creek is a major tributary of the Yarra River that begins at the edge of suburban Melbourne and runs 35 kilometres south through the outer and inner suburbs of northern Melbourne. The creek drains an area of approximately 145 square kilometres.

Jan 8, 2021 · This aerial footage traces the creek’s journey from Horseshoe Bend in Strathmore to Travancore Park, Travancore. It was filmed in 2017. For more information about the Chain of Ponds collaboration, please visit Your Say .

Between the 1940s and 1980s, like many urban waterways, the Moonee Ponds Creek from Strathmore to Flemington Road was highly modified, realigned and concreted by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW), to carry flood water away from properties in the most efficient manner possible – which was considered best practice at the time.

Moonee Ponds Creek is a truly unique urban fishing destination that runs along with the 19 kilometre Moonee ponds creek trial. It’s a simple narrow creek the trail itself runs along the creek and is heavily used by walkers and cyclists.

A Pleasant 3.5 kilometre walk with Boeing Reserve as its base, the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail is a nature lover’s delight. The Creek is home to a variety of bird life and many different types of vegetation.