The Mornington Rotary Greenway Mornington Rotary Club has won Council permission to start creating a Greenway from the Nepean Highway to the Esplanade, largely along the old railway line easement.
What is a Greenway ? Simply it is open space set aside for recreation and environmental protection. The community can walk within it, amongst trees and nature, either to get to a destination or for the pure pleasure of the experience. It will be a great dog walk.The initial planting of trees, to start to create the Greenway, will be adjacent to the Bays Hospital, between Vale and Elizabeth Streets, in Autumn 2025.
In subsequent stages understory may be planted here, and further tree planting will continue in either direction.
As many locals will know this section is now kikuyu grass with no plants. A recent Council study reported that Mornington has the third lowest tree canopy cover of all the towns on the Peninsula.
The Greenway at this time does not have any formed paths, but it is nearly all away from roads. There is an existing worn walking track that locals currently use and in the future a path could be formed as part of Councils Plan for the Peninsula Trails – Moorooduc to Mornington.
In Stage two Mornington Rotary wants to extend the Greenway from Mornington Station to Bungower Road, alongside the rail track, with Tanti Creek and Narambi Reserve and Wetlands as features.
Mornington Rotary is undertaking this project as part of Rotary’s International focus on environmental sustainability. Mornington Rotary created the Briars Forest in 1981, and aims to bring similar success into the town, for the benefit of both visitors and residents. The Greenway will connect people and our community with nature..