The walking track begins alongside the gravel parking area behind the Lake Burrumbeet Caravan Park.
The beginning of the trail is marked by a sign which displays the following text:
Lake Burrumbeet Walking Track
Presented by
Office of Correction
Lake Burrumbeet Caravan Park
Burrumbeet Advisory Committee
The walking track is narrow and uneven, unsuitable for prams and wheelchairs. Be wary of snakes during the warmer months.
HISTORY OF LAKE BURRUMBEET
Before the 19th century European settlement of the area, Lake Burrumbeet was frequented by the Burrumbeet balug clan of the Wada wurrung people.
The name "Burrumbeet" is derived from the aboriginal word burrumbidj which means "muddy or dirty water".
There are many aboriginal camp sites around the lake, and artifacts and tools have been discovered on the northern shore.
The area was settled in the late 1830s by the Learmonth brothers, who took up the Ercildoun squatting run north of Lake Burrumbeet.
Lake Burrumbeet was also the scene of a tragic accident when a Ballarat Aero Club Cessna crashed into the lake in 1965.
The plane was carrying a pilot and three passengers. Two were killed when the plane crashed one and a half kilometres from the shore.
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