The Syndal Heatherdale Pipe Reserve Trail is a shared use path for cyclists

Cycling

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 and pedestrian

Pedestrian

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s, which follows the Syndal

Syndal, Victoria

The area in the Melbourne suburbs of Mount Waverley and Glen Waverley in Victoria, Australia around the intersection of High Street Road and Blackburn Road is known as Syndal. From the intersection down to Syndal railway station on Coleman Parade, is the Syndal Shopping Centre...

 to Heatherdale

Heatherdale, Victoria

Heatherdale is a locality located in Mitcham, in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, centred around the Heatherdale railway station, on the Lilydale line.-References:...

 pipe reserve in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

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The trail is navigable from one end to the other but in many sections there is no formal path - only "goat tracks". Bicycle Victoria

Bicycle Victoria

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 sees this as an important route, linking the Syndal railway station with the Tally Ho business park on Burwood highway

Burwood East, Victoria

Burwood East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located 17 km east of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. The suburb is bounded by Springvale Road to the east, by Middleborough Road to the west, by Eley Road and Hawthorn Road...

, as part of an ongoing demand for a fully integrated transport strategy in Victoria and is campaigning for improvements to the trail.

Following the path

The southern end of the path starts on the north side of Syndal Station, in Shirley Ave. The path is clear cut except for three short road sections:

• Mahoneys Rd between Panorama Drv and Hawthorn Rd
• Springvale Rd between Husband Rd and Canterbury Rd
• A section along Lucknow Rd and Mitcham Rd

The path terminates in the north at Brunswick Rd in Mitcham

Mitcham, Victoria

Mitcham is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2006 Census, Mitcham had a population of 14,211.-History:...

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Connections

• Dead end in the north at Brunswick Rd in Mitcham
  Mitcham, Victoria
  Mitcham is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2006 Census, Mitcham had a population of 14,211.-History:...
  
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• Meets the Waverley Rail Trail
  Waverley Rail Trail
  The Waverley Rail Trail is a combination of shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians and on-road bicycle route, which follows the Glen Waverley railway line from Holmesglen railway station to Glen Waverley railway station in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.-...
  
   at Syndal Station. Connects to Scotchmans Creek Trail
  Scotchmans Creek Trail
  The Scotchmans Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows Scotchmans Creek through the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
  
   in the south via a short road section (Blackburn Rd, Falconer St & Flander Ave) that leads to Syndal Station.
• Roughly halfway along the trail, it intersects with the Wurundjeri Walk Trail
  Wurundjeri Walk Trail
  The Wurundjeri Walk Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians in the inner eastern suburbs of Blackburn South and Forest Hill in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.The path is broken by many small road sections...
  
  at Mahoneys Rd. North of and beside "Brand Receptions", go along Parkland Place and cross Mahoneys Rd to the trail.

North end at 37.818525°S 145.205081°E.
South end at 37.883955°S 145.146516°E.