The Ted Wilson trail is a 12 kilometre walking and cycling path in north west of
Geelong
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The path trails along the Western ring road through the suburbs of
Corio,
Lovely Banks,
Bell Post Hill and
Hamlyn Heights
Hamlyn Heights is a residential suburb of Geelong. It located to the west of the city on hills that overlook Corio Bay.
It was named after Sidney Hamlyn, a local resident in the 1940s.
At the , Hamlyn Heights had a population of 6,293.
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It was named in honour of Ted Wilson (former police sergeant and manager of the Bicycle Co-ordination Unit) for his contribution to cycling through the Barwon Regional Bicycle Council and the City of Greater Geelong’s bicycle strategy.
Cycling Geelong run an annual memorial ride for Ted Wilson on the trail, providing a sprig of rosemary to participants.
In 2014, the City of Greater Geelong started The Greenway Project which committed to planting over 60,000 trees and 20,000 shrubs and grasses by 2018 along the trail.
External links
Ted Wilson Trail - City of Greater GeelongThe Greenway projectTed Wilson Trail facebook
See also
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Cycling in Geelong
References
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Hiking and bushwalking tracks in Victoria (state)