Section 2 - Lesmurdie Falls to Carmel

Return along Falls Road the way you came in. Continue going east past the tennis courts and turn right into Lesmurdie Road. Take the shared path heading south on the western side of Lesmurdie Road.

On the right you will see the striking Neo-Georgian architecture of St Brigid's College. Begun in 1913, this building was used as a convalescent home for WW1 soldiers before being purchased by the Sisters of Mercy in 1929, who converted it into a boarding school.

Interesting architecture of St Brigid's College

Continue past St Brigid's College and the local shopping centre.

Immediately after the shops, turn left into Grove Road. After crossing Canning Road, turn right into the shared path that runs down the side of Lawnbrook Road.

Carmel Valley is a tranquil and picturesque stop.

A cereal factory is located in the valley.

Follow the shared path past Walliston Primary School, Alan Anderson Park and some tall television towers, to its end and then turn right into Palmateer Drive. This will take you down through a beautiful little valley, past Carmel College and the adjacent cereal factory. There is a public telephone near the corner of Carmel Road and Glenislea Road.

In 1906, local pioneer Charles Ashcroft donated 100 acres of valley land to the Seventh Day Adventist Church. An agricultural school was opened on the site in the following year. The old school building was replaced by a modern complex in 1977. Adjacent to Carmel Adventist College is the Sanitarium Health Food Factory, also owned by the Seventh Day Adventists. The Church aims at being self-sufficient by integrating educational facilities, places of worship and the production of non-meat foods.