Glenferrie Rd Malvern to Smith St Collingwood

Using the Gardiner Ck cycle path.

The Boulevard in Richmond is quiet so I use that instead of the adjacent bike path along the Yarra river.

Both those areas are dark and lonely late at night, and the Gardiner Ck path under the freeway is too narrow to dodge around an assailant, so lone female cyclists should be a bit wary then.

There is a right-turn arrow from Johnston St turning north onto Hoddle St, but when travelling the opposite direction it is not possible to turn from Easey St south onto Hoddle St, so I get onto Johnston St before Hoddle.

Instead of Bridge Rd & Church St, the Yarra Trail can be used from the rail bridge to Burnley St.

This route is mostly flat, but there is a 60m height difference along Glenferrie Rd, steep near the railway crossing, and gradual between Toorak Rd & High St.  In the downhill direction that steep section is a blast, but be aware of traffic coming out of side-streets, and some uneven surface crossing the railway line.  An alternative route along Church / Chapel St & High St, has smaller hills but the total climb is more because of undulations.