Catering to everyone from volcano buffs to tourists, the new signage and volcanic trail is helping shed more light on the icon’s thousands-year-old history.

Mount Leura and Mount Sugarloaf Management Committee chair Graham Arkinstall said seven new signs had been installed forming a “volcanology trail” to help visitors interpret the views around them, as well as what lay immediately below the surface.

One of the main project’s aims of attracting more school groups and visitors to the mount is already becoming a reality.

“What’s been really positive is we’ve had visitors from a whole range of ages, groups and individuals, whether they’re tourists or locals,” Mr Arkinstall said.

Along with its informative signs, the track on the mount’s northern edge also provides the perfect view over the volcanic plains, lakes and the open face of Mount Leura.

Committee member Frances Grundy said old signs were replaced and news signs added to include more site-specific information.

“We wanted to celebrate the geological and volcanological history of the place,” she said.

Signs include information on Tuff – the material that came out of the initial explosion – and details on basalt and olivine.

“We were lucky enough that we were able to position that sign in a rock that’s got a sample of olivine in it,” Ms Grundy said.

Fellow committee member Greg Farmer said the project was a “long and laborious task” of designing each sign and ensuring the information was correct.

Mr Arkinstall thanked the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority and ongoing support from Federation University for making the project a reality.

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