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Published: March 14th 2015
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Melbourne is famous for its variable weather - one minute it is blistering hot and within minutes the temperature has dropped by 15 degrees and you're left shivering in the summery clothes that you had optimistically thought might last the whole day. Invariably when I see glimpses of the Melbourne Open, held in late January, I see some poor tennis players melting with heat and the debate is focussed on at what temperature should the games be stopped. However despite having visited Melbourne dozens of times, no matter what month I have been, I've been cold. My friends in Melbourne have noticed my luck with the weather rather gloomily in the past and when I visit it's not uncommon for them to say, "Well Rachael's coming, the weather is bound to be terrible".
Well friends, the weather curse is broken.
I had a work conference for two days in Melbourne and extended my trip for the weekend. What can I say, it was glorious! The conference was held at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground - the MCG. Rather naively I had always assumed that the "G", as locals call it, was a famous cricketing ground. It may well be
used for cricket, but for the true Melburnian, it is known for AFL. AFL being a strangely Aussie game played by men in a round field, with rugby ball, wearing tight vests and tighter shorts. I've never seen a game but it's like a religion in Melbourne.
The weather was sensational - sunny, calm, textbook summer days. Unfortunately there wasn't a lot I could do to enjoy those days during the conference. I did enjoy being at the MCG, however I suspect it's a whole lot more fun on game days. Luckily for me though, I had the weekend ahead of me, and I was looking forward to staying with Cam and Joey in Port Melbourne.
It was super hot on Saturday, 35 degrees and brilliantly sunny, so it was time for another adventure with Cam. We've had a number of day trips and travel adventures together, and before you wonder why Joey isn't with us, I need to reassure you that he is always invited, but almost always working, doing something very important I am sure.
The destination was up to me, so I selected the Dandenongs. I confess, I did call them the "Dandelions" more
than once. The Dandenong Ranges are only about an hour so from Melbourne, and I had selected a short walk in the Sherbrooke Forest to the Sherbrooke Falls. It was a really pretty walk through the forest up in the hills. And a good thing it was so pretty too, because the "Falls" part of the walk was not what I had been expecting. I became a fan of waterfalls after visiting Iguacu in Argentina and Brazil, and while I knew that I had started with the best and the bar was set unreasonably high, I had expected a little more than the dirty trickle of water slipping lazily over the rocks that passed for the Sherbrooke Falls. But no matter, it was a lovely walk through the forest enjoying a new part of Victoria for me.
After a quick detour to the top of Mt Dandenong to enjoy the views, it was back to the city. Turns out it was just in the nick of time too, as despite being a beautiful hot sunny day, it was still Melbourne after all. We got in just as the massive thunderstorm struck and happily were safely inside when the heavens
opened. I may have beaten my weather curse, but Melbourne will never change.
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Dancing Dave
David Hooper
Melbourne
Gets a lot of raps for its great lifestyle Rachael but welcome reminder from you that countryside and bushland regions such as the Dandenongs are within easy reach of the city centre