Local birds

Day out at the Dandenongs

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April 21st 2008
Day 313 (3.2.08) Less than an hour’s drive from Melbourne are the Dandenongs, a range of hills with large areas of National Park topped off by Mt Dandenong itself. There are loads of walking trails and as it was a nice day we thought we’d go and try a couple out. As we approached the ranges and drove up the steep and windy road into the hills the tall trees lining the edges of the road and t ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more