NEXT Our last day in Melbourne……….. we drove out to the Dandenong Ranges at the southern end of the Great Divide, to Healesville. We visited another small faunal reserve. Sadly this one is more of a zoo, with smaller fenced compounds, though it’s greater importance is a wild animal veterinary hospital, that is pretty impressive. But here we can get up close with platypus, emu, wombat, fruit bats, and more rare birds. We also met our first dingos - puppies and parents, yellow/brown with white chests, very wolfy alert - like Toby. The town is lovely, nestled in high forested mountains in the upper Yarra River Valley. Wide main street, wonderful old façades and funky shops, big trees on residential side-roads and an artisan beer brewery named White Rabbit. We taste local wines with lunch and
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