Blogs from Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 3

Today i'm writing a quick note to say that our long awaited holiday has come. almost everything is done. And its a matter of waiting few hours.. Our flight is in few more hours. (It sucks that its at midnight.. but we make this an opportunity to sleep) Anyway hope to write soon again. And it will be from a foreign soil. Not sure how the internet connection there will be. But i'll try my best. until then take care. Ciao from Australia Wathsi and Matt... read more

Hi folks, we are now settled in with John and Margaret. This morning Bob and I finished working out what we wanted to do whilst over in Victoria and now have a full list of things to do for the rest of the time we are here. Today was another wet day, we did have some warm sunny spells but certainly not anything to be able to enjoy! I drove us all (Bob and I have been put on John's car insurance so that we can drive around and visit what we want whilst over here) up to the Dandenong Ranges and on to Olinda State Forest where we walked through the beautiful fern glades and where we saw the Kookaburra and lovely vivid coloured parrots. We also walked up to Olinda Falls and although the ... read more

Hola! Hope you all are doing well. Pictures from previous “blogs” are up and more are on their way…. I will tell you a little bit about one of the most interesting and coolest days (Saturday, Jan. 6th) I have ever had. The study abroad group loaded up on a Greyhound bus at 8am and headed out on an all-day adventure. The bus took us through the Dandendong Ranges which is a very lush-green terrain, rich with wild ferns and sizeable lakes in the suburbs of Eastern Melbourne. The Ranges were beautiful even though Australia (and Melbourne specifically) is having one of the worst droughts in the country’s history. We stopped at the Dandendong Ranges National Park, where the bus driver prepared us breakfast consisting of coffee/tea, sweet cakes and crackers and Vegemite. Vegemite is this ... read more

Day 7 of our trip - exploring the Dandenong. As the designated Road Trip Navigator, the only way I could do my job properly is if I have the proper maps. We stopped over at a shopping village to buy a refidex (map book of Victoria) on our way to Lilydale where we booked our accommodation for the night. Inside the shopping centre, I was surprised and amazed to see little cute bunnies in the pet store. Rabbits are banned in Queensland (QLD) as they are classified as pest. I guess this law does not apply in Victoria. Queensland is very strict when it comes to protecting its agricultural industry. Another example is banning the importation of bananas from other countries since the cyclone disaster hit Innisfail and all other QLD banana plantations in an attempt ... read more