A view of the trail

Hiking in the Dandenongs

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April 3rd 2005
Hi everybody, I hope you all had a great Easter Holiday. I spent the holiday weekend in the Dandenongs, a mountain range about an hour east of the city. While they are not terribly tall, only about 600 meters high (that’s about 2,100 feet if my conversion is correct) they are absolutely beautiful. I went with Marta who has friends that live in the area, and their backyard actually bor ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne

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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