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18-02-2015
The Yarra Valley and beyond.
Just north-east of Melbourne are the Dandenong Ranges. A mountain range with a height of about 600 meters as most of the mountain ranges around various cities in Australia. To the west is the Yarra Valley with its magnificent scenery and hundreds of wineries. The main road leads to Healesville which was severely damaged in the black Saturday (Feb. 2009) bush fires when it looked like half the state was on fire.
Little is noticed today except when you travel the area just north of the town. From Healesville there is a famous road called "The Black Spur". They name comes from a track on which the aborigines traveled when they were displaced from the Melbourne area and walked to various mission settlements up north.
Wikipedia: The road surface is excellent after the recent (as of August 2006) resurfacing with smooth hot-mix and recent (as of 2006) widening. It is twisty with a series of hairpin turns punctuated by short straights. A few corners are prone to dampness due to the ferny rain forest surroundings. Scenery is beautiful tall trees and ferns typical of temperate rain forest Two thirds of the Black Spur was burnt from the Black Saturday firestorm.
We are now 6 years later and the evidence of the fires is still clearly visible as nearly all the larger trees have black trunks. The vegetation has recovered and the Ferntree's are superb. At times it feels like riding through green tunnels. The road leads to Alexandra and on to Mansfield. As the nearby mountain (Mount Buller) turns into ski resorts during winter, many shops in Mansfield focus on winter sport supplies.
But for now the landscape is brown and dry; I can imagine how quickly a fire would take hold in these regions.
Last century thousands for gold diggers worked in this area, most of gold was found in the creeks and rivers. I passed a small town called El Dorado- an appropriate name I think, for a town in which you find a very large dredge which was used for collecting gold from the river beds. The last dredge was left as a historical reminder of the town's past and is open to the public.
The city of Wodonga marks the border of the State of Victoria, The Murray River for the division and once across the bridge one either the city of Albury-in the state of New South Wales (NSW) I guess there would be some rivalry between these two cities as the face each other across the water.
Both towns offer travelers accommodation, as it is situated roughly halfway between Sydney and Melbourne.
By the way about those Australian names of various towns: Yackandandah : "one boulder on top of another at the junction of two creeks"
Dandenong: the Aborigines called it Tanjenong or” Lofty Mountain” referring to the Dandenong Ranges (mountains)
Wangaretta : meeting of waters
Most of these type of names come more or less straight from the local aboriginal tribal language.
The Yarra Valley and beyond.
Just north-east of Melbourne are the Dandenong Ranges. A mountain range with a height of about 600 meters as most of the mountain ranges around various cities in Australia. To the west is the Yarra Valley with its magnificent scenery and hundreds of wineries. The main road leads to Healesville which was severely damaged in the black Saturday (Feb. 2009) bush fires when it looked like half the state was on fire.
Little is noticed today except when you travel the area just north of the town. From Healesville there is a famous road called "The Black Spur". They name comes from a track on which the aborigines traveled when they were displaced from the Melbourne area and walked to various mission settlements up north.
Wikipedia: The road surface is excellent after the recent (as of August 2006) resurfacing with smooth hot-mix and recent (as of 2006) widening. It is twisty with a series of hairpin turns punctuated by short straights. A few corners are prone to dampness due to the ferny rain forest surroundings. Scenery is beautiful tall trees and ferns typical of temperate rain forest Two thirds of the Black Spur was burnt from the Black Saturday firestorm.
We are now 6 years later and the evidence of the fires is still clearly visible as nearly all the larger trees have black trunks. The vegetation has recovered and the Ferntree's are superb. At times it feels like riding through green tunnels. The road leads to Alexandra and on to Mansfield. As the nearby mountain (Mount Buller) turns into ski resorts during winter, many shops in Mansfield focus on winter sport supplies.
But for now the landscape is brown and dry; I can imagine how quickly a fire would take hold in these regions.
Last century thousands for gold diggers worked in this area, most of gold was found in the creeks and rivers. I passed a small town called El Dorado- an appropriate name I think, for a town in which you find a very large dredge which was used for collecting gold from the river beds. The last dredge was left as a historical reminder of the town's past and is open to the public.
The city of Wodonga marks the border of the State of Victoria, The Murray River for the division and once across the bridge one either the city of Albury-in the state of New South Wales (NSW) I guess there would be some rivalry between these two cities as the face each other across the water.
Both towns offer travelers accommodation, as it is situated roughly halfway between Sydney and Melbourne.
By the way about those Australian names of various towns: Yackandandah : "one boulder on top of another at the junction of two creeks"
Dandenong: the Aborigines called it Tanjenong or” Lofty Mountain” referring to the Dandenong Ranges (mountains)
Wangaretta : meeting of waters
Most of these type of names come more or less straight from the local aboriginal tribal language.
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Rob Great read and photo's. Again, brings back many memories. It shows more of the Aussie heritage in public without paying admission. Sometimes it is one open-air museum. Fascinating scenery.