Return to Witch Mountain

I took a daytrip to the Dandenong mountains about an hour outside of Melbourne. I had heard a lot about the area. It’s amazing how different the foliage is even just an hour out of the city. The mountain area actually reminded me a lot of heading out to my house in Rogers, winding roads and the trees lining the path. It was really green and beautiful. Our first stop was to see the famous Puffing Billy – a train that goes through the mountains that used to be crowded with Victorians back during the gold rush times and such. We opted not to ride, but rather check it out and meet the train at a couple different points.

After meeting Puffing Billy, we went on to the top of the mountain to the observation area. Unfortunately, the weather was not participating back in the city. When we pulled up, I could see the city. But five minutes later, the city was hidden behind the rain and clouds, as was most of the area below (see boring pic below). So we just walked around; I made out with a totem pole; and then we left to see another lookout area.

I couldn’t figure out why Steve wanted to look at this valley, so I wasn’t really humoring him on the pics. I realize I look hairless with my cappie on, but it was a lot colder on that mountain than it looks.

I finally convinced Steve that I was hungry, despite our well planned out bad-for-us-snacks including sour cream & onion rice crackers, gummy worms, Cadbury chocolate, and ginger beer… so we stopped at a tavern and had some traditional pub grub like bangers and mash and a chicken parma.

From there, before we lost the sunlight, we did a small hike to Sherbrooke Falls. After getting my nice little shoes muddy (grrr!), we made it to the falls. They were cute. HA. Yeah, I said “cute.” They were the tiniest little falls, but it was a nice walk - would have been nicer if I had planned better and worn different shoes. Oh well.

We made it back in time to chill out. Then we griped about dinner or whether we should just continuing to eat the bad snacks – bad snacks won due to laziness. Then it was England v. Paraguay – a yawn of a game, but good on England for at least getting the points.

see pics HERE