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These pix were taken on December 13, 2011, on Mt Lofty, Warrandyte State Park, 30 km east of central Melbourne.
They show the beautiful panoramas across the Yarra Valley to the Yarra Ranges and Dandenong Ranges, and views over the Park, on a 3 km return hike to the summit.
The sprawling Heritage Golf and Country Club is at the foot of Mt Lofty, just outside the eastern boundary of the Park.
Some colorful early summer wildflowers were in full bloom!
These photos were taken on March 16 2011 at the historical goldmining precinct of Fiddler Gully, Warrandyte State Park, 20 km east of central Melbourne.
These pix were taken on Friday February 18, 2011, in the Warrandyte State Park, 30 km east of central Melbourne.
My 3 km return hike started at the gate on Lower Homestead Rd, then a descent to the Mt Lofty Summit along Stephen Track.
The views from the summit are stupendous, 360 degrees, looking across the Yarra Valley toward the Victorian Alps, to the Dandenong Ranges, and over the Park itself.
Mt Lofty is at the eastern extremity of the Park, and overlooks the huge Heritage Golf and Country Club.
This was a hot day around 30 degrees on the Summit!
These photos were taken on Sunday February 13, 2011 in the Warrandyte State Park, 20 km east of central Melbourne.
They show the scenery and action along the Yarra River, on a 4 km return hike, which started at the Pound Bend Picnic Ground - turnaround was at the bottom of the large Kangaroo Paddock, adjacent to, and managed by Parks Victoria Warrandyte regional depot.
The Yarra was flowing strongly, due to the effects of recent heavy rain, and many large trees had fallen into the river.
I have included an archival image showing what the Pound Bend Picnic Ground looked like in the year 1909! The people are having a good time on a seesaw - note the small boy in the foreground, partly hiden behind a stump, with an accordeon.
These photos were taken on Thursday November 25, 2010, on a 3 km hike in the Pound Bend area of the Warrandyte State Park, 25 km east of central Melbourne.
See all of the Photos, which show the Yarra (flood level), the Pound Bend Walking Track, some spring wildflowers, and a resident of the Kangaroo Paddock!
These pictures were taken on Monday November 22, 2010 in the old goldmining region of Fiddler Gully, Warrandyte State Park, 25 km east of central Melbourne.
My 2 km hike followed the Fiddler Gully Track, starting at the gate on unsealed Webb St.
It passed excavations and mullock heaps of the gold mining activities of the 1850s.
Late spring wildflowers were blooming, on a hot day of around 34 degrees.
These pictures were taken on Tuesday November 16, 2010, in the Jumping Creek area of the Warrandyte State Park, 25 km east of central Melhourne.
My hike was a 3 km circuit, starting at the Jumping Creek Reserve, then along the Blue Tongue Bend Track, on to the Nature Trail, and back to base along Freeland Track.
