Much About Melbourne

The heavy rains early February brought with it floods in many parts of Victoria.  Many parks were affected, particularly in the eastern parts of Melbourne and in the hills.  Currently Lysterfield Lake Park, Churchill Park, Birdsland Reserve and Cardinia Reservoir have closed their walking trails and mountain biking tracks.  Only the picnic areas at Lysterfield [...]

If you’re looking for something special just outside of the city of Melbourne, why not come to the Dandenongs and go for a ride on the Puffing Billy.  Probably Australia’s most famous steam train ride, the train leaves from Belgrave and travels through many of the small towns in the Dandenong Ranges.  A great ride, [...]

This is my favourite time of year. Still some warm days, but cooler nights, the leaves are turning colour and everything looks lovely. We have green, yellow, gold, orange, red, brown and many other variations in between. Tweet This Post

Now we live in the Dandenongs we decided to go to the Kallista Tea Rooms for Sunday morning breakfast.  Something we’d promised ourselves before we even shifted. It only took us 6 weeks to go. We were disappointed that even with a booking they didn’t have a table for us when we got there and [...]