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Key Features   

Itinerary  Tour Now Full

Group Size
Up to 48

Inclusion
All activities and lunch box

Transport
Return coach from the Convention Centre
(1 hour 50 mins total travel time)

Level of Physical Activity
There will be medium/hard walking

Clothing Requirements
Sturdy Footwear

Travel to the Dandenong Ranges National Park 35km east of Melbourne.

The Dandenongs were created around 300 million years ago from volcanic eruption. The impact of weathering on the volcanic rocks by wind and water contrasted with the softer sedimentary rocks to form the ranges you will visit on this Tour.

Start your Tour at Ferntree Gully Picnic Ground for lunch and then head to Burke’s Lookout. From here you can view the landscape of Melbourne and fire protection works. You will gain an overview of the urban interface with the national park by gaining a perspective of size, distance, development and impacts.

Then proceed to William Ricketts Sanctuary to discover stories and experience the atmosphere of this remarkable artistic landscape. You will be immersed in the awesome Cathedral-like Mountain Ash Forest and gallery of sculptural artwork.  It is here you will feel a sense of awakening to the interconnectedness of man & environment.

Take a short walk through the majestic Mt Ash Forest to discover the sights and delights of the giants of Sherbrooke, the world’s tallest flowering plant. 

During the day you will also walk the The Kokoda Walk which is a steep track walk consisting of 1,000 steps. Along the way are plaques depicting the lives of those who fought and died on the Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea in World War II. The physical effort required to complete the climb gives walkers a sense of the exhaustion experienced by the Australian soldiers following the trail during the Kokoda campaign in 1942. (You will only do half of the walk).

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