Our picnic at Hanging Rock

Everyone has to do this :-) Take a picnic out to Hanging Rock in teh Macedon Ranges, north west of the city. This interesting geological feature (a mamelon) is reputed to have a strange and eerie atmosphere. The book written by Joan Lindsay in the late 60's spawned a film which made this place famous. A lot of visitors come here, expecially at Easter weekend!




An early explorer T. Scott, left his name carved on the stone. George is posing with our GPS for the purposes of an Earth Cache which we were attempting up here.



 The view from the top was great. It was a clear sunny day and you could see for miles.







Some inquisitive wildlife came to watch us each our picnic. Probably in the hope of some dropped crumbs. Not sure which of the hundreds of varieties of local skink this one is.

The west side of the bay

The first place in Victoria where the settlers landed was Point Cook on the west side of Port Philip Bay. You can just make out a very interesting monument in the distance. This was built to mark the spot.

It was a warm sunny day, and there was no one else around. Except for a friendly park ranger who came to talk to us. He was very concerned about our footwear. We were walking in sandals in an area infested with Tiger Snakes apparently.

There was a great view from the top of the monument. This area is a salt marsh, which is being managed to keep the birds happy.




You can just make out the skyscrapers in the city on the other side of the bay.