Tag: Melbourne
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An escape from the city
A couple of weekends ago, Peter and I visited Daylesford, the charming little town popular with Melbournians seeking refuge from the workweek. It was our first overnight escape from the city since we moved to Melbourne in 2022 and something we had been looking forward to doing for a while. And it was so worth…
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A short breather from the concrete
On Friday I took the train from Melbourne’s CBD up to the edge of the beautiful Dandenong Ranges National Park with a friend visiting from Sydney, to do one of the most popular bushwalks in the city, the 1000 Steps trail. Surrounded by the world’s tallest flowering plants, these towering 70m+ eucalyptus trees known as…