Mt Dandenong – Doongala

bushwalks Jul 25, 2009

Ended up being a great walk today. Didn’t start out the best – think the instructions and/or map were quite old. But recovered to be just excellent.  Images – including 3D Google Earth view and Google Map links at end.

In summary:

  • Start at Kalorama village, leave car
  • Walk along ‘front’ of Mt Dandenong, but on tracks. Heading about S-W
  • Visit the main Mt Dandenong summit area, including the cafe if you want
  • Along the ‘front’ further to visit the cairn at the site of the 1938 “Kyeema” plane crash.
  • Zig-zag down a track as the bush closes in and becomes more rain-forest in nature
  • Pop out at the lovely Doongala homestead site (now a small park area with BBQs etc).  Even though you are close to suburbia, the view from here implies you are in the middle of the bush. See photo (link below)
  • Make your way back along the ‘front’ but now the other way (N-E) towards Kalorama and lower down on the mountain.
  • A final climb (bit of puff puff here) and you literally pop back out right near the car

About 18-20 km of walking, from memory.

Here’s a Google Map of the approximate route.

And a few photos up there at Flickr.

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