CStory by Quentin Chester
Photography by Don FuchsThe lush and much-loved mountains of Victoria’s
Dandenong Ranges are an accessible backyard haven
for almost one-quarter of Australia’s population.
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Steam pomp. Emerging from
Sherbrooke Forest, Puffing
Billy swings in billowing splen-
dour along the 15-span trestle
bridge above Monbulk Creek.