Girl in Melbourne: Lake Mountain

Sunday, 1 April 2012

Distant rain as seen from the top of Lake Mountain,

the closest alpine resort to Melbourne (click to enlarge)

Lake Mountain and surrounds were ravaged by the devastating

Black Saturday bushfires in February 2009. So many trees lost...

but there is a strange and eerie beauty to it

More ghost trees on the road between Lake Mountain and Marysville

Steavenson Falls near Marysville, one of Victoria's

tallest waterfalls with a drop of 122 metres

Part of the lower cascade.

Anyone know the highest waterfall in Victoria?

My google search was inconclusive

Ace things about Melbourne

* Brunswick Street
* Chapel Street Bazaar.
* It has a lane named after rock band AC/DC and a swimming pool named after a Prime Minister who is believed to have drowned at sea
* Its vibrant multiculturalism
* Royal Botanic Gardens.
* Shady Caroline Street in South Yarra
* The disco balls hanging above Rankins Lane in the city
* The domed reading room of the State Library.
* The eucalyptus trees and old lamps beside the river near Fed Square.
* The huge mural spanning the length of the side wall of Dimmey's discount department store in Green Street Richmond
* The laneways, especially Degraves Street and Centre Place.
* The old terrace houses in the inner suburbs.
* The Royal and Block Arcades.
* The street art (commissioned and otherwise).
* The Victorian architecture, especially the interior of 333 Collins Street, the Olderfleet Building and the Melbourne Safe Deposit Building on Queen Street
* The view of the city at night from the Swan Street Bridge.
* The Windsor end of Chapel Street
* There's always a festival or major event happening.

Girl in Melbourne