This was one of our longest days but also, for me, the best day of the tour so far. As a consequence I have decided to split the day up so that I can post a few extra photos! Our day started early with a coach drive up into the Dandenongs mountain range and a stop at the Grants Picnic Reserve for a Devonshire cream tea. The real draw of Grants Reserve is not the cream tea but the extensive range of exotic birds and parrots that live in the forest there and will gladly come and feed directly from your hand. Our favourites were the Crimson Rosellas who were very colourful and gentle with us. The big white cockatoos can be a little vicious and I did collect a few scars to prove this! From there we drove down to Beaumont to board the Puffing Billy, Australia’s oldest steam train that is now run by enthusiastic volunteers through the rainforest of the Dandenong ranges. Fortunately the H&S Executive has not taken over here as it has in the UK so we were able to ride the train as they used to in the old days, sitting on the side of the carriage with our legs dangling out of the train! Great fun.
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