Week 302

MONBULK

The town of Monbulk lies in the Dandenong Ranges some 40 km east of Melbourne CBD
as the crow flies. The population in 2006 was 2 715 and the town was originally best known
as the site of the Monbulk Preserving Company, producers of jam. The name is from the
aboriginal word which means "sanctuary". Click HERE for a Google interactive map .

1. Dry arrangement.. of sorts!

2. Roadside view en route to Monbulk.

3. The summer has been VERY dry; this looks more like a scene from Western Victoria.

4. Once the road enters the forests it becomes cooler and greener.

5. A fairly typical forest scene in the Ranges.

6. One of the splendid murals in Monbulk (it IS a painting!).

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7.  Another mural showing Chinese labourers at work.

8. Monbulk's Main Street.

9. The St George's Anglican Church.

10. Pine texture.