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Dandenong Ranges - A 1000 Steps

The 1000 steps is a challenging walk in the Dandenong Ranges National Park. It is a thirty minute drive from Melbourne's South Eastern suburbs. It's only for those who are reasonably fit, or happy to have their heart pounding very fast! Even the walk from the car park to the first step  is at such a steep incline  that us novice climbers wonder  whether this is really such a good idea?! Luckily there is much to stop and look at,  which gives us time to draw breath! The Kokoda Memorial Trail follows a creek uphill,  and as you climb you start to experience some of the feeling of  exhaustion  felt by the Australian soldiers  on the Kokoda Trail in  Papua New Guinea in World War 11. Before you leave the car park you can stop at the memorial which  has plaques containing names of the soldiers who fought and died on the trail during the kokoda campaign in 1942. Four posts with the words Courag...