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I am stuck here in Upwey with no big trips planned until next year so might as well enjoy it right?

Here I am in my Hanging Gardens of Babylon keeping back the jungle. Plus our neighbour's ginger cat.

I went down the train line to take a look at Alamein. Curious because my uncle fought at El Alamein. Our`Alamein is a quiet little place on a branch line. Hasn't even got a location on VT so I put it on Camberwell.

There is an excellent op shop in our village. I pop in two, three times a week. And I have had some excellent scores.

The CFA (Country Fire Authority) down the road from us had their annual sale and it was packed! Here they are in their yellow uniforms holding back the throngs until 9am.

Downstairs is the afternoon sleep couch with resident cat and view of trees.
You have to book in advance though because it is very popular.

Ten minutes down the road in Uppwer Ferntree Gully is the 1000 steps Kokoda Track Memorial Walk.
It is very very pretty, and very very hard, and very very popular. One is bowled aside the superfit. Some of them are in training to climb Kilimanjaro or walk in Nepal.

The pretty tourist villages are just up the hill. This is Sassafras.

The local wildlife is colourful. This a king parrot who drops by on our back deck.