- Idilesi: I- Australia, iVictoria, 35 km ecaleni laseMelbourne;
- Ingongoma ephakamileyo ngamanamitha angama-633 ngaphezulu kwinqanaba lolwandle.
I-Dandenong Mountains iyinkqubo ephantsi yeentaba ephantsi kweekhilomitha ezili-35 kumntla waseMelbourne , kwiphondo laseVictoria. Ingongoma ephakamileyo yeentaba i-Dandenong ngentlanzi, ubude bayo buyi-633 m ngaphezu kweselwandle. Iintaba ezinqabileyo zaseDandenong zineentlobo ezininzi zeentaba, zinqunywe ngamakhankwe ezenziwe ngenxa yokukhukhula. Zigqityiweyo eziqhelekileyo zokutsalwa kwezityalo eziqingqiweyo zemozulu, kunye nemigangatho yemithi ye-eucalyptus yeentaba kunye ne-ferns enkulu. Iqhwa kule ndawo yinto enqabileyo, inokuwela kuphela kanye okanye kabini ngonyaka, ikakhulu phakathi kukaJuni no-Oktobha. Ngo-2006, iqhwa lawela iKrismesi-kwaye ngaphandle kokunyaniseka, isipho sangempela esivela ezulwini!
Imbali yeentaba
Ngaphambi kokubonakala kweli zwekazi leenkolonti ezintabeni zaseDandenong zazihlala kwisizwe sakwa-Wurujeri, isizwe saseAustralia. Emva kokusekwa kwendawo yokuhlala yaseYurophu ebhankini loMlambo weRarra, iintaba zaqala ukusetyenziswa njengemthombo oyintloko wemithi yokwakha. Ngowe-1882, ininzi yeentaba zafumana isimo sepaki, kodwa ukungena kwimihlaba kwaqhubeka kwiirhafu ezahlukahlukeneyo kude kube ngama-1960. Ilizwe elincomekayo lalibathandana nabemi basezidolophini ezikufutshane kwaye baqalisa ukuya eholide. Emva kwexesha, iintaba zaseDandenong zaba yiindawo ezikhethiweyo zeeholide. Abantu abazange baphumule kuphela, kodwa bakha, ngowe-1950 bavela kwindawo yokuqala yobucala. Ngowe-1956, ngokukhethekileyo kwiMidlalo yeOlimpiki kwiNtaba yaseDandenong, kwakhiwa umtsalane wokuthunyelwa kwithelevishini. Ngowe-1987, ipaki yaseDandenong ithole isikhundla sePaki kaZwelonke.
Iintaba zaseDandenong ezinsukwini zethu
Okwangoku, amawaka amashumi amawaka abahlali basisigxina abahlala kwintsimi yeentaba zaseDandenong. Kwintsimi yepaki kazwelonke kukho iindlela ezininzi zokuhamba ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zobunzima (kukho ukunyuka okukhulu). Ipaki iyahlula kwiindawo ezininzi zokuhamba: kukho "iSherbrook Forest" apho unokutya khona iiprototi ezimnandi ezandleni zakho, unokwenyuka phantse "Indlela yeeNkulungwane zeNyathelo" okanye uthumele "iFern Trough". Ukusuka kwiipulatifomu zokubukela i-panorama enhle yaseMelbourne ivula. Kukho enye inqabileyo epakini - umzila wesitimela omncinci. Enye yeendlela ezine zoololiwe ezakhiwe kwiphondo ekuqaleni kwe-20 leminyaka, yavalwa ngo-1953 ngenxa yokunyuswa kwemihlaba. Ngowe-1962, yabuyiselwa, kwaye ukususela ngoko ke ukunyakaza akuzange kuphele. Ingakumbi kubakhenkethi kwi-railway-gauge-gauge iqhuma "U-Puffing Billy" - umzekelo omncinane, umzekelo wamandulo, i-locomotive steam. Kwiintaba zeentaba kukho ubuninzi bezindlu zokundwendwela, izitiya ezintle zidibeneyo, phakathi kwezinye. Umyezo wesizwe we-rhododendron. Indawo evelelekayo kunye nemvelo yasendle yenza ipaki ibe yindawo ekhethiweyo yeeholide kubahlali baseVictoria.
Ndingafika njani?
Indlela ehamba ngemoto esuka eMelbourne ayiyi kuthatha ngaphezu kweyure, kunye neentaba zeDandenong ziya kufinyelelwa ngesitimela (isiteshi se-Upper Ferntree Gully).
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