Time for some exercise. We walked along the East Dandenong Ranges Trail, which passes…

…through Emerald Lake Park, just down the road from our home. We walked to Cockatoo, about a 10km round trip.

Lots to see along the way, including Puffing Billy Railway, tall fern trees and eucalypts, bridges, numerous fairy doors and even a couple of dinosaurs.

The staff at Brunch on McBride in Cockatoo kindly made us a cuppa and sandwich, ten minutes before closing.

We debated whether to catch a bus back home, but it seems you need a Myki card, and can’t just tap on with a phone credit card (like we could in NSW). The walk back was beautiful, but the few hills were testing.

Charging:

An electric car produces far less greenhouse gases than a petrol car, after about 38,000km. Walking produces even less. But we felt every puff of CO2 exhaling as we walked along the trail today 😉.

Our Tesla stayed at home, slowly charging from the solar panels on our roof, on an overcast day.