Some images of the Dandenong Ranges
& William Ricketts Sanctuary

Smaller version of one of the images that made up the first panorama ...



Click on each image to see it full-size


My very first effort at a 'panorama'. From the Mt Dandenong observatory



The sign says it all



The outskirts of Olinda



One of the 93 lifelike statues at William Ricketts Sanctuary



A closeup



One of the many cherubic faces



That possum looks as if it could talk ...



Face growing out of a rock



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A wider view of one of my favourite statues & its surrounds



Waiting for the Belgrave bus on the last day of 'summer' 2002 :)



Kalorama lookout - it must be really something on a clear day!



A walking track near Kalorama



Ditto



Near Kalorama lookout



Sherbrooke Forest (as seen from the bus)



Description - I'll be going back soon, I promise ... :)


More photos to come soon (unless I'm abducted by extraterrestrials or something like that) I'll re-visit the lookout on a less hazy day next time.



This image came from a photo I found and cropped of the 'Buddha' statue that Dijana & I both had the same thought about when we visited the sanctuary ... back in April 1999 ... still in the afterglow of that Acacia experience ... :)


William Ricketts philosophy



My other photos ...

Photo of William in front of one of his creations - from the 'Forest of Love' website ... if it disappears ... I could always grab that biography of William from the sanctuary & scan it ... I might also grab the video next time I'm down there - though I have watched it a few times in the quaint little shack inside the sanctuary - well worth a visit if you're ever in the land of Oz