The Dandenongs

The Dandenongs, a photo by pdw's atelier on Flickr.

The Dandenongs are a set of low mountain ranges, rising to 633 metres at Mount Dandenong, approximately 35 km east of Melbourne, Australia. The ranges consist mostly of rolling hills and valleys covered in thick temperate rainforests (Mountain Ash, Ferns, and Eucalyptus forests), with dense ferny undergrowth. A series of flowing streams cut throughout the forests.

We once lived several miles from Australia's Dandenongs, now we live several miles from the Smoky Mountains. The similarities between the Dandenongs and the Smokies are quite striking in many ways. This painting is of the Dandenongs but is very similar to several paintings I've produced of the Smokies. Occasionally I'll view a painting I did of the Dandenongs and ask myself, "Where in the Smokies is that at?"