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Mathias Track: Perfect Dandenongs Family Hike

Posted on March 9, 2020

Mathias Track ticks a lot of our boxes these days when it comes to the perfect hike. With Oscar just having started to walk and increasingly unhappy in our soft carrier (we need to upgrade to a rigid one, any suggestions?) we need a hike that is: Easy to drive to (so we aren’t spending hours in the car just to get there), Simple to hike (a few hours is really all he will tolerate at the moment) Close to…

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Behind Hello Said The Dawn

Hey! I’m Oceana, the writer behind Hello Said The Dawn. This blog is all about slow living, doing creative things just for the joy of it, exploring the magnificent world, and finding the adventure in everyday life.
I live in tropics of Northern Australia with my fiancé (a British escapee) and my son (a curious toddler). I drink too much coffee, own too much fabric, get the urge to paint at 2 in the morning, and wouldn’t change anything for the world.