What do Puffing Billy riders famously do?

Sit with legs dangling out the windows

Dandenong Ranges Quiz: Lyrebirds, Mountain Ash and Puffing Billy

This Dandenong Ranges quiz climbs into the cool green hills east of Melbourne. Play 10 interactive questions on superb lyrebirds in Sherbrooke Forest, giant mountain ash among the tallest flowering plants, tree ferns, the Puffing Billy steam railway where passengers dangle their legs, the 1000 Steps walk, cockatoos and the area's national park.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

City
Which city are the Dandenong Ranges near?
State
Which Australian state are they in?
Bird
Which mimic bird lives in the ranges?
Tree
Which giant tree grows there?
Fern
Which plants form a lush understory?
Train
What is Puffing Billy?
Legs
What do Puffing Billy riders famously do?
Steps
What is the 1000 Steps walk?
Park
Which park protects much of the area?
Mimic
What sounds can lyrebirds copy?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which city are the Dandenong Ranges near?
Answer: Melbourne
They lie to the east.
Q2: Which Australian state are they in?
Answer: Victoria
It is in the southeast.
Q3: Which mimic bird lives in the ranges?
Answer: Superb lyrebird
Sherbrooke Forest is famous for it.
Q4: Which giant tree grows there?
Answer: Mountain ash
It is among the tallest flowering plants.
Q5: Which plants form a lush understory?
Answer: Tree ferns
They thrive in shady gullies.
Q6: What is Puffing Billy?
Answer: A heritage steam railway
It runs through the forest.
Q7: What do Puffing Billy riders famously do?
Answer: Sit with legs dangling out the windows
It is a classic photo.
Q8: What is the 1000 Steps walk?
Answer: A steep forest path
It honors the Kokoda Track.
Q9: Which park protects much of the area?
Answer: Dandenong Ranges National Park
It is popular for day trips.
Q10: What sounds can lyrebirds copy?
Answer: Other birds and even human noises
Chainsaws and cameras have been mimicked.

Lyrebirds and Mountain Ash

The Dandenong Ranges rise east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Cool, damp forests of mountain ash, among the tallest flowering plants on Earth, tower over gullies of tree ferns. Much of the area is protected in Dandenong Ranges National Park.

Sherbrooke Forest is famous for superb lyrebirds, which scratch through leaf litter and mimic other birds and even human noises such as cameras and chainsaws. Cockatoos and rosellas visit picnic areas.

Puffing Billy, a heritage steam railway, chugs through the forest, and passengers famously sit with their legs dangling out the windows. The 1000 Steps walk, a steep forest path, honors soldiers of the Kokoda Track, and small villages along the ridges offer tea rooms and gardens.

What This Quiz Teaches

Nature fans will enjoy these questions.

Where the ranges are
Which trees grow there
Which birds live there
What Puffing Billy is
Which walks are famous

Did You Know?

Gardens and cafés dot the hills.
Mist often fills the valleys.
Winter brings lyrebird displays.
Kangaroos graze nearby farms.
The ranges are a popular weekend escape.