TOPOGRAPHY OF VICTORIA. 



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rising behind it to a 



plateau, composed of 



calcareous sandstone, 



overlaid in places by 



dunes, the result of 



sand washed up on 



the shore and thence 



swept inland by the 



south-westerly gales. 



These dunes contain 



curious concretions 



resembling the fossi- 

 lized branches and 

 roots of trees, for 

 which, in fact, they 

 have been sometimes 

 mistaken; on ex- 

 amination, however, 

 they are found to be 

 composed of a magne- 

 sian limestone. 



Five miles beyond 

 the Otway the united 

 waters of the Rivers 

 Aire and Calder find 

 an outlet in the sea, 

 after expanding into 

 a narrow lake skirted 

 on the east side bv 



s 



a. low range of mio- 

 cene limestone. Be- 

 yond the embouchure 

 of these streams the 

 Eagle's Nest and the 

 Sentinel Rocks stand 

 like guardians of the 

 coast, which maintains 

 the same rugged 

 aspect to Moonlight 

 Head; at the back of 

 which the Latrobe 



Range recedes in a north-easterly direction. The country inland has been very imperfectly 

 explored owing to the difficulties it presents, for it is in places so heavily timbered, and 

 there is such a tangled mass of under-wood to obstruct the tourist, that the most adven- 



