The municipality of Christmas Hills is some 40 km NE of Melbourne.

It includes part of the Warrandyte-Kinglake Conservation Zone, and the Rifle Range Forest Reserve.

I visited the Reserve on August 18, 2007, doing an 8 km hike along the Rifle Range and Robert's Tracks, through remnant bushland, some of which had recently been burnt back as part of the Victorian Goivernment's fuel reduction activities. ... (more)