Mountain Highway (also known as Wantirna - Sassafras Road) is a 18 km west - east highway located in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Mountain Highway starts from Burwood Highway on the border of Wantirna/Wantirna South and runs eastward through Wantirna Bayswater and The Basin, then uphill to Sassafras. Between Burwood Highway and Dorset Road, the road is a fairly straight dual carriageway with two lanes in each direction and minor inclines and declines, with the section between Stud Road and Scoresby/Bayswater Road having three in each direction. From Dorset Road to Mount Dandenong Tourist Road, the road is a two lane single carriageway, with the section of road through the Dandenong Ranges National Park (Forest Road - Mount Dandenong Tourist Road) being steep and windy and with an approximate 1 in 20 (5%) grade, which appeals to motorcyclists and cyclists. Speed limits range from 80 km/h from Burwood Highway to Bayswater, and 70 km/h between Bayswater and Sassafras. Through Bayswater's town centre, a 60 km/h limit applies. In The Basin, a 60 km/h limit applies through the residential area east of Forest Road and a 50 km/h limit applies within the centre of the town. The approach to Mount Dandenong Tourist Road in Sassafras is also 60 km/h.
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“We are wearied of our huts
And the smoky smell of our garments.
We are sick with desire of the sun
And the grass on the mountains.”
—Unknown. The Grass on the Mountain (l. 11–14)
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—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)