Ridge "Yu-Yangzhou" - a few granite ridges, towering 364 meters above the plain Werribee 22 km from Geelong. The main ridge stretches from north to south for 9 km. Most of the southern spurs of the mountain range is part of the Regional Park of "Yu-Yangzhou." Popular idea that Yu Yangzhou - the remains of a volcano, not true. In fact, the ridge - a frozen magma izvergnuvshayasya of land about 365 million years ago.

On the territory of the ridges there are about 200 species of birds - different kinds medososov, Kookaburra, white-winged lark, tufted titmouse, purple and other parrots. Among the animals you can find mountain kangaroos, flying squirrels, possums and koalas. The nearby nature reserve "Serendip" works Research Center, which is engaged in breeding of endangered wildlife species of Victoria, for example, the Australian bustard.

Despite the low height - only 364 meters - the ridge is the dominant part of the landscape, and is clearly visible from both Geelong and Melbourne, located a little further. The hills to the north of Ju-Yangzhou is a testing ground of the Australian branch of the plant "Ford".

The sight of the ridge is geoglyphs - the giant ground pattern, built by the Australian artist Andrew Rogers in recognition of Aborigines who lived in these places. The picture shows a banjo - a mythical creature of the beliefs of Aboriginal tribe "votarong." Wingspan banjo - 100 meters. To create this drawing, the artist took 1,500 tons of stones.

The very name of the ridge U-Yangzhou is derived from the Aboriginal words "Woerden Yang" or "Jude Young", which means "big mountain in the middle of the plain." Aborigines used the holes in the rocks as the original wells to collect water. The first European who saw Ju-Yangzhou, the researcher was Matthew Flinders, who in 1802 climbed the highest peak of the ridge. He called it the Station-to-peak, but in 1912 the name was changed to Flinders Peak in his honor.

Yu Yangzhou has always attracted artists, but they had a special influence on the work of one of the greatest painters of Australia - Fred Williams. He spent many years on trips to these places, to capture the U-Yangzhou. Today these paintings are considered classics of Australian art.