Suggested visits
If you’re travelling from interstate for a wedding, or you have friends doing so, you may consider making the most of the trip and paying a visit to some of the most popular locations in the Dandenong Ranges.
The Dandenong Ranges are an obvious travel destination in their own right, providing lush forests for bushwalking, many bed and breakfast getaways, beautiful gardens and magnificent views, arguably the best nurseries in Victoria, inspiring artist
galleries and workshops together unique shopping experiences.
Half day activities...
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Nursery
Visits
The Dandenong Ranges area is host to many growers and
nurseries of Cloudehill on the Olinda-Monbulk Road, Olinda
is arguably one of the best for the casual or educated
browser.
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Puffing
Billy Railway
Puffing Billy is the pride of the Dandenong Ranges and
Australia’s oldest steam train railway. Built in
1900, the train journeys through thick forest, cool fern
gullies and rolling farmland. [Visit
website]
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Olinda
Village
A Village of stunning contrasts: take on the golf course or shop from the contemporary to the classic; relax in luxuriously modern B&Bs or old-worldly cottages.
Olinda Village has it all. [Visit
website]
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Sassafras Village
Have a quaint afternoon tea at Miss Marples, a more contemporary experience at Ripe,
visit one of the best tea
stores in Victoria, or see which candles
might work for your wedding.
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website]
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Tulip Festival in Silvan
The full Dutch flower growers experience in the middle of the Dandenong Ranges.
Horse and carriage rides run most days. However the
festival is strictly mid September to mid October. [Visit
website]
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William Ricketts Sanctuary
Located in a ferny glade, the beautiful and tranquil natural setting is dotted with mystical sculptures half hidden among ferns along the pathways.
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National Rhododendron Gardens
An unparalleled variety of brilliantly coloured blooms, mainly rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias, and daffodils.
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website]
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Alfred Nicholas Gardens
The garden was part of the historic Burnham Beeches Estate, home of Alfred Nicholas, developer of the Aspro formula.
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George Tindale Memorial Gardens
A unique collection of exotic plants set beneath a canopy of large mountain ash.
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Whole day trips...
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Healesville Sanctuary
Tucked in to the foothills of the Yarra Ranges, Healesville Sanctuary offers a distinctly Australian wildlife experience and an introduction to the sights and sounds of the bush. Get close to over 200 species of Australian wildlife, including platypus, koalas, emus, Tasmanian devils, lyrebirds, wombats and eagles.
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Grape grazing in the Yarra Valley
The Yarra Valley is recognised as one of the world’s great wine growing regions.
The Victorian wine industry was born in 1838 when a vineyard was planted at what is now Yering Station.
Today the Yarra Valley is home to over 55 wineries, and is Australia’s finest region for pinot noir and sparkling wines.
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website]
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R'n'R in Warburton
The former gold rush town of Warburton is one of the most picturesque places in the Yarra Valley, Dandenongs and the Ranges region. Surrounded by lush, tall forests of mountain ash,
and located on the upper reaches of the Yarra River, the township is in close proximity to the fine produce and wine of the Yarra Valley.
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