Mount Dandenong

Worth seeing in and around Mount Dandenong

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Dandenong Ranges

   The Dandenong Ranges are a set of low mountain ranges in Victoria, Australia, approximately 35 km east of the state capital Melbourne. A minor branch of the Great Dividing Range, the Dandenongs consist mostly of rolling hills, rising to 633 m at Mount Dandenong, as well as steeply weathered valleys and gullies covered in thick temperate rainforest, predominantly of tall mountain ash trees and dense ferny undergrowth.

   700 m · mountain range in Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Dandenong Ranges National Park

   The Dandenong Ranges National Park is a national park located in the Greater Melbourne region of Victoria, Australia. The 3,540-hectare national park is situated from 31 kilometres at its westernmost points at Ferntree Gully and Boronia to 45 kilometres at its easternmost point at Silvan, east of the Melbourne central business district.

   3.1 km · national park in Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden

   The Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden, formerly known as the National Rhododendron Gardens, is a botanical garden in Olinda, Victoria, Australia. The gardens are known for their rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias, cherries and daffodils.

   2.1 km · botanical garden in Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Mount Dandenong

Airports

Melbourne (MEL), 50 km · Melbourne Avalon (AVV), 82 km

• Melbourne → Mount Dandenong

  35 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · A$5–7
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• Geelong/Melbourne → Mount Dandenong

  31 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · A$4.5–6
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• Hobart (Cambridge) → Mount Dandenong

  585 km · quickest by air, 6h 7m · A$260–380
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