Sassafras

Worth seeing in and around Sassafras

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.

   3.6 km · mountain range in Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Burnham Beeches

   The Burnham Beeches is a mansion and its associated gardens, located on Sherbrooke Road in Sherbrooke, in the Dandenong Ranges, in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Built in 1930 on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri people, the house was built for Alfred Nicholas, a sales magnate for the Australian subsidiary of Aspro.

   1.1 km · heritage-listed mansion in Sherbrooke, Yarra Ranges, 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.

   2.3 km · botanical garden in Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Alfred Nicholas Memorial Garden

   A beautiful scenic garden with walking trails, a boathouse, waterfalls and islands.

From Wikivoyage: Sassafras, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Olinda Pool

   Great pool on a hot day, has a baby pool, fun for children.

From Wikivoyage: Sassafras, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

1. 01
   Miss Marple's Tearoom

   Sassafras Cafe, 391 Mount Dandenong Tourist Rd,.

From Wikivoyage: Sassafras, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Sassafras

Airports

Melbourne (MEL), 50 km · Melbourne Avalon (AVV), 80 km

• Melbourne → Sassafras

  34 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · A$5–7
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• Geelong/Melbourne → Sassafras

  30 km · quickest by road, 58 min · A$4.5–6
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• Hobart (Cambridge) → Sassafras

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