Next Trip:
Saturday 22 March 2025
(BOOKED OUT)
Entry fee to the Sky High area is included.
(William Rickett's Sanctuary is closed)
Olinda is a popular tourist destination in the Dandenong Ranges, home to cafes, restaurants, antique and craft shops, and numerous art galleries, showcasing local, national, and international artists in such areas as sculpture and painting. The town is surrounded by a number of walking trails and natural waterfalls, including the Olinda Falls & Cascade Walk. The Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden is situated to the east of the town.
The Dandenong Ranges (commonly just The Dandenongs) are a set of low mountain ranges, rising to 633 metres at Mount Dandenong, east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The ranges consist mostly of rolling hills, steeply weathered valleys and gullies covered in thick temperate rainforest, predominantly of tall mountain ash trees and dense ferny undergrowth.
The Dandenong Ranges are home to a variety of native Australian mammal, bird, reptile and invertebrate species. Well-represented bird species include the Sulfur-crested cockatoo, Superb lyrebird, Laughing kookaburra, and Crimson Rosella. Mammals include the Short-beaked echidna, Common wombat, Sugar glider, and Swamp wallaby. Invertebrates include two species of burrowing crayfish.
As a result of its elevation, snow typically falls one or two times a year at higher elevations, mostly between June and October.
Useful links: Olinda Botanical Gardens, National Rhododendron Gardens, Alfred Nicholas Memorial Gardens, Olinda Village video.
Convenient Pickup Locations.
9:00am 1st Pickup -FOOTSCRAY STATION South entrance Cnr Hyde & Bunbury Streets.
9:15am 2nd Pickup - Front of 361 QUEEN Street CBD Victoria Market End.
9:30am 3rd Pickup - FEDERATION SQUARE - Cnr Flinders & Russell Streets Bus pickup zone.
9:50am 4th Pickup- PORT MELBOURNE - Bay St cnr Liardet St, Bus stop in front of Coles supermarket.
10:05am 5th Pickup- ST KILDA-bus zone at side of McDonald's St Kilda on Ackland St (carpark side)
Leaving Dandenong Ranges back to Melbourne at 4:00pm (approx).
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