A car really is the best way to reach the Dandenong Ranges. You can get close by taking a train to Ferntree Gully (near Lifestyle Apartments, see Accommodation) or, even closer, to Belgrave. The train trip will take about an hour from the central city. But beyond that…! Cycling into the hills would be a little fraught, as the roads are fairly narrow, winding, and without cycle lanes.
Written Sep 20, 2007
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A car really is the best way to reach the Dandenong Ranges. You can get close by taking a train to Ferntree Gully (near Lifestyle Apartments, see Accommodation)...
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From the city area of Melbourne, the hills to the east are not particularly obvious: as with most Australian mountain ranges, they tend to be lowish and rounded. Since public transport (think trains)...
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Another Chilly trip out of Melbourne!

Sarah and I took a day out to head up to Mount Dandenong, which is located in Dandenong Ranges National Park, 35 km east of Melbourne. Just like our weekend excursion the week before to Phillip...
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See the region's finest sassafras and mountain ash, some of them up to 200 years old.
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This is going to be my Dandenong Ranges page

Now I am living in the foothills of the beautiful Dandenong Ranges I want to take full advantage of the attractions. As I visit Olinda and Emerald and Sassafras I will put up a few pics on those pages...
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A feeling as much as a destination

There’s something magic about the Dandenong Ranges. When you encounter your first copse of mountain ash there’s a sense of pervading calm that comes over you, exacerbated by the tree ferns that soon...
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