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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 ...
Olinda summit: 592: No official name. Labelled Mt Olinda in older tourist maps. Range Road, Olinda: contour data Sassafras peak: 538: No recorded name. Cooloongatta Road, Sassafras: contour data Dunns Hill: 562: Location of a number of radio and telephone towers. One Tree Hill Road, Ferny Creek: contour data One Tree Hill: 500: Lord Somers Road ...
Bacalhau do Batata (Portuguese: Batata's Cod) is a carnival block from Olinda.It parades on Ash Wednesdays at noon, precisely at the after the official carnival end. [1] The block was in 1962 founded by the waiter Isaias "Batata" Ferreira da Silva, whom worked in the regular carnival days since, and therefore could not enjoy the festivities. [2]
Sassafras (/ s æ s ə f r æ s /) is a locality and township within Greater Melbourne, beyond the Melbourne metropolitan area Urban Growth Boundary, [2] 43 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Knox and Shire of Yarra Ranges local government areas.
Mountain Highway runs through The Basin to Sassafras. It is a challenging and popular cycling route for people in Melbourne. The Basin-Olinda Road is a mostly unsealed road that leads to the mountain town of Olinda. Bus route 755 runs from The Basin to local train stations at Bayswater, Boronia and Ferntree Gully.
In modern times Healesville has become a centre for tourism based around the wine and food industries of the Yarra Valley, with attractions including Healesville Sanctuary, Badger Weir Picnic Area, Yarra Valley Railway, Healesville Organic Market, numerous cafes and restaurants, and volunteer-run events such as the Healesville Music Festival ...
Ferny Creek contains a wide range of microclimates and aspects, and as a result the flora is similar to that of the larger Dandenong Ranges as a whole. The Dandenong Ranges National park including Sherbrooke Forest, contains large areas of native vegetation and is dominated by a mix of wet and dry Sclerophyll forests. [3]
In May, 2021 a fire burnt through the suburb's second Indian restaurant which was temporarily closed for repairs. CFA and Police units responding initially received word that the fire was, "out the back of the Royal Hotel" which led to dozens of vehicles rushing to the scene. [citation needed] Upper Ferntree Gully also has a number of used car ...