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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 ...
The land was opened to small scale farming in 1893 and a small township developed. The Post Office opened on 1 June 1901 and has always been known as Sassafras Gully. [4] The Sassafras Primary School was established in 1894, originally meeting in a bark slab hut, before relocating to the Sassafras Mechanics Institute hall in 1895. [5]
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]
Photo cred: Getty. MTV did catch up with the actress earlier this year, where they discussed all things "Zoey," including a fun fact about her notorious "Sassafras tea" song!
The Shire of Yarra Ranges, also known as Yarra Ranges Council, is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer eastern and northeastern suburbs of Melbourne extending into the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges.
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.
On 8 January 1969, fires broke out around the state. There were serious fires in the Dandenong Ranges that affected Upwey as well as Upper Ferntree Gully, Ferny Creek, The Basin and Sassafras. There were houses lost in Upwey and there are still some evidence of these fires in blackened trees along Glenfern Road on the south side of Morris Road.