Guidebook for Olinda
Drinks & Nightlife
Friday nights it's where the locals go. The food is good and the atmosphere is too.
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Pig & Whistle Tavern
1429 Mount Dandenong Tourist RdFriday nights it's where the locals go. The food is good and the atmosphere is too.
Everything Else
It is walking distance from the cottage and it is a beautiful botanical garden.
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Iqabunga Lomdiliya weDandenong Ranges
The Georgian RoadIt is walking distance from the cottage and it is a beautiful botanical garden.
We have the best massages on the mountain at our sister biz Elle Naturale - Olinda.
Como Cottages Dandenong Ranges
1465 Mount Dandenong Tourist RoadWe have the best massages on the mountain at our sister biz Elle Naturale - Olinda.
Food Scene
Montage Cafe
1526-1528 Mount Dandenong Tourist RdRetro style cafe - good atmosphere.
The 180 degree view of Melbourne is stunning and they have a free limosuine service if you have dinner there (midweek only).
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SkyHigh Mount Dandenong
26 Observatory RdThe 180 degree view of Melbourne is stunning and they have a free limosuine service if you have dinner there (midweek only).
Dudley's
540 Mount Dandenong Tourist RdGreat wood fired pizza and good atmoshpere.
The best Indian on the mountain - actually, the only indian on the mounatin. We eat there every 2 weeks. Lots of choice and flavour and a handsome owner.
Indian by Nature
1526-1528 Mount Dandenong Tourist RoadThe best Indian on the mountain - actually, the only indian on the mounatin. We eat there every 2 weeks. Lots of choice and flavour and a handsome owner.
Our friend owns and runs this french style patisserie in Belgrave. You don't need to go to France when you can get coffee and croissants this good!
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The Blacksmith
1700 Burwood HwyOur friend owns and runs this french style patisserie in Belgrave. You don't need to go to France when you can get coffee and croissants this good!
Kallista Tea Rooms
103 Monbulk RdBest Devonshire Teas
Sightseeing
It is a special place to visit to see Aboriginal faces carved in stone.
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William Ricketts Sanctuary
1402 Mount Dandenong Tourist RdIt is a special place to visit to see Aboriginal faces carved in stone.
It's old fashioned family fun. Take a picnic basket and get off half way at Lakeside.
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Puffing Billy Railway
1 Old Monbulk RdIt's old fashioned family fun. Take a picnic basket and get off half way at Lakeside.
Entertainment & Activities
For the Adventurous adult or child (6yrs and over) who loves flying foxes and walking between trees on ropes and wood!
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Izicwangciso Zemithi - i-Glen Harrow Park
Old Monbulk RoadFor the Adventurous adult or child (6yrs and over) who loves flying foxes and walking between trees on ropes and wood!
Shopping
Mangana Olinda
29 Olinda-Monbulk RdEveryone buys something at Mangana!
Really good, unique food and deli. Just in the next village 3kms down the Tourist Rd, in Sassfras.
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Ripe Australian Produce
376 Mount Dandenong Tourist RdReally good, unique food and deli. Just in the next village 3kms down the Tourist Rd, in Sassfras.