Guidebook for Sassafras
Food Scene
Lovely staff, great coffee and cakes. Try the lemon curd muffin with cream - Yum! Great breakfasts and lunch menus too. Indoor and outdoor dining areas and an open fire to warm up by on those wintry days!
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Ripe Australian Produce
376 Mount Dandenong Tourist RdLovely staff, great coffee and cakes. Try the lemon curd muffin with cream - Yum! Great breakfasts and lunch menus too. Indoor and outdoor dining areas and an open fire to warm up by on those wintry days!
Choose from a beautiful deck overlooking the forest on sunny days or one of the gorgeous rooms inside perhaps near the open fireplace on the cooler days. Great art displays that change regularly.
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King Henry Arts Cafe
320 Mount Dandenong Tourist RdChoose from a beautiful deck overlooking the forest on sunny days or one of the gorgeous rooms inside perhaps near the open fireplace on the cooler days. Great art displays that change regularly.
Parks & Nature
Beautiful trail walks where you can see the lyrebirds foraging or visit the waterfall. Very peaceful.
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Sherbrooke Forest Car Park
Beautiful trail walks where you can see the lyrebirds foraging or visit the waterfall. Very peaceful.
Take in some important history of our Diggers and challenge yourself to walk the steps. A must do for all visitors.
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1000 Steps Carpark
Mount Dandenong Tourist RoadTake in some important history of our Diggers and challenge yourself to walk the steps. A must do for all visitors.
Arts & Culture
Burrinja is a vibrant community cultural centre that encompasses multiple gallery spaces, a 400 seat theatre, live music, arts activities and events, artist studios, gardens, a gallery shop, workshops and a café.
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Burrinja Cultural Centre
351 Glenfern RdBurrinja is a vibrant community cultural centre that encompasses multiple gallery spaces, a 400 seat theatre, live music, arts activities and events, artist studios, gardens, a gallery shop, workshops and a café.
Hidden away in a dense inlet along the winding Mt Dandenong Tourist Road is the internationally renowned William Ricketts Sanctuary. The sanctuary is not only one the Dandenong’s more iconic experiences, but one of the most inspiring and tranquil places on the mountain.
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William Ricketts Sanctuary
1402 Mount Dandenong Tourist RdHidden away in a dense inlet along the winding Mt Dandenong Tourist Road is the internationally renowned William Ricketts Sanctuary. The sanctuary is not only one the Dandenong’s more iconic experiences, but one of the most inspiring and tranquil places on the mountain.
Shopping
Olinda
Quirky craft and gift shops, cafes.
Mount Dandenong
Antique store, cafes, bakery, florist, groceries.
Sassafras
Quirky craft and gift shops, cafes.
Essentials
IGA Mt Dandenong
1526 Mount Dandenong Tourist RdCloses 8:00pm most nights. Has a liquor store also.
Getting Around
Approximately 70 minute trip by train from Melbourne CBD.
We can pick you up from the station if you pre-arrange with us!
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Belgrave
Approximately 70 minute trip by train from Melbourne CBD.
We can pick you up from the station if you pre-arrange with us!
Approximately 1 hour trip by train from Melbourne CBD.
We can even pick you up from the station if you pre-arrange with us!
There is also a bus (No. 688) from the station to Sassafras where you can get off at a stop just 200 metres from Clarendon Cottages.
Upper Ferntree Gully
Approximately 1 hour trip by train from Melbourne CBD.
We can even pick you up from the station if you pre-arrange with us!
There is also a bus (No. 688) from the station to Sassafras where you can get off at a stop just 200 metres from Clarendon Cottages.