Dandenong Ranges

The Dandenongs, or more accurately the Dandenong Ranges, are a favourite tourist spot centred on Mount Dandenong (633 metres) about 34 km east of Melbourne.

It is thought that the name Dandenong was derived from an Aboriginal word meaning high or lofty, and in 1837 the ranges’ main (south-westerly) watercourse was named Dangynon Creek. By 1840 the spelling was changed to Dandenong.