Mount Dandenong, Melbourne, Victoria

The Dandenong Ranges are a set of low mountain ranges, rising to 633 metres at Mount Dandenong, east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

How to get there:
take train to Croydon Station--> Take bus (which terminate at Olinda) No. 688 to Mount Dandenong Tourist Road.


William Ricketts Sanctuary is situated in Mount Dandenong - a unique sculpture park with 93 ceramical sculptures woven into eucalyptus forest.
William Ricketts (1898–1993) was an Australian potter and sculptor of the arts and crafts movement
In 1934 he started his major artistic work - creating the sculpture park now named William Ricketts Sanctuary, which was formerly named Potter's sanctuary. He worked for more than fifty years on the transformation of a natural old-growth eucalyptus forest into a unique place of spiritual renewal and quiet reflection.

The sanctuary reflects a spirit of place expressed through one man’s dream. Deeply felt connections to the earthly mother and the spirit of the land are explored in 92 ceramic sculptures of people and animals which merge with the natural surroundings: a wise elder is as one with an ancient tree, his beard flowing into its trunk and roots; young children play with native animals among ferns and flowing water; and the human and natural spirit become one.
In the 1960s the Victorian Government bought this place from William Ricketts and made it a public park. William Ricketts still lived in this place until his death in 1993.

Mount Dandenong is supposed a holiday spot for the Aussie during summer. Coming here during winter is really really freaking cold!

Even public toilets are also so creative....
Gents and ladies shared.

Shops below can all be found at Mount Dandenong Tourist Road, Sassafras, Victoria. These shops appeared to be like an old English village from the outside. And you will find many interesting things in each of them. Explore yourself one by one!

A Witch house-- selling everything about magic, spells, crystals, tarrot cards and etc. They do fortune telling with crystals and tarrot card readings too.

Dim-lited interior brings out the eerie, cold, and secretive feels.

Books of magic and spells

Sex magic, haha. Karma Sutra as well haha.

The variety of services for fortune telling here.

A very delightful, youthful candy shop

bottles of pills are in fact candies.

A shop selling all sorts of puppets and toys.

Birthday candles!

A miniature Doll house!

the interior is completed with just everything u can get in real house as well, but in delicate sizes.

Miss Marple's Tea Room -- it is a must try when u come to the Mount Dandenong. They close at 4.30pm on weekdays, and it is full of people even until the last minute before they close!

The best place for an afternoon tea --> cakes, ice cream, cookies, coffee and tea....