SkyHigh Mount Dandenong

SkyHigh. How high? SkyHigh, son! The SkyHigh Mount Dandenong has two viewing decks to see Oz. There’s a big chair on the lawn and cost $ 5 to get in. There’s a café to eat. There’s not much to say except for you to check out the pictures. It’s a bit of a drive from Melbourne but worth it if the clouds aren’t in the way like someone standing up in front of you at the movies.
Unfortunately, I’m not going to post many pictures of the view cause I found out people are using my pictures without my permission.

I can’t blame the weather for why I didn’t have an outstanding time at SkyHigh. But I must say that upon arrival, the sun was shining and view was spectacular. Then after lunch, rain clouds rolled in and everything was un-​seeable.
We had a window table reserved for our lunch at SkyHigh. The window view was nice and allowed us to take in as much of the scenery as possible. Lunch was good, I had a duck entrée, my partner had the steak, and we both ordered tasty desserts. After lunch we did the maze, which was $ 6, and we won a «special prize» for completing it. The maze was nothing to exclaim over, if anything, it was just a good photo opt. There are also gardens to stroll around in. You can easily spend a few hours here.
It was a nice adventure overall to SkyHigh, just be weary of the temps and weather. Mount Dandenong can get pretty cold and you don’t want to get rained out so you aren’t able to see anything.
Now there is a gate fee of $ 5 per car, but after eating, we received a complimentary gate entry card for our next visit. So because their tagline is «Spectacular by Day, Stunning by Night,» we feel compelled to use the comp card to see the evening into night time view.

Great place for a function. There upstairs room is huge and has am amazing view through the floor to ceiling windows or from the spacious deck.
Downstairs is a nice café it too has a nice view but not as good as upstairs.
There is also a few viewing platforms on the sides.
Out front is a lawn area with for a gathering. Or a giant chair to sit in.
Out the back is a few private gardens and a mini walk with little bridge and creek. A maze if gardens. Great for photos if you have you big day here.

Sky High is a viewing platform on top of Mt Dandenong. To get here you need to pay a small entrance fee (I ‘think’ its around $ 5) to the person in the booth.
Once you arrive at the top you will find plenty of parking spaces in front of their buffet/​bistro.
I have dined at both Buffett and bistro before, and did not find them to be that great. The food was average at most and you only eat there because it seems like the appropriate thing to do.
Sky High offers a sprawling view of Melbourne where you can see all the way from Mornington Peninsular to Port Phillip Bay. This isn’t somewhere you would go to look at the view of the city as it is too far away and the CBD just looks like a little cluster of taller buildings. To be honest, this view did really take my breath away, perhaps if you came at night it would look nicer due to the lights.
Sky High is okay, I mean its nice but… I’ve seen much nicer. I probably wouldn’t come back.

The Skyhigh Licensed Bistro/​Restaurant is a really nice place to grab a meal. There is the option of entering either a buffet area downstairs or make a booking for the restaurant up top. There visitors can overlook the view out of long paneled glass windows and this is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The prices are reasonable considering how generous the servings are. Just a hint, don’t order the delicious chips if you are getting a main — eating them both is impossible! (The chips are to die for though so it’s a pretty tough decision.)
The service in the restaurant is very friendly however they often don’t have enough staff. The person serving is always really nice though so you tend to feel more compassionate than annoyed when it takes a bit longer for your drinks to arrive. Oh, that’s another thing — the lemon lime bitters here are divine!
Vegetarian meals are great here too — think massive pizzas, pastas and burgers. There is always a specials board that offers good deals.
When you first walk in to go to the restaurant there is also a fridge stocking ice creams and frozen yoghurts as well as a counter offering tea and coffee and snacks like muffins. There is something for everyone.