Eastern Dandenong Ranges Association

06/06/2026

❄️ Winter is here and there’s plenty happening across the Eastern Dandenong Ranges this June.

🛍️ Local markets
🏮 Belgrave Lantern Parade
🇫🇷 French Nights
🚂 Puffing Billy Train of Lights
🎭 Theatre
🐾 Truffle Hunting
⛳️ Fridays by the Fire

Make a day or night of it or stay for the weekend.
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easterndandenongranges.com.au/events/2026/june

04/06/2026

02/06/2026

📅 Tuesday 2 June
⏰ 7:00pm – 9:00pm
📍 The BASE, 7 McBride Street, Cockatoo

Whether you’re:
✅ A community member
✅ A local business owner
✅ A facilitator, tutor or creative
✅ Part of a community group or organisation
✅ Looking to connect with others

…this evening is for you!

Together, we’ll explore how we can create more opportunities, strengthen local connections, support wellbeing, foster creativity, and build a vibrant, inclusive hub for our community.

☕ Light refreshments provided. Bring a friend!

We look forward to sharing this exciting journey with you and hearing your ideas for the future.

01/06/2026

A huge thank you to Kate Cashin Photography for capturing the Hills MND Big Freeze last Sunday. Community at its best!

29/05/2026

26/05/2026

📣 We still want your feedback, local businesses!

Tourism Network Yarra Valley (TNYV) and Eastern Dandenongs Ranges Association (EDRA) are inviting small businesses across the Yarra Ranges, Nillumbik, the Dandenongs & Cardinia to share how visitors are finding information before and during their trip.

Tourism East is reviewing the way visitor info works across the region, and the reality is: local businesses are already the front line.

You’re answering the real questions every day:
📍 directions
🍽️ where to eat
🚻 toilets, parking + transport
🥾 walks + what’s open
🗓️ events + things to do nearby

This short survey (5–7 mins) asks:

* what visitors are asking for most
* where they’re getting confused
* what info is missing
* what would make it easier for businesses to help
* what businesses can reasonably take on
* what should be led by Tourism East, councils or others

✅ Responses will be summarised so small business voices are represented in the bigger visitor servicing conversation.
🔒 Individual responses are confidential.

If you’ve ever helped a visitor with “where do we go now?” this is for you.
👉 Take the survey today and help shape what visitor information looks like in the Yarra Ranges and surrounds.

Share your survey link in the post + add a simple “Comment DONE when you’ve filled it in.

Thank you.🤩

25/05/2026

"A STAGE MUSICAL LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE"
Ticket's are on sale now for the Gemco production of Face Blind, a new neo-noir musical thriller by Tom and Wil Mithen. Don't miss out!
https://www.faceblindmusical.com

24/05/2026

We've still got plenty of snags and face painting at Cockatoo. Come on down until 2pm. Vegan options too.