SkyHigh Mount Dandenong is a restaurant located on top of Mount Dandenong, Victoria, Australia.
In the '70s and '80s the site was an iconic Melbourne attraction, and was well-known to most Melburnians, however in the early 90's the site fell into disrepair, and the building began to look aged and dilapidated. What had previously been a large tourist attraction quickly slipped from the minds of Melburnians. This culminated with the site being shutdown completely in 1997.
In 2004, a new lease was negotiated with Parks Victoria, the government authority in charge of the land. The restaurant and surrounding gardens were given a $3.5 million facelift, and the site re-opened in December, 2004; with the name officially being changed from “Mount Dandenong Observatory” to the current “SkyHigh Mount Dandenong”.
The renovations to the site included construction of an upstairs balcony and an enlarged viewing window. Besides work on the building itself, the land around was also graded and landscaped, with many new plants going in. In addition the beginnings of a hedge maze were started.
