Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Dandenong Ranges National Park Location Victoria, Australia Nearest City Melbourne Area 3,215 ha Latitude 37° 48' 37" S Longitude 145° 23' 08" E Date of Establishment 1987 Governing Body Parks Victoria IUCN category II Dandenong Ranges National Park is in Victoria (Australia), 38 km east of Melbourne. Because the park is located in an urban area, the park has a long history of major problems with feral and roaming animals. A cat-curfew was introduced in the entire Dandenong Ranges area some years ago, and since then the numbers and variety of lyrebirds and other native species have climbed dramatically. Dandenong Ranges National Park is divided into three sections: Doongalla Forest Ferntree Gully Sherbrooke Forest See also: Protected areas of Victoria (Australia) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.