About Warrandyte
Warrandyte is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia, 24 km north-east of Melbourne's Central
Business District. Its local government area is the
City of Manningham. At the 2011 census,
Warrandyte had a population of 5,520.
Today Warrandyte retains much of its past in its
surviving buildings of the Colonial period and
remains a twin community with North Warrandyte,
which borders the Yarra River to its north.
The river and hills surrounding the town were once
rich in gold and the ruins of mineshafts and
tunnels can be found throughout the Warrandyte
State Park, amongst other locations.