Tesselaar's is open from 8.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. daily except during the festival when it is open from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Pick Your Own R.L. Chapman and Sons has U-pick raspberries, cherries, peaches, apples and lemons. Freshly picked and frozen fruit is also available. There are also shed sales of peaches, cherries and raspberries. The Silvan Reservoir Park is a very popular recreation area in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges.
Most paths have ramps for the disabled.
This site was chosen for a reservoir after a severe drought in 1914. Construction commenced in 1926 and the dam was officially opened in 1931. It distributes water all over Melbourne and to other reservoirs. Construction, clearing, urbanisation and introduced species have greatly affected local fauna populations over the years. Birdlife includes herons, spoonbills, ducks, rosellas, kookaburras, wedge-tailed eagles, thornbills, treecreepers, robins, owls and cockatoos.