Mountain Gate Centre, Ferntree Gully

Your first impression of Mountain Gate (nb not to be confused with  Fountain Gate) depends on which way you approach. From the city:

"Hey yeah nice kinda rural-esque logo and it's got a Coles and that."
But if you are coming in from the other direction, from the Dandenongs side:

"Wow, what a stark Peter Saville/Bauhaus influenced design and it's got a Woolies with liquor and that".
This side of town is rich picking for non-uniform plazas and malls, and Mountain Gate doesn't disappoint. As you can see in this map, the place itself sprawls along the highway in a pretty unrestrained fashion, among the big box tyre stores and horse feed suppliers that line the roadsides out here. Great tile design on the outside of the toilet block, too.