Melbourne - Get out
From Wikitravel
Oceania : Australasia : Australia : Victoria : Melbourne
[edit]
Melbourne is more-or-less centrally located on the coast of Victoria, and there are many natural and manmade attractions close enough to easily visit in a day's return drive. These include:
[edit]
Melbourne Area
(less than an hour's drive each way)- Dandenong Ranges - national park, gardens, historic steam railway
- wine-tasting in the Yarra Valley, Healesville and the Healesville Sanctuary
- Port Phillip Bay Drive and the Mornington Peninsula
- Mount Donna Buang (winter sightseeing snow)
- Kinglake National Park
[edit]
Northern Victoria
- Echuca-Moama
- Mount Buller (skiing and sightseeing)
[edit]
Eastern Victoria
- Mornington Peninsula
- Phillip Island
- Lake Mountain (cross-country skiing)
[edit]
Western Victoria
- the Victorian Goldfields - Bendigo, Ballarat, Castlemaine, Maldon
- Macedon Ranges and Spa Country
- Geelong
- Bellarine Peninsula
- Great Ocean Road with its many scenic vistas.
