Day trips from Melbourne
Melbourne's wild backyard is its biggest surprise — the Great Ocean Road and Phillip Island's penguins sit just an hour or two from the city, alongside Yarra Valley wine country, the Dandenong Ranges and the Grampians
Top day trips from Melbourne
Most popular full-day excursions, bookable with pickup from your hotel.
Melbourne: From melbourne great ocean road 12 apostles tour
Melbourne: Depuis melbourne excursion a phillip island et defile des manchots
Melbourne: Yarra valley wine experience
Melbourne: Dandenong ranges tour by puffing billy steam train
Melbourne: Peninsula hot springs tour from melbourne
Melbourne: Melbourne sovereign hill a touch of gold ballarat tour
Melbourne: Grampians tour 1 day
Melbourne: Wilsons promontory wilderness tour
Melbourne: From melbourne great ocean road and twelve apostles tour
Melbourne: Full day healesville sanctuary puffing billy tour
In-depth day trip guides from Melbourne
Ballarat day trip from Melbourne: Sovereign Hill and gold rush history
Ballarat day trip from Melbourne: 90-minute drive or train to Sovereign Hill's gold rush town, honest timing advice, tour vs self-drive, and what else to
Bendigo day trip from Melbourne: gold mines, Chinese heritage and the train
Bendigo day trip: 90-minute drive or direct train from Melbourne to the Central Deborah Gold Mine, Chinese heritage precinct and Victorian architecture.
Dandenongs day trip from Melbourne: Puffing Billy, forest walks and timing
Dandenong Ranges day trip: an hour from Melbourne to Puffing Billy steam train and Sherbrooke Forest walks, tour vs self-drive, and realistic timing for
Daylesford day trip from Melbourne: mineral springs and the spa capital
Daylesford and Hepburn Springs day trip: 90 minutes from Melbourne to Australia's spa capital, mineral springs, lake walks, self-drive realities and
Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula day trip from Melbourne
Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula day trip: an hour from Melbourne for waterfront art, Queenscliff's Victorian charm and Bellarine wineries, self-drive or
Grampians day trip from Melbourne: is one day even realistic?
Grampians day trip from Melbourne: the 3-hour drive each way, what's realistic in one day, tour options, and why 2-3 days is the honest recommendation.
Great Ocean Road day trip from Melbourne: what's realistic in one day
Can you do the Great Ocean Road in a day from Melbourne? Realistic drive times, what you'll actually see, tour vs self-drive, and a saner two-day
Mornington Peninsula day trip from Melbourne: hot springs, wine and beaches
Mornington Peninsula day trip: an hour to 90 minutes from Melbourne for hot springs, wineries and bayside beaches, plus tour vs self-drive and realistic
Phillip Island day trip from Melbourne: penguins, timing and getting there
Phillip Island day trip from Melbourne: drive times, when the Penguin Parade actually happens, tour vs self-drive, and fitting in koalas and beaches.
Twelve Apostles day trip: the fastest way from Melbourne, done properly
Twelve Apostles day trip from Melbourne: fastest inland route, when to arrive to beat the coach crowds, tour options, and what else to see at Port
Wilsons Promontory day trip from Melbourne: is one day enough?
Wilsons Promontory day trip: the 3-hour drive from Melbourne, what's realistic in a day at Tidal River, tour options, and why an overnight suits it better.
Yarra Valley day trip from Melbourne: wine, food and how to get there
Yarra Valley day trip from Melbourne: an hour's drive, cellar door options, designated-driver realities, tour vs self-drive, and pairing with Healesville.