Excursions

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

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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: a 90-minute drive or train to Sovereign Hill's gold rush town, with honest timing advice and tour vs self-drive tips.

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 from Melbourne: Puffing Billy steam train, Sherbrooke Forest walks, tour vs self-drive and realistic timing for your day.

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, with mineral springs, lake walks and driving tips.

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 wineries, by car or train.

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.

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