Arrive Melbourne airport. Self arrangement to hotel or may add in additional service (optional) for airport transfer.

Hotel standard check-in time 1400PM. At own leisure.

Cosmopolitan, elegant and chic, Melbourne has a passionate soul and a welcoming heart that makes every stay a truly memorable experience. From thrilling world class events and renowned architecture, to cafe-lined streetscapes and verdant parklands, there's always something new and exciting to discover in Melbourne.

Spend some time in the city centre and you'll discover it's neatly divided into little pockets for you to explore. Find art, bars and restaurants up and down in the laneways, retail therapy for any budget in Bourke and Collins streets, and creative outlets on show in Flinders Quarter.

NOTE: Avalon Airport transfer (optional) by Skybus - Drop off/pick up point will be at Southern Cross Station, Melbourne. There is no direct transfer to/from CBD hotels. Passengers to make own way to/from hotel to Southern Cross Station.

Free Melbourne City Sight Tour Per Person: - Choice of One (1)

A) Morning Melbourne City Tour ( tour code 381) | Depart Daily at 8.00am or early for Hotel pick-ups at selected city hotels | Return 12:00pm approx. No hotel drop-offs.

Welcome to Melbourne! Known for its gardens, restaurants, cafes, arcades and laneways, the arts and its relaxed elegant charm. It's also home to the Australian Open Tennis, Aussie Rules football, Melbourne Cup and the MCG!

Highlights of this tour:-

• Hotel Windsor - high Victorian architecture
• Parliament House
• Princess Theatre
• Royal Exhibition Building
• Melbourne Museum
• Prestigious Melbourne University
• Lygon Street - cafe central and 'Little Italy'
• Take a guided walk through some of Melbourne's best arcades and laneways - Royal Arcade, Block Place, Block Arcade, Centre Way, Centre Place and Degraves Street
• Sit at a cafe and enjoy a coffee (own expense) and experience our unique laneways culture
• Collins Street - Paris end
• Old Treasury Buildings and State Offices
• St Patrick's Cathedral
• Take a wander in Fitzroy Gardens - there is opportunity to visit Captain Cook's Cottage (own expense)
• Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
• East Melbourne - ornate Victorian terraced homes
• Colourful Chinatown
• Queen Victoria Market* - look for a bargain, wander around the fresh produce and take in the vibrant cosmopolitan atmosphere
• Flagstaff Gardens
• Law Courts
• Federation Square

NOTE: * When the market is closed we will extend laneways & Fitzroy Gardens stop OR visit the MCG on MON and WED.

B) Afternoon Melbourne Highlights Tour ( tour code 392 ) | Depart Daily except WED, FRI at 13.25pm or early for Hotel pick-ups at selected city hotels | Return 17:30pm approx.

A half day afternoon tour of the highlights of Melbourne that includes a visit to the Royal Botanic Gardens, tour through the relatively new Docklands waterfront development and make our way over the Bolte Bridge to travel along the bayside suburbs of Port Melbourne, St Kilda, Elwood and Brighton. A refreshment stop in trendy Acland Street in St Kilda and a photo stop at Brighton Beach bathing boxes are a real highlight!

Highlights of this tour:-

• Melbourne Cricket Ground
• Melbourne Park - National Tennis Centre
• Visit the Royal Botanic Gardens
• Kings Domain Gardens
• Arts and Cultural Centre
• Gracious tree lined St Kilda Road
• Docklands - waterfront development
• Etihad Stadium at Docklands
• Bolte Bridge - spectacular city overview
• Port Melbourne by the sea
• Travel by the beach to trendy St Kilda
• Explore Acland Street in St Kilda - a vibrant cosmopolitan mix of funky bars, eateries, shops and world famous patisseries
• Perhaps enjoy a local favourite - afternoon tea of coffee and continental cake (own expense)
• Fashionable suburbs of Elwood and Brighton
• Brighton bathing boxes - a functional remnant of a bygone era (photo stop)
• Tour through the main street of Brighton
• Fitzroy Street in St Kilda - lively with its restaurant and bars
• Albert Park Lake - site of the F1 Grand Prix

Free tour by Gray Line with purchase of Tour 396 or 384 or 380.

Your choices of excursion tour as follow:

01. Great Ocean Road Adventure Tour ( tour code 396 ) | Depart Daily at 8:00am or early for Hotel pick up | Returns: 7:30pm (approx)  

An amazing coastline to travel and stunningly breathtaking, the Great Ocean Road is a photographer's delight and it consistently features in the Top 10 of world's greatest scenic coastal drives. A day tour that will impress! Get ready for an exciting day of visual wonderment and one of the best coastal drives you will ever experience!

02. Penguin Parade ( tour code 384 ) | Depart Daily at 1.15pm | Hotel pick up upon request | Returns: 9.00pm - 11.30pm (dependant on season)

Phillip Island is a treasure trove of Australian wildlife; seals, koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, birdlife and penguins! Visit Churchill Island where you can explore this working farm or simply enjoy ocean views from the cafe. At Koala Conservation Centre, look for koalas in their natural habitat and before sunset, we head to the Penguin Parade where you can wander through the "Penguin Experience" exhibit to learn more about them. Walk out to Summerland Beach and take your seat for the Penguin Parade. Every evening at dusk the Little Penguins come home from the sea at Phillip Island. Watch from an elevated boardwalk as they waddle cautiously from the beach to their burrows after a long day out at sea.

Meeting wallabies/kangaroos, Koala Conservation Centre, entrance to Penguin Parade (Penguins Plus premium viewing - optional) area and Penguin Parade.  

03. Sovereign Hill ( tour code 380 ) | Depart Mon, Tue, Thus & Sat at 8:15am or early for Hotel pick up | Returns: 5:30pm

Sovereign Hill in Ballarat is one of the best outdoor museums you can experience. With a colourful history relating to the discovery of gold in the region back in the 1850's, you too can capture the excitement! Travel the stage coach route of the 1850's along Western Highway to Ballarat, steeped in history with the discovery of gold. Tour through this gracious town with its exquisite gardens, noble statues and magnificent architecture. Pass by the Eureka Stockade, site of the 1854 miner's rebellion. Spend the rest of your day at Sovereign Hill where Ballarat's first 10 years after the discovery of gold in 1851 is re-created. Try your luck at gold panning in Red Gully Creek or head underground on the Red Hill mine tour. Don't forget to visit the Gold Museum too!

Entrance fees to Sovereign Hill and Gold Museum, Red Hill Mine tour

Check out Melbourne hotel (hotel check out time 10am). Store your luggage at Melbourne hotel and to bring overnight bag to farmstay.

Experience country life in Macedon Ranges region! To experience the true country escape, a farmstay just 1hours from Melbourne is the answer. Macedon Ranges are the centres for the farmstays and you will be amazed by the open space and the chance to see wildlife in its natural environment. Farm sizes vary from just a few acre hobby farms with a variety of animals to very large sheep farms. Typical farms in these areas are beef cattle, sheep, horses, emus, ostrich, alpaca, angora goats, vegetables, flowers, crops, vineyards and mixed farms.

Click here to view/look at the farms and select your preferences. Farmstay at Macedon Ranges region cover Kilmore, Joyce’s Creek, Romsey, North Drummond, Gisborne, Riddells Creek, Sidonia and Kyneton town.

Make your own way to Southern Cross Station and take on V-Line train (Bendigo Line) to Macedon Ranges areas. Train fare cost (myki card) around A$ 16.00 per adult per way, child fare cost around A$ 8.00 per way. The train tickets are at your own expense. The farm host will provide a complimentary transfer to and from the nearest station. Farmstay nearest train station with detail of train to be advise once booking has been confirmed. Return home with farm host families to begin farmstay and farm activities.

All farms can generally include the following standard activities: Farm tour, collect fresh eggs, feed animals, picking fresh fruit/vegetables for dinner, wildlife spotting such as kangaroos and star gazing.

Breakfast and farm activities with farm host family. Around 10am to 11am farm host will send you to the nearest train station, farewell to your farm host. 

Depart at local train station and then make the return journey back to Melbourne city. Upon arrival at Southern Cross Station, make you own way back to hotel for check in. Hotel check-in time 1400PM. Free at own leisure.

Make use of the free City Circle Tram to visit fun-filled family attractions like the Melbourne Sealife Aquarium, the Eureka Skydeck, or enjoy the city's skyline from the comfort of a river cruise along the Yarra River.

Regrettably this is departure day. Heading home after so much fun is tough but you can certainly keep coming back again and again.

Hotel check-out time 1000AM. Self arrangement to airport or may add in additional service (optional) for hotel-airport transfer.

Extend your stay and to explore Melbourne neighbourhoods. Yarra Precinct and Docklands deliver waterside views by the boatload. ust a tram ride away, the eclectic neighbourhoods on the city fringe offer endless possibilities. Take your fixie for a spin in the tooth-achingly cool northern suburbs Collingwood, Fitzroy, Brunswick and Northcote.  Flex your plastic in retail meccas South Yarra, Prahran and Toorak. Take your beach towel (or yacht) to bayside St Kilda, Port Melbourne and South Melbourne, and go west for more fabulous food and beaches.

NOTE: Avalon Airport transfer (optional) by Skybus - Drop off/pick up point will be at Southern Cross Station, Melbourne. There is no direct transfer to/from CBD hotels. Passengers to make own way to/from hotel to Southern Cross Station.