Melbourne Travel Guide - Get out

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. Another way to visit regional Victoria is utilising the VicLink public transport system. Regular train journeys leave from Southern Cross station. Regional attractions include:

Melbourne Area (less than an hour's drive each way)

Northern Victoria

• Echuca-Moama.

• Mount Buller (skiing and sightseeing).

Southern Victoria

• The Great Ocean Road including the twelve apostles

Eastern Victoria

• Mornington Peninsula.

• Phillip Island.

• Lake Mountain (cross-country skiing).

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.

• Grampians National Park.