Road Tripping: A Melburnian's Guide
From quick city getaways just a few hours drive away to epic interstate adventures.
"ROAD TRIP." Try bellowing these two glorious words out loud right now. Feels good, huh? Sounds like you need one. There are few better feelings than loading up the car and hitting the highway, cruising out of the city for a moment to discover a new place, try a restaurant out of the city, get lost in a vineyard or splash around on an unfamiliar beach. We're lucky Australia is one of the world's best countries to drive through, with stunning desert highways, flawless coastal roads and weaving mountain drives aplenty. The biggest hurdle? Choosing where to go. But we can help you there.
Whether you're keen for a quick trip away or ready to drive far, far into the sunset, our Road Trip Generator can help you out. Just punch in your preferences, how far you'd like to go, what you're keen to see and do, and who you're going with, and we'll do the rest.
Road trips from Melbourne
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A Weekender's Guide to Daylesford
Spend a few days wrapped in nature, natural mineral springs and a blanket of good food and wine.
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A Weekender's Guide to the Mornington Peninsula
Just an hour out of Melbourne, the Peninsula provides the perfect combo of coastal parks, prime produce and pinot noir.
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A Weekender's Guide to the Dandenong Ranges
Head to the hills for scones and tea, cosy cottages and Narnia-like forest views.
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A Weekender's Guide to Geelong
Discover the city's small galleries, crafty cafes and fried chicken.
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A Weekender's Guide to Albury
Blockbuster-capacity galleries, sculpture trails, designer hotels — Albury's shifted gear.
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A Weekender's Guide to Adelaide
We might be able to convince you to visit with just one word. That word is 'wine'.
Road trips further afield
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A Weekender's Guide to Ipswich
With cute cafes, craft beer bars and pools surrounded by bushland, who knew Ipswich could be so cool?
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A Weekender's Guide to Noosa
Escape to secluded ocean coves, concrete custard treats and Queensland's longest-operating picture theatre.
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A Weekender's Guide to Kangaroo Valley
Not every valley boasts winery bookstores, cheeseburger pies and platypus-populated waterfall walks.
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A Weekender's Guide To Bowral
Land of 19th century country estates, mighty waterfalls, and NSW's beloved, hatted, eco-friendly restaurant.
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A Weekender's Guide to Kiama
Take a cruise down the South Coast to art trails, juicy burgers and epic blowholes.
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A Weekender's Guide to Broken Hill
An outback town where legal two-up and turmeric lattes exist in harmony.
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A Weekender's Guide to Wollongong
Spend a few days biking, beaching, brunching and beer drinking in NSW's third largest city.
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A Weekender's Guide to Port Macquarie
Spend a few days ambling, kayaking and grazing along the Hastings River.
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A Weekender's Guide to Newcastle
Take a trip up the Pacific to street art, pourovers, microbreweries and those famously beautiful beaches.
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A Weekender's Guide to Copacabana and Bouddi National Park
Take a quick drive to shipwrecks, snorkeling, fresh seafood on the beach and swamp wallabies.
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A Weekender's Guide to Orange
Find vintage shops, paddock-to-plate dinners and a new respect for Chardonnay in the 'food basket' of NSW.
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A Weekender's Guide to Avoca
Pull on a cable knit and enjoy the autumn sun on the Central Coast.
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A Weekender's Guide to the Hunter Valley
Go off the beaten vineyard track on your foray into Australia's favourite wine region.