Check out these funky little towns and their surrounds next
time you’re driving from Sydney to Melbourne or vice versa.
Beechworth
Travel time: 3
hour drive from Melbourne
Play time: A day
trip
Things to do:
-
A tour around Old Beechworth Gaol (make sure you
check tour times in advance or you might miss out).
-
Learn about the history of bushranger Ned Kelly
at the historic
court house
-
Have a beer and get your haircut by a barber at Murray Brewery
-
Take selfies next to the Woolshed waterfall
Mt Beauty
Travel time: 4
hours from Melbourne OR Canberra (smack bang in the middle)
Play time: A full
day or overnight stay
Things to do:
-
Go mountain biking on Big Hill
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Take in the fresh air while hiking up Mt Bogong
-
Have a picnic in the car up at Sullivan’s
Lookout
-
Have a drink with the locals at Settler’s Tavern
Mt Hotham
Travel time: 4.5
hour drive from Melbourne
Play time: 1 hour
without snow sports, 1-2 days including snow sports.
Things to do:
-
Drive along the ridge of the mountain on the
Great Alpine Road (free entry for those not stopping)
-
Have a snowball fight
-
Go tobogganing
- Go skiing
or boarding (der!)
Lake Wellington
Travel time: 2
hours and 45 minutes’ drive from Melbourne
Play time: Either
sunrise or sunset
Things to do:
-
Watch the spectacular sunset and/or rise over
the lake
-
Do some bird spotting. We saw loads of Pelicans,
ibises and other water dwellers.
- Camp
in your car or tent for free next door to the yacht club. Toilets are on-site.
Warburton
Travel time: 1.5
hour drive from Melbourne
Play time: A day
trip
Things to do:
-
Marvel at the nest like structures build by visitors
to Redwood Forest
-
Shop for trinkets and vintage wares along the
main shopping strip
-
Eyeball tree canopies as you walk through the
rainforest on a metal platform
Crossover
Travel time: 1
hour drive from Melbourne
Play time: A day
trip
Things to do:
-
Take photos walking across and under the
ginormous Noojee Trestle Bridge
-
View the ruins of Crossover Bridge from the
ground up after strolling through 1km of park land.
-
Play a game of animal bingo. The first one to spot
a lama, alpaca, Shetland pony and camel wins (surprisingly it’s not that
difficult!)
Words by Casey Hawkins. Photos by Nate Polta.
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