Tour the highlights of Melbourne then travel to the Blue Dandenongs…towering forests, deep gullies, lyrebirds and kookaburras, mountain air and the cool dampness of the hills all contribute to this charm which is the Australian forest.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• St Paul’s Cathedral and Flinders Street Station
• Arts and Cultural Centre
• Kings Domain Gardens
• Shrine of Remembrance (photo stop)
• Queen Victoria Market
• Law Courts & Flagstaff Gardens
• Fashionable suburbs of South Yarra and Toorak
• Melbourne’s green and leafy eastern suburbs
• Dandenong Ranges National Park – home of the lyrebird, superb traditional gardens and towering mountain ash forests
• Visit Sherbrooke Forest – heart of the Dandenongs; tall eucalypts, kookaburras and bellbirds
• Share Bush Billy tea of Aussie grown tea and gum leaves, lamingtons and vegemite crackers with the locals…
• Colourful Crimson Rosellas and King Parrots! (opportunity to hand feed)
• Pass through quaint villages noted for their restaurants, craft shops and beautiful gardens
• Visit Mt Dandenong summit – spectacular views of Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay (photo stop)
• Views of Silvan Dam and the rolling hills
• Return to the city, passing Fitzroy Gardens & St.Patrick’s Cathedral.