Description

Day 01: Half Day City Tour + 01 hr Guided Tour of Melbourne Cricket Ground

Half Day City Tour

Operates - Daily (Departs: 0700 hrs Returns: 1200 hrs)

Description – 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!

Our morning Melbourne tour is a great introduction to our beautiful city. Head NE of the city and tour through 'Little Italy' with its plethora of restaurants and boutique shops. See the exquisite architecture of Melbourne University and Royal Exhibition Building before spending time at Fitzroy Gardens.

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
• 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

01 hr Guided Tour of Melbourne Cricket Ground

Guided MCG tours depart regularly between 10.00am and 3.00pm daily.

Description – Explore the inner sanctum of the MCG, walk on the hallowed arena and experience where legends play by taking a guided MCG tour!

Gain an insight into Melbourne's sporting culture while exploring one of the world's most iconic stadiums, as you hear from our proud MCC volunteers and go behind the scenes of the 'G. 

Highlights of this must-see tour include:
 

• The famous MCC Long Room
• MCC Library (founded in 1873)
• MCG Tapestry
• Player change rooms
• Cricketers’ viewing room
• Ron Casey Media Centre
• Portrait of Sir Donald Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar
• A walk on the arena
• Cricket Victoria Bill Lawry Centre
• Ponsford Stand
• City Terrace with view’s of Melbourne’s skyline.

 Note: some areas on the tour route are subject to availability and alteration.

Day 02: Full Day Great Ocean Road Adventure Tour

Operates - Daily (Departs: 0700 hrs Returns: 1930 hrs (Approx.)

Description – 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! Your day tour with Gray Line along iconic Great Ocean Road takes in spectacular coastal views of long sandy beaches, rolling surf, precipitous coastal cliffs and river inlets. Travel through popular resort towns Anglesea, Lorne, Wye River, Apollo Bay and Port Campbell. Our stops include Twelve Apostles boardwalk, Loch Ard Gorge and Island Arch. A refreshment stop is made at Port Campbell before heading inland back to Melbourne.

Highlights of this tour

• Views of Melbourne and Port Phillip Bay from West Gate Bridge
• Spectacular coastal views along the Great Ocean Road
• Surf beach resort of Lorne
• Precipitous coastal cliffs, long sandy beaches and rolling surf
• River inlets and fern gullies
• Stop at picturesque Apollo Bay for lunch (own expense) - perhaps a walk along the beach
• Otway National Park - fern gullies and eucalypts make up this beautiful Australian rainforest
• Port Campbell National Park's rugged coastline, "The Shipwreck Coast"
• Huge stone monoliths of the Twelve Apostles from the boardwalk lookout
• Tom & Eva and Razorback - grand architecture carved by surf
• Loch Ard Gorge - site of the tragic shipwreck of the "Loch Ard"
• Port Campbell - holiday resort and fishing village
• This powerful coastline provides scope for stunning photography
• Return directly to Melbourne enjoying an on-board Australian movie
• See the spectacular evening lights of Melbourne from West Gate Bridge.