Sydney, Melbourne, the Great Barrier Reef, and enigmatic Uluru in one incredible 12-night road trip.

Join a full-day group experience that’s easily bolted on to any break in the Melbourne area. Your day begins with a relaxed drive south-east from the city to Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park, to meet endangered species, feed curious kangaroos and wallabies, and spot koalas tucked into the treetops while bright birds and reptiles move around you.

From there, you’ll continue towards Phillip Island, known for its rugged shoreline, motor racing history, and its endearing colony of Little Penguins. Depending on the season, you might pause at Woolamai Beach to watch surfers out on the breaks, then choose where to eat in Cowes during daylight-saving months or have dinner at the Penguin Parade Visitor Centre in winter. After browsing the Visitor Centre and following the boardwalk to the viewing area, you’ll watch the Little Penguins emerge from the surf and shuffle back to their burrows, a memorable moment that could easily become a favourite part of your trip.

• Full day
• Daily departures
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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Head out on a small-group trip to the Yarra Valley, usually with a dozen or so fellow travellers and never more than twenty-four, settling into a comfortable, air-conditioned bus for the ride out of Melbourne. The day is led by a wine expert who keeps things curious, relaxed, and decidedly unpretentious.

You’ll visit four premium cellars, each offering its own take on the valley’s wines and a chance to taste what sets them apart. Midway through the day, you’ll sit down to an à la carte lunch with a glass of estate wine, giving you space to pause, chat, and take in the valley’s atmosphere.

• Full day
• Daily departures
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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This is a full-day coastal road trip from Melbourne that covers a lot of ground and delivers some of Australia’s most recognisable scenery. You’ll spend much of the day on the road, with regular stops for views, short walks and wildlife spotting, before returning to the city in the evening. It’s a long day, but if you want to see the highlights of Victoria’s coastline in one go, this is the classic, tried-and-tested way to do it.

The coast near Anglesea is where the Great Ocean Road properly begins, and the views start to earn their reputation. From here, the road clings to the coastline, winding past cliffs, beaches and wide stretches of ocean. There are regular stops along the way, including the Memorial Arch at Eastern View, which marks the official start of the road and is a familiar photo stop.

Around midday, you’ll stop in Apollo Bay, a relaxed seaside town where you’ll have time for lunch and a short wander before the route turns inland. The drive through Great Otway National Park is a complete contrast to the coast. Here, you swap ocean views for cool, green rainforest, with a short walk taking you among tall trees and fern-filled gullies.

The afternoon is all about scale and drama. Along the Shipwreck Coast, the Southern Ocean has carved huge limestone cliffs and stacks straight out of the land. The Twelve Apostles are the main draw, rising from the water in a way that still feels slightly unreal when you’re standing there.

• Start time: 7.30am 
• Duration: full day 
• Daily departures
• Operates daily
• Group experience

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Get under the skin of Melbourne’s vibrant personality on this walking tour through beautiful back streets. Discover artisan and specialty retailers, and see quirky cafes, independent designers, street art, architecture and learn of historic tales in these walkways. Soak in the city via all your senses and engage with passionate creatives.

• Duration: 3 hours
• Start time: 2pm
• Departs Monday to Saturday
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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The meeting point for this tour outside the Time Out Café in Federation Square.

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Savour canapés and sparkling wine as the sun slowly sets over Uluru, with the sound of the didgeridoo setting the scene. Watch the coloured lights of 50,000 glass spheres illuminate the vast night sky while enjoying a three-course bushtucker-inspired buffet menu. Learn about the background and significance of the installation before following illuminated paths through the field.

• Duration: 4½ hours
• Start time: varies
• Departure days vary
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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This early evening experience combines a sunset visit to Uluru with an outdoor barbecue dinner and guided stargazing. You’ll travel by coach, watch the colours change on Uluru as the sun goes down, enjoy a relaxed meal inside the national park, and finish the night under a sky full of stars.

You leave Ayers Rock Resort in the early evening, rolling through wide-open desert as the heat eases and the light starts to fade. By the time you arrive at the sunset viewing area, there’s a definite sense of anticipation. You’re free to wander and choose your spot.

As the sun drops, Uluru begins its colour shift, moving through deep reds, burnt orange and dusky purples. The changes happen minute by minute, and it’s one of those rare moments where the crowd naturally falls quiet. A glass of sparkling wine adds to the atmosphere. Dinner is a relaxed barbecue with grilled favourites, fresh salads and dessert with Uluru still looming in the background.

Once dinner is finished, the sky takes over. With almost no light pollution, the stars appear in striking clarity. Your guide points out constellations visible only in the southern hemisphere and shares Aboriginal stories connected to the night sky. 

• Duration: 3½ hours 
• Daily departures
• Operates year round
• Group experience

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Spend an atmospheric evening dining beneath a sky full of lights. Wintjiri Wiru is a cultural experience at the Ayers Rock Resort. This immersive event begins on a platform for sunset with a cocktail with views of Uluru and Kata Tjuta. Once seated in the amphitheatre, guests are treated to a gourmet hamper celebrating native ingredients, paired perfectly with their choice of Australian wine or beer. As the sun sets and darkness falls, guests are treated to a spectacular display of drones, lights, traditional music, and Pitjantjatjara language, which come together to bring to life the Mala story under the desert sky. As the Anangu people are the custodians of the land, they hold the Mala story from Kaltukatjara to Uluru. To share this story with guests, drones, light, and sound create an immersive storytelling experience.

• Duration: 3 hours
• Timings vary
• Departs daily
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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Join a guide on a small group tour vehicle to explore the significance of Uluru – the most profound and culturally important monolith in Australia. Get to know Uluru's culture, geology, and environment as you stroll through Mutitjulu Waterhole, explore the Mala Walk, and visit rock art sites. Your guide will explain the significance of Uluru to the Anangu people and the local aboriginal community. Afterwards, head to the Talinguru Nyakunytjaku viewing area to witness an uninterrupted sunset over Uluru with Kata Tjuta in the distance, sipping on chilled sparkling wine.

• Duration: 5 hours
• Timings vary
• Departs daily
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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Experience the serene beauty of Kata Tjuta during the early morning hours. As the sun rises, witness the iconic Central Australian landmark's changing colours. Enjoy a picnic breakfast while taking in the magnificent view. Walking through Walpa Gorge, you will learn about the diverse environment and how the 36 domes of Kata Tjuta have evolved over millions of years. Take a moment to listen to the sound of the wind above and appreciate the scale of the rock walls surrounding you.

• Duration: 5 hours
• Timings vary
• Departs daily
• Operates year-round 
• Group experience

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Wake up early to visit Talinguru Nyakunytjaku, the Uluru sunrise viewing area. Witness the sun's first rays lighting the desert with hot tea or coffee. You’ll then visit the 36 domes of Kata Tjuta, enjoying panoramic views of the southern side of Kata Tjuta at a dune viewing platform before arriving at Walpa Gorge. Take time to explore the gorge and its unusual conglomerate rock formations. The 1.3km walking trail through Walpa Gorge follows the natural creek between two of the tallest domes of Kata Tjuta.

• Duration: 5½ hours
• Start time: 4.45am
• Departs daily
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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Board your Sailaway vessel at Port Douglas Marina and set off on a sunset sail cruise along the Port Douglas coastline on board a first class sailing catamaran. Enjoy the peace and tranquillity of a tropical sunset over the Coral Sea with spectacular mountain views, and enjoy a complimentary welcome drink alongside a selection of canapés.

• Duration: 1½ hours
• Start time 4.30pm
• Daily departures
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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Board Quicksilver’s 45-metre high-speed catamaran on a full-day cruise to Agincourt Reef on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef. Explore the reef from a semi-submersible, an underwater observatory or snorkel and dive. This cruise is ideal for those keen to do lots of activities and for those wanting to add a wonderful airborne perspective, helicopter transfers are also available (at a supplement).

Departs from Port Douglas.

• Duration: full day
• Start time: 9am
• Daily departures
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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From Port Douglas, head off on this personalised and engaging small group tour to spend the day with a local Aboriginal guide. Visit a number of culturally significant areas and learn about the amazing relationships that the Kuku Yalanji have with their land. Walk through the rainforest and coastal habitats to learn about the environment, different foods and medicines utilised from nature, sample some bush tucker and try traditional Aboriginal hunting practices. Complete the adventure with time to enjoy lunch and cool off in a freshwater stream.

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• Duration: full day
• Start time: 8am
• Departs Monday to Saturday
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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Travel in comfort on board Calypso – a custom-designed motorised catamaran, complete with day bed-style seating and spacious decks, to 3 different Outer Barrier Reef sites that showcase the reef’s colourful marine life just a few metres below the surface. There’ll be the opportunity to listen to interpretive reef talks and enjoy guided snorkel tours.

• Duration: full day
• Start time: 8.20am
• Daily departures from Port Douglas
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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Take in one of the world’s most famous city skylines from the harbour on this evening dinner cruise. Take in the views of the lights reflecting on the water as you sit down to a three-course meal with regionally source ingredients and wines.

• Duration: 3 hours
• Time: 6pm to 9pm
• Departure days vary
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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This one-hour guided tour is perfect if you’re curious about what really happens inside Australia’s most recognisable building and want an accessible, story-rich look behind the scenes. You’ll meet your guide at the Welcome Centre on the Lower Concourse before stepping beneath the sails to explore the theatres and foyers that host more than 1,800 performances each year. 

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Along the way, your guide shares insider stories about the artists who perform here, the moments that shaped the building’s history, and the bold vision of architect Jørn Utzon, whose design came to life despite extraordinary challenges. You’ll also be able to visit areas usually closed to the public, offering rare angles for photographs and a fresh sense of how the building works from the inside out. 

• One hour
• Daily departures 
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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The Blue Mountains is a real journey into the heart of a unique World Heritage Region. The first stop is Calmsley Hill, a working farm based attraction involved in animal rehabilitation offering fabulous bush surrounds located near the heart of Sydney. Arrive early to get up close to a range of native and farmyard animals including Kangaroos and Koalas while enjoying a light morning tea.

Departing from Calmsley Hill, head to the Blue Mountains. Visit one of a range of stunning outlooks of the Jamison Valley with beautiful vistas, where possible away from the crowds. Continue on to Eaglehawk Lookout for views of the famous Three Sisters and to learn of the legends behind this famous rock formation. You'll make your way to Blackheath where you can enjoy a two-course lunch at the Hydro Majestic. After lunch, spend the afternoon visiting a selection of scenic lookouts. The view from Govett's Leap is one of the most famous lookouts in Australia. Here the magnificent waterfall drops a whopping 180m to the base of the cliff. You will then continue on to more breathtaking lookout points and, if there's time you will have the chance to explore the charming village of Leura before beginning your journey back.

• Duration: full day
• Start time: 7am
• Daily departures
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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The Summit BridgeClimb is an iconic Sydney experience for those with a head for heights and a penchant for great views. You’ll get geared up and listen to a briefing from your expert Climb Leader before following the Opera House side of the upper arch to the bridge’s 134-metre-high apex. Then it’s time to soak in those 360-degree harbour and city skyline vistas before heading back down the west side of the arch and returning to Climb Base.

• Duration: 3 hours
• Timings vary
• Daily departures
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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All climbers must be at least 1.2 metres tall and 8 years old.

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Soar over Sydney’s famous coastline in a helicopter, heading north to Palm Beach of Home and Away fame. You’ll return over the waterways of Pittwater for a final circuit over Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House before landing at the Seaplane Terminal in Rose Bay.

• Duration: 30 minutes
• Start time: 10.15am
• Wednesday to Sunday departures
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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This behind-the-scenes experience is ideal if you want to see what happens beyond the footlights and step into the working world of one of the planet’s most famous performance venues. You’ll begin at Stage Door, the same entrance used by artists and crews, before following your guide through backstage corridors, rehearsal spaces, and hidden technical areas that shape every production.

You’ll stand in the orchestra pit, wander through spots where props are stored and costumes are prepped, and walk paths used by countless performers over the decades. The tour ends in the Green Room, the private hub for cast and crew, where you’ll sit down to breakfast and get a sense of the building’s day-to-day heartbeat. It’s a rare chance to explore the Opera House from the inside out and see the details most visitors never glimpse.

• Duration: 2½ hours
• Daily departures 
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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You’ll board a Captain Cook Cruises vessel for a Harbour Experience cruise to catch some incredible views. Over 90 minutes, you’ll hear anecdotes and stories that bring the history and culture of Sydney alive.

• Duration: 1½ hours
• Start time: Midday or 1.30pm
• Wednesday to Sunday departures 
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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Discover the joys of surfing on famous Bondi Beach. Learn how to safely get out and up onto your first wave, with plenty of hands-on help. Your instructor will provide lots of feedback and specific instruction, helping you to surf at your best possible pace. Once you’ve built up your confidence and technique, hit the surf and have fun! This half-day experience also includes a tour of Bondi with your instructor, with a visit to a surf life-saving club and a casual beachside lunch.

• Duration: 4 hours
• Start time: 10am
• Daily departures
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

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