Yarra Ranges Nature Lovers

The Yarra ranges is one of Victoria’s hidden gems. With an abundance of wildlife, walking tails, nature and activities spend a week discovering all the secret delights this region has to offer.

• Watch for waking koalas and peek at a joey in its mothers pouch, meet the animal keepers and observe the vets in the animal hospital. You can do all of this and more in a day at Healesville Sanctuary
• Spend the day on Puffing Billy, Australia’s favourite steam train and one of the finest preserved steam railways in the world. This century old steam train is still running on its original 25 kilometre mountain track from Belgrave to Gembrook, through the beautiful forests and fern gullies of the Dandenong Ranges
• Join a tractor fruit tasting adventure at Rayners Orchard where you learn about different varieties of fruit, taste and compare their flavours and textures
• Drive to the summit of Mount Donna Buang which features a lookout tower which is 21 metres high and offers panoramic views over Melbourne