🇦🇺 🌊 Melbourne, Tasmania & The Great Ocean Road, Australia — 12 Days
🇦🇺 🌊 Melbourne, Tasmania & The Great Ocean Road, Australia — 12 Days
Description
Melbourne, Tasmania & The Great Ocean Road
12 Apostles · Cradle Mountain · MONA · Yarra Valley · Great Ocean Road Helicopter · 12 Days
Kulin Nation Country→Great Ocean Road
12 Apostles→Yarra Valley
Wine & Food→Hobart
MONA & Palawa Country→Cradle Mountain
UNESCO Wilderness
Melbourne is built on the Country of the Kulin Nation — the Wurundjeri, Boon Wurrung, Wathaurong, Taungurong, and Djadja Wurrung peoples, who held annual inter-clan gatherings at the Yarra River confluence for thousands of years. This 12-day circuit moves from Melbourne's laneways and food culture along the Great Ocean Road to the 12 Apostles, across to Tasmania's extraordinary wilderness at Cradle Mountain, and through Hobart's world-class MONA museum.
Daylite Digital secures your accommodation across this southern Australian circuit. All activity fees, entry fees, transport costs, and tour fees are arranged independently by the traveller and paid directly to local operators.
The Kulin Nation & Palawa People · Country, Sovereignty & Cultural Rebuilding
Melbourne is built on the Country of the Kulin Nation — the Wurundjeri, Boon Wurrung, Wathaurong, Taungurong, and Djadja Wurrung peoples, who held annual inter-clan gatherings at the Yarra River confluence for thousands of years. Today Melbourne is Australia's most layered city — the largest Greek diaspora community outside Greece, a vibrant Italian quarter in Carlton, the Vietnamese community of Footscray, and one of the world's most celebrated laneway street art and live music cultures.
Tasmania (Lutruwita) carries one of colonialism's most painful chapters — the near-total destruction of the Palawa people between 1803 and 1876 in what historians call the Black War. The surviving Palawa community has rebuilt their nation with extraordinary determination, reviving the palawa kani language from historical records and asserting cultural sovereignty over their ancestral island.
Southern Australia's personality is laneway culture, wild coastline, and ancient wilderness — world-class contemporary art, UNESCO-listed temperate rainforest, and the world's most dramatic coastal road. All experiences below are paid directly to local operators at point of service.
- Silver: 12 days / 11 nights accommodation (B&B or guesthouse, breakfast at own cost)
- Gold: 12 days / 11 nights (4-star hotels Melbourne & Hobart, daily breakfast included)
- Platinum: 12 days / 11 nights (5-star boutique hotels, all breakfasts, all transfers)
- Digital itinerary for all tiers
- Silver: Great Ocean Road 12 Apostles self-drive guide
- Silver: Melbourne laneways & street art self-walk · Queen Victoria Market guide · public transport map
- Gold: Tasmania Cradle Mountain guided hike (x2) · MONA museum (x2)
- Gold: Yarra Valley wine & food tour · Phillip Island penguin parade · daily breakfast
- Platinum: Palawa cultural heritage guided tour Tasmania
- Platinum: Private whisky distillery experience · Great Ocean Road helicopter flight
- Platinum: Melbourne private chef food tour · all transfers · all breakfasts
All experiences below are paid directly to local operators at point of service.
Optional services paid directly to Daylite Digital at time of booking.
Silver
B&B or guesthouse · breakfast at own cost · 12 days / 11 nights
- 11 nights · B&B or guesthouse
- Breakfast at own cost at reception
- Digital itinerary included
- Great Ocean Road 12 Apostles self-drive guide
- Melbourne laneways & street art self-walk
- Queen Victoria Market guide · public transport map
Gold
4-star hotels Melbourne & Hobart · daily breakfast · 12 days / 11 nights
- 11 nights · 4-star hotels Melbourne & Hobart
- Daily breakfast for 2 included
- Tasmania Cradle Mountain guided hike (x2)
- MONA museum (x2)
- Yarra Valley wine & food tour
- Phillip Island penguin parade
Platinum
5-star boutique hotels · all breakfasts · all transfers · 12 days / 11 nights
- 11 nights · 5-star boutique hotels
- All breakfasts included
- Palawa cultural heritage guided tour Tasmania
- Private whisky distillery experience
- Great Ocean Road helicopter flight
- Melbourne private chef food tour
- All transfers included
Autumn
Mild & golden · 15–22°C · Yarra Valley harvest season · fewer crowds · ideal for all sites
Spring
Warming up · 14–22°C · wildflowers · good visibility Great Ocean Road · shoulder rates
Summer
Warm · 20–30°C · peak season · Melbourne festivals · Tasmania at its best · book early
Winter
Cool · 8–14°C · Cradle Mountain snow possible · MONA & laneways ideal · low season rates
Reserve Your Australia Expedition
From $1,700 per couple · 12 Days · Oceania & Pacific Digital Ocean Voyage · Accommodation Included
Reserve Your Australia ExpeditionTerms and Conditions
- Pricing per couple sharing · accommodation included as per tier selected
- Silver: breakfast at own cost · Gold: daily breakfast included · Platinum: all breakfasts included
- Daylite Digital charges for accommodation only (plus tier-specified inclusions above)
- International flights to/from Australia not included
- Airport transfers included in Platinum tier only
- Australian ETA visa required for most nationalities · arranged independently by traveller
- Daylite Ambassador services are optional and paid separately to Daylite Digital
- Travel insurance strongly recommended · minimum 30 days advance booking required
- Cancellation policy: 50% refund if cancelled 30+ days before departure