Matey Pass Sydney to Melbourne by Oz Experience

Tour Itinerary

Please note: At time of booking, HostelWorld will take a deposit on your trip. Oz Experience will also debit your credit card for the balance of the trip price at time of booking - not when you join the tour

Recommended Min.Trip Time

3 Days

Sydney to Thredbo Alpine Village* (via Canberra) (zz)

Our first stop today is the capital city of Australia - Canberra - where the Prime Minister hangs out. See for yourself how a custom-made capital city is built as you take in the view from Mt. Ainslie, take a tour of Parliament House, check out a few embassies and see other city highlights. We travel via Cooma, learning about the historically important Snowy Hydro-Electric Scheme on our way to Thredbo. *In ski season (Jun-Sep) we stay in Jindabyne and during winter Perisher/Smiggins (D).

Thredbo to Lakes Entrance via Snowy River Country (zz)

There is time to play in winter in the snow at the resort (optional toboggan hire or snow tube at own expense). Then Grab your hiking boots and cameras, this morning we're going to the "Roof of Australia". There's a chairlift (included in your local payment) express up the mountain! You can walk to the summit of Australia's highest mountain, Mt Kosciuszko, or to the viewing point. After lunch, it's a spectacular drive along Barry Way, watching the Snowy River wind along below us. Tonight we stay in the coastal town of Lakes Entrance, the Gateway to the Gippsland Lakes and Australia's longest beach - Ninety Mile Beach. (BD)

Lakes Entrance to Wilsons Promontory NP and Melbourne

We travel to mainland Australia's most southerly point, Wilsons Promontory National Park. Walk along gleaming beaches, hike along amazing granite rock formations and learn about coastal flora and native wildlife. You might even see emus and wombats! We finish our tour travelling to Melbourne through pastoral landscapes in South Gippsland. (B)

NOTE:

Prices valid for passes purchased on or before 31st October 2010

Valid for travel within 12 months of sale date

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Strict luggage limit of 15kg

Meals B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner

Itineraries may vary and/or attractions be substituted due to seasonal conditions, weather extremes, Traditional Owner and national park requirements.

(zz) = compulsory overnight stop required