Euroa to Melbourne road trip: Distance, drive time & best stops
The Euroa to Melbourne drive covers a distance of 165km, with a driving time of around one hour and 50 minutes. Top road trip stops to add to the itinerary include Albury, Glenrowan and Benalla.
The drive from Euroa to Melbourne is a short hop along the Hume Highway. It’ll never go down as one of Australia’s classic drives, but it’s a significant chunk of the drive from Sydney to Melbourne or Brisbane to Melbourne.
Euroa in Victoria is a small town on the Hume Highway. For Euroa accommodation deals, hunt here.
In Melbourne, you may want to tick Melbourne Cricket Ground tours, Yarra River dinner cruises and cross-city hot air balloon flights off your Australian wish list.
Melbourne also offers evening dinner cruises along the Yarra River and vertigo conquest at the Melbourne Skydeck. To track down the best Melbourne accommodation rates, head here.
This guide should help you plan your perfect Euroa to Melbourne road trip itinerary.
Euroa to Melbourne distance and driving time
By car, the distance from Euroa to Melbourne is 165km. That makes for a driving time of around one hour and 50 minutes, almost entirely along the Hume Highway.
You can get a nature fix at the Euroa Arboretum and Balmuttum Walking Track in Euroa before leaving towards Seymour.
On the way to Seymour, you can taste wines at the Magyars Hill Vineyard and Cottage or Fowles Wine, or get lost in the Avenel Maze.
Things to do in Seymour include the eerily moving Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk and trainspotter’s paradise, the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre.
Seymour accommodation possibilities include the family-friendly Big4 Holiday Park and the impressively reviewed New Crossing Place Motel and Apartments.
Euroa to Melbourne road trip: The last leg
On the way into Melbourne, Tallarook has an outdoor pool and a few wineries, including the Trawool Estate.
Then, the Mount Ridley Lookout in Craigieburn shows off the dividing line between rural Victoria and suburbia.
14 fantastic experiences that make the most of your free time in Melbourne
- Get the very best views – on a hot air balloon flight over the city.
- See the changing colours of the river – on a sunset kayaking tour – with dinner. (Highly recommended ✅)
- Feast and see the sights at the same time – on a four course dinner cruise along the Yarra River.
- A genuinely excellent street art tour, led by prominent street artists. (Highly recommended ✅)
- The also superb Aboriginal heritage, plants and bush food tour in the Botanic Gardens. (💲 Great value 💲)
- Best of Melbourne bike tour – you can see more on two wheels than walking.
- Hidden laneways bar crawl OR foodie discovery tour OR chocolate and dessert tour.
- Combo ticket for Australian Sports Museum and MCG tour.
- Hassle-dodging advance tickets for the Melbourne Skydeck, Melbourne Zoo, the Ice Bar (with cocktails) and Sea Life Aquarium.
Top attractions to add to your list in Melbourne include the Immigration Museum, Brighton Beach, the Australian Sports Museum and the Albert Park Driving Range.
Also worth doing are street art tours led by local artists, hot air balloon flights over the city and sunset kayaking tours.
👇 7 great day trips while you’re in Melbourne 👇
- Great Ocean Road tour – with koalas 🐨.
- Brighton Beach, Moonlit Sanctuary and Phillip Island tour – with penguins 🐧.
- Yarra Valley wine tour – with gin, cider and cheese 🍷.
- Grampians National Park tour – with bushwalks and LOADS of kangaroos 🦘.
- Mornington Peninsula tour – with hot springs bathing 🛀.
- Wilsons Promontory tour – with all manner of native wildlife 🦘🐨.
- Dandenong Ranges steam train ride – plus wildlife at Healesville Sanctuary and chocolate-tasting in the Yarra Valley.
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Melbourne hotels with a pool include the Intercontinental Rialto, Adelphi Hotel and Novotel Melbourne on Collins.
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