Goulburn to Melbourne road trip: Distance, drive time & best stops
Goulburn to Melbourne drive: Benalla to Seymour
Continue until you reach mural-dotted Benalla, where the Benalla Art Gallery is one of Australia’s best regional art museums. You can also learn about pilot training during World War II at the Benalla Aviation Museum.
Pick the best Benalla accommodation options
The best places to stay in Benalla are…
- For a solid, affordable motel with a pool: Glider City Motel.
- For family-friendly cabins: Benalla Tourist Park.
- For central location: Top of the Town Motel.
Further south, the Reef Hills State Park offers plenty of wildlife and wildflowers, while you can also get a nature fix at the Euroa Arboretum and Balmuttum Walking Track in Euroa.
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
Goulburn 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.
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- 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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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.
Melbourne hotels with a pool include the Intercontinental Rialto, Adelphi Hotel and Novotel Melbourne on Collins.
Best places to stay in Goulburn
The top Goulburn accommodation choices are:
- For good quality, business traveller-friendly apartments: Quest Goulburn.
- For a cheap, decent motel for a no-fuss one night stay: Black Sheep Motel.
- For road-tripper convenience next to the Hume Highway: Mercure Goulburn.
- For free parking in the city centre: Heritage Motor Inn.
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