Melbourne to Benalla road trip: Distance, drive time & best stops
Melbourne to Benalla drive: Avenel, Longwood and Euroa
After Seymour, Avenel offers wine wine-tasting at Fowles Wine and exploration in the Avenel Maze. The Burnt Creek Bushland Reserve, the Tenneriffe Nature Conservation Reserve and Big Hill Nature Conservation Reserve are decent spots for a leg stretch further north.
Just outside Longwood, Magyars Hill Vineyard and Cottage offers more wine-tasting. And Euroa’s highlights are the Euroa Arboretum and Balmuttum Walking Track.
Coming into Benalla, you’ll pass the goldrush-era Reef Hills State Park, which is now a great place to see wildflowers and wildlife.
Things to do in Benalla include doing a self-guided walking tour of town’s murals, then visiting the Benalla Art Gallery one of Australia’s best regional art museums. The Benalla Aviation Museum is unexpectedly interesting, too – it looks into pilot training during World War II.
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.
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.
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