Tall mountain ash forests guide you into the spectacular Blue Dandenong Ranges. Tour through the richness of the Yarra Valley - a pastoral experience of farms and vineyards, haystacks and wine grapes. Healesville Sanctuary - a truly Australian experience - cradled in the forested foothills of the Great Divide where you can surround yourself with Australian Wildlife.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Blue Dandenong Ranges - superb traditional gardens and towering mountain ash forests
- Ferntree Gully - foot of the ranges
- Sherbrooke Forest - noted for its lyrebirds and fern gullies
- Panoramic views from Grantulla Road
- Opportunity to taste Australian wines at Fergusson's Winery, a noted Yarra Valley wine producer
- Enjoy a delicious spit roast lunch with wine as guest of Louise Fergusson (vegetarian meals available)
- Tour through the Yarra Valley
- Pass through the township of Healesville - set amidst mountain bushland
- Visit Healesville Sanctuary - home for over 200 species of Australian birds, mammals and reptiles in a natural bushland setting
- Stroll through paddocks of kangaroos and wallabies
- Walk through large aviaries and pond areas that bring birds of the wild so close to hand - the elusive lyrebirds, eagles, ibis & spoonbills
- Witness the "Eagles Fly" demonstration
- Observe the underwater life of the platypus
- Come face to face with a koala!
- Meet a furry wombat!
- See dingoes, Tasmanian Devils, echidnas, snakes and goannas.
Wine tasting and lunch at Fergusson's Winery and entrance to Healesville Sanctuary