Want to enjoy the best of Australian Landscape? Plan a trip down the Great Ocean drive from Melbourne to Appollo Bay. The beautiful coastal highway offers a diverse landscape ranging from rolling hills, pristine beaches and lazy coastal towns. Plan your trip beforehand to enjoy one of many amazing cities with a rich history of early settlers who visited this region in search of Gold. The gold is long gone, but amazing architecture and history are still be explored by a new breed of travellers.

Melbourne outback has a large number of amazing towns and wild country to explore in summers. A road trip from Melbourne to Wangaratta, Beechworth and Alpine Country towns of Bright is a practical itinerary for a weekend in summers. I have driven to laid backcountry town of Wangaratta in Victoria a couple of times in last a few years. I count not resist to explore the Alpine Country Region with rolling hills, lakes and rivers. Here is my 800 km loop from Melbourne to Alpine Country and Bairnsdale Victoria.