Sydney Inn
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
10 days, planned by Farthest Field Co.
Ten days in the south-east — the harbour, sandstone country, and the road along the Shipwreck Coast.
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| Sydney Harbour |
| Opera House |
| Manly ferry |
The harbour foreshore has Gadigal engravings and middens on it, and the walking tours that point them out are run by Aboriginal guides.
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| The Rocks |
| Bondi to Coogee |
| Gadigal sites |
The blue is real — eucalyptus oil in the air scatters light. The Giant Stairway is about nine hundred steps and everyone comes back up on the railway.
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| Three Sisters |
| Giant Stairway |
| Katoomba Falls |
The Jenolan limestone has been dated to around 340 million years, which makes them among the oldest open cave systems in the world.
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| Jenolan Caves |
| Lucas Cave |
| Blue Lake |
Melbourne's laneways were service alleys and are now the city's main attraction, which locals find slightly funny.
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| Hosier Lane |
| Queen Victoria Market |
| Federation Square |
The road was built between 1919 and 1932 by returned soldiers, largely by hand, and it is the largest war memorial in the world.
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| Torquay |
| Lorne |
| Cape Otway |
| Otway rainforest |
There were never twelve and there are now eight — one fell in 2005. The coast is called the Shipwreck Coast for good reason and Loch Ard is the story.
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| Twelve Apostles |
| Loch Ard Gorge |
| Gibson Steps |
| Shipwreck Coast |
Gariwerd holds around eighty percent of Victoria's rock art, and the shelters open to visitors are the ones the Traditional Owners have agreed to.
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| The Pinnacle |
| Gariwerd rock art |
| MacKenzie Falls |
Four hours, and a last evening in the laneways.
Melbourne flies long-haul to Asia, the Gulf and the US.
Day 1 · Fri, 18 Sept, 2026
Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.
Published by the operator. Nights on the ground can move with weather and permissions.
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
9 breakfasts and 5 dinners across 10 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 10.
14 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking
“Long-haul group trips for people with two weeks and no plan”
Well paced over 10 days with enough free time to not feel herded.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. The cooking was a genuine surprise — better than most places we'd have picked ourselves. Would book with them again.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Would send friends their way.
Because it is about six hundred kilometres return and the coach versions spend nine hours driving to give you twenty minutes at the Apostles in the worst light of the day. Two nights on the road means sunrise at the stacks and the Otway rainforest, and it is the single biggest difference between this trip and the standard one.
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