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Why not make the most of your time touring with Melbourne Hosted Tours on your cruise ship stop-over in Melbourne, the second largest city in Australia.
Bearing you in mind as a cruise ship passenger, with just a short time to spend in Melbourne, Melbourne Hosted Tours for your experience and enjoyment, has combined in the one shore excursion, the best and most popular attractions of Melbourne/Victoria.
Our tour guides will meet and greet you (with your name plaque) at Station Pier where your cruise ship will dock. From then on, you will be taken care of and will enjoy a hassle-free tour. We guarantee your return to the cruise ship well before she sails.
Contact David at Melbourne Hosted Tours to book a Melbourne shore excursion of your choice.
Our Melbourne Shore Excursions include:
PUFFING BILLY, BLUE DANDENONG RANGES, FERGUSSON’S WINERY & RESTAURANT, HEALESVILLE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY (PBFH)
HEALESVILLE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, FERGUSSON’S WINERY & RESTAURANT & MELBOURNE CITY HIGHLIGHTS (HFM)
YARRA VALLEY WINERIES, FERGUSSON’S WINERY & RESTAURANT & MELBOURNE CITY HIGHLIGHTS (YFM)
MELBOURNE HOSTED TOURS - SHORE EXCURSIONS
PUFFING BILLY, BLUE DANDENONG RANGES, FERGUSSON’S WINERY & RESTAURANT, HEALESVILLE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
Tour Code: PBFH
Tour Duration: 8 hrs (8.30am-4.30pm)
Vehicle Type:
Mercedes Viano:(minimum 4- maximum 7 passengers) - all inclusive rate of AU$225 pp.
Toyota Commuter Van: (tour requires a group of 10 passengers to operate) - all inclusive rate of AU$195 pp.
Inclusions: Cruise ship pick-up and return; transportation with air conditioning and seat belts; shared tour with driver/guide giving commentary; ride on "Puffing Billy" steam train; tour through the Dandenong Ranges National Park; wine-tasting and lunch at Fergusson's Winery & Restaurant (sumptuous spit-roast lunch with assorted vegetables and salads, wine with meal, petitfours and tea/percolated coffee in the wine region of the Yarra Valley; entry to the Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary with a ranger-guided tour; GST, tolls and national park fees.
Journey with us on the “Puffing Billy”– Australia’s favourite steam train and one of the finest preserved steam train in the world. Chuff along the narrow-gauge track through the Dandenong Ranges National Park featuring 100 metres tall mountain ash forests, and fern-gullies. Dangle your feet outside in the open carriages and experience the sights, smells and sounds of the bush as Puffing Billy trundles across trestle bridges and toils up hills.
We stop for a delightful and hearty spit-roast lunch and wine-tasting in the spectacular Yarra Valley wine district region.
After lunch, we get up close and personal to some amazing Australian native animals at the Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Our tour takes us from the city highways to the Belgrave village shopping strip where you will see everywhere muriels of the trades gone-by.
We arrive at Belgrave Station, home base for the Puffing Billy Steam railway where we board the historic steam train - Puffing Billy – a major tourist attraction. Take in the panoramic views which pass by your carriage window as the train travels through the forests of the magnificent Dandenong Ranges to Menzies Creek.
Be amazed at the 100 metres tall and 500 years old Mountain Ash trees, and fern gullies of the Sherbrooke Forest, habitat for the superb lyrebird, ring-tailed and brush-tailed possums. You may be lucky to also sight koalas, lyrebirds, galahs, ring-tailed and brush-tailed possums, crimson rosellas, kookaburras, cicadas, blue wrens, echidnas, platypus and the blue wren.
The journey continues to provide panoramic views over farmlands, Port Phillip Bay, the Cardinia Reservoir and the Yarra Valley wine region.
You alight at Menzies Creek where you will be met by your friendly driver guide who will direct you to your coach waiting for you.
The next stop is for lunch at Fergussons Winery & Restaurant situated in the lush Yarra valley wine district. Here you will taste some stunning local wines and then sit down to enjoy a sumptuous and hearty spit-roast lunch with a glass of wine in a warm and rustic atmosphere of the Restaurant.
After lunch, we take you to the Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary when you can view close-up 200 species of native wildlife and Australia’s most unusual animals (koalas, kangaroos, wombats and many others), birds, and reptiles. You will enjoy an informative ranger-guided tour.
General Information:
- Flat surface - good leisurely walk at the Healesville WildLife Sanctuary.
- Slight decline - good walk-path to board the Puffing Billy steam train.
- Wear good walking shoes.
- Bring along warm weatherproof clothing as it can become cold and windy in any season.
- Bring along your camera, and sun-screen, sun-glasses and hat in the summer.
HEALESVILLE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, FERGUSSON’S WINERY & RESTAURANT & MELBOURNE CITY HIGHLIGHTS
Tour Code: HFM
Tour Duration: 8 hours (8.30am - 4.30pm)
Vehicle Type:
Mercedes Viano:(minimum 4- maximum 7 passengers): All-inclusive rate of AU$210 pp.
Toyota Commuter Van: (tour requires group of 10 passengers to operate): All-inclusive rate of AU$185 pp.
Inclusions: Cruise ship pick-up and return; transportation with air-conditioning and seat belts; shared tour with driver/guide giving commentary; entry to the Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary with a ranger-guided tour; wine-tasting and lunch at Fergusson's Winery & Restaurant (sumptuous spit-roast lunch with assorted vegetables and salads, wine with meal, petitfours and tea/percolated coffee) in the wine region of the Yarra Valley; Melbourne City highlights; GST, tolls and national park fees.
Get up close and personal to some amazing Australian native animals at the Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary.
Enjoy a delightful spit-roast lunch and wine-tasting at Fergusson’s Winery & Restaurant in the Yarra Valley wine region.
Sit back and relax as we showcase Melbourne City highlights, its history, character and charm. Explore its many interesting precincts, and enjoy its cosmopolitan richness. Melbourne was a city fuelled by the Gold Rush, and pastoralist wealth. Today Melbourne City is a cultural hub, a sporting Mecca, a fashion capital and an epicurean’s idea of heaven.
HIGHLIGHTS:
We start this tour to view close-up Australia’s most unusual animals, birds, and reptiles at Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary nestled in the foothills of the Yarra Valley. Koalas, dingoes, kangaroos and the unique platypus are just a few of the 200 species of Australian wildlife flourishing in a beautiful environment of towering gum trees and lush tree ferns. You will enjoy a ranger guided tour and informative morning.
We leave the Sanctuary and head for Fergusson’s Winery & Restaurant in the lush Yarra Valley wine district. Here we enjoy a superb spit-roast lunch with assorted vegetables and salads, and a glass of wine, tea/coffee and petit fours in a rustic and warm atmosphere.
After lunch, we travel through the Eastern suburbs to Melbourne city.
We stop to take photos of the St. Patrick’s Cathedral – a splendid gothic revival architecture and then stroll through the beautiful Fitzroy Gardens where the pathways are designed to resemble the British flag – the Union Jack. Here we inspect Capt. Cook’s Cottage - discoverer of the East Coast of Australia and walk through the Conservatory which holds regular floral exhibitions.
We drive past the Melbourne Sporting Arenas – Rod Laver Arena (home of the Australian Open), Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)- well-known and loved by cricket fans around the world, and Olympic Park/Lexus Stadium – home to Melbourne’s rugby team “Melbourne Storm”.
We see the architecture of Treasury Place, Parliament House and Australia’s most loved Princess Theatre where the record breaking “Phantom Of The Opera” was performed.
Marvel at the architecture of The Royal Exhibition Building which for 27 years housed the State Parliament. Adjacent to the Exhibition Building is the enormous Melbourne Museum and Imax Cinema.
We drive through the Italian precinct in Carlton where the city’s famous café culture was born and is one of the great food precincts in Melbourne. Travel via Australia’s largest and oldest market The Queen Victoria Market and pass the historic and Melbourne’s oldest gardens - Flagstaff Gardens.
Melbourne’s legal precinct is where during the week you may see a number of barristers and judges around. We sight the Rialto Towers (the tallest office building in the Southern Hemisphere), and Eureka Towers – the 300 metres skyscraper, and world-class Crown Entertainment Complex – a casino and entertainment precinct.
Finally we head back to Station Pier to board your ship.
General Information:
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Limited walking on good flat surface.
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Wear good walking shoes.
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Bring along warm weatherproof clothing as it can become cold and windy in any season.
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Bring along your camera, sun-screen, sun-glasses and hat in the summer.
YARRA VALLEY WINERIES, FERGUSSON’S WINERY & RESTAURANT & MELBOURNE CITY HIGHLIGHTS
Tour Code: YFM
Tour Duration: 8 hours (8.30am - 4.30pm)
Vehicle Type:
Mercedes Viano:(minimum 4 - maximum 7 passengers): All-inclusive rate of AU$180 pp.
Toyota Commuter Van: (tour requires group of 10 passengers to operate): All-inclusive rate of AU$165 pp.
Inclusions: Cruise ship pick-up and return; transportation with air conditioning and seat belts; shared tour with driver/guide giving commentary; cellar door wine tasting at Yering Station; wine tasting and lunch at Fergusson's Winery & Restaurant (sumptuous spit-roast lunch with assorted vegetables and salads, wine with meal, petitfours and tea/percolated coffee in the wine region of the Yarra Valley; Melbourne City highlights; GST, tolls and national park fees.
Come along and enjoy the ambience of the beautiful Yarra Valley - an extraordinary beautiful valley just 40km east of Melbourne, internationally recognized as a leading cool climate wine region able to produce a range of classic wines styles.
Enjoy a superb spit-roast lunch at Fergusson’s Winery & Restaurant and learn all about wine-making tasting and wine-tasting.
See Melbourne City highlights - one of the world’s most liveable cities.
Melbourne was a city fuelled by the Gold Rush, and pastoralist wealth. Today Melbourne City is a cultural hub, a sporting Mecca, a fashion capital and an epicurean’s idea of heaven.
Sit back and relax as we showcase Melbourne City highlights, its history, character and charm. Explore its many interesting precincts, and enjoy its cosmopolitan richness.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Travel along the Eastern Freeway through the outer eastern suburb of Croydon at the foot of the Dandenong Ranges, and Lilydale - at one-time, home to the great Australian opera diva Dame Nellie Melba, who as a child lived with her family at their country home in Lilydale.
Our route continues along acres of lush grazing pastures, orchards and award-winning wineries that represent the region’s international reputation for super-premium cool climate wines – the Yarra Valley.
We arrive at the Hall of Fame winners for Best Winery and Tourism Complex - Yering Station, Victoria’s first vineyard planted in 1838, where you can learn all about wine-sampling and taste some classic Australian wines.
We continue along Melba Highway passing the township of Yarra Glen, a pretty little town in the heart of the Yarra Valley and home to some of the best known wineries in Victoria. We head towards Dixon Creek where you pass the historic Gulf Station (pioneer farm) run by the National Trust.
Still on the Melba towards Dixon’s Creek we travel to Fergusson Winery and Restaurant to taste some stunning red and white wines, and then enjoy a superb sumptuous spit-roast lunch with a glass of wine, assorted vegetables and salads, petit fours and coffee/tea in a homely atmosphere in the rustic award-winning restaurant.
Finally we head to Melbourne City to take in its highlights.
We stop to take photos of the St. Patrick’s Cathedral – a splendid gothic revival architecture and then stroll through the beautiful Fitzroy Gardens where the pathways are designed to resemble the British flag – the Union Jack. Here we inspect Capt. Cook’s Cottage - discoverer of the East Coast of Australia and walk through the Conservatory which holds regular floral exhibitions.
We drive past the Melbourne Sporting Arenas – Rod Laver Arena (home of the Australian Open), Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)-well-known and loved by cricket fans around the world, and Olympic Park/Lexus Stadium – home to Melbourne’s rugby team “Melbourne Storm”.
We see the architecture of Treasury Place, Parliament House and Australia’s most loved Princess Theatre where the record breaking “Phantom Of The Opera” was performed.
Marvel at the architecture of The Royal Exhibition Building which for 27 years housed the State Parliament. Adjacent to the Exhibition Building is the enormous Melbourne Museum and Imax Cinema.
We drive through the Italian precinct in Carlton where the city’s famous café culture was born and is one of the great food precincts in Melbourne. Travel via Australia’s largest and oldest market The Queen Victoria Market and pass the historic and Melbourne’s oldest gardens - the Flagstaff Gardens.
Melbourne’s legal precinct is where during the week you may see a number of barristers and judges around. We sight the Rialto Towers (the tallest office building in the Southern Hemisphere), and Eureka Towers – the 300 metres skyscraper, and world-class Crown Entertainment Complex – a casino and entertainment precinct.
We then head back to Station Pier to board your ship.
General Information:
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Some walking on well-made foot paths.
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Wear good walking shoes.
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Bring along warm weatherproof clothing as it can become cold and windy in any season.
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Bring along a camera and sun-screen, sun-glasses and hat in the summer.
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