Places to Visit In & Around Melbourne
There are so many places to visit around Melbourne. Take an hour or take a day and go exploring! Whether you want to soak up the atmosphere of the city lights, get your heartrate pumping with a rewarding hike, or just enjoy the scenery at a beautiful nature reserve, there’s really something for every occasion.
And don’t forget to check our recommendations for the best food in Melbourne and our top tips on Melbourne property!
Featured places to visit

A day trip to Echuca!
Having stayed at home the past few weeks, we were quite ready to explore the regional towns once again. I always wanted to visit Echuca

What to do when you want to go for an overseas holiday but life has other plans?
We booked ourselves a well deserved European holiday almost a year ago, with the departure date in early March 2026. We were meant to travel
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To Ziebell’s Farmhouse we go!!!
Ever wondered how life was for the early settlers that came to Victoria? We all know that most came during the gold rush era hoping

Historic Woodlands Park to see kangaroos !!!
Fancy seeing kangaroos in the wild? There are quite a few places that one may visit, according to Google. However, we chose to go to

Visit to Mount Buller!
Now that winter is here, we could complain about the cold but instead, we chose to embrace it and planned a day trip to Mount

Visit to the Werribee Open Range Zoo
We recently came across a Tiktok about a “African Safari” themed zoo in Queensland and instantly we chirped “In Victoria, we have the Werribee Open

Free Concert Recitals in Melbourne
Growing up in Singapore, the closest I ever got to classical music was to listen to it on the radio every now and then. Not

A visit to the Peninsula Hot Springs
Although we had a spa bath in our own home for many years, there is something about the hot natural spring waters which soothes the



