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Meridian Tours
ABN 60522 715 602

Tel + 61 3 9853 0701
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PO Box 406 Richmond
Victoria Australia 3122
Australia
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Australian Rural Towns & Farmlands

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Duration: 1 day or 2 day option
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Escorted: Driver/Guide - all languages
Pick-up / Drop-off: Door to door service
Transport: Toyota Tarago
Commentary: Yes
Itinerary: Flexible
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This is a customised, private with you own driver/guide tour travelling in a six-seater vehicle. For coach tours, contact coach companies.

AUSTRALIAN RURAL TOWNS & FARMLANDS TOUR

The day tour departs Melbourne a travelling through the scenic, rural countryside and small towns that were first settled in 1835. With the discovery of gold in 1851 hundreds of thousands of immigrants came to live in this area.

Businesses developed and flourished with the riches of the gold miners and the so did the farmers who also enjoyed their new wealth from the sales largely of wool and wheat.

The tour visits the City of Ballarat with its many grand public Victorian buildings Avenues and gardens.

Ballarat Gaol

At noon the tour reaches the Great Ocean Road and traditional Aussie barbecue lunch will be served at a private property. Your visit is warmly hosted by the property owner who has many stories to tell of life in her local rural community.

kangarooFrom the dining room visitors enjoy views of green undulating pastures to the Great Southern Ocean and beach that borders the property. The pastures are home to over forty ‘resident’ kangaroos that  graze there and on the lawns of the garden terrace.

BBQ lunch at a private home on the Great Ocean Road

After lunch visitors enjoy a stroll to the nearby beach cove that is part of a Marine National Park or visit the forest of Iron Barks and walk on an Aboriginal Heritage trail with information plaques by Aboriginal Elders describing the Indigenous history.

This tour is an opportunity to experience life in regional Victoria.

DAY ONE (8 HOURS)

  • Rural Farmlands and Towns Tour
  • Aussie BBQ lunch
  • Beach & Indigenous Interpretive Walk
  • Overnight stay at B&B cottages at Pt Addis

DAY TWO (APPROX 8 HOURS)

  • Great Ocean Road
  • See Koalas in the Wild
  • Ancient Rainforest Walk
  • Visit the Twelve Apostles
  • Tour Returns to Melbourne Via Inland

 

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