Quick Trips

Quick Trips

Even though we all love a good long holiday, sometimes we can only fit in a quick trip in every now and again. We’ve found some great places within a few hours of major cities around Australia that you can duck off to for a quiet weekend away.

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  • Blue Lake City, Mount Gambier
    Location: Blue Lake City Mount Gambier South Australia
      The picturesque Blue Lake City of Mount Gambier is the city of craters, lakes, caves and sinkholes. This corner of South Australia has its foundations on a limestone and extinct volcanic geology edged by coastal cliffs and... | More
  • The Mid-North, South Australia
    Location: Wilmington Wilmington South Australia
      Whether doing the giant lap or just on a short getaway, consider getting off Highway 1 and seeing what's off the beaten track. This opportunity is available if travelling north-south between Adelaide and Port Augusta. Although... | More
  • Toowoomba, QLD
    Location: Toowoomba Queensland
      More than a rural gateway to highways that include the Gore, the New England, and the Warrego, Toowoomba is an elegant city able to brag about superb parks and gardens, fine dining, beaut art galleries and intriguing history.  | More
  • Barrington Tops
    Location: Barrington Tops Barrington Tops Road Barrington Tops New South Wales
    About five hours
      Barrington Tops usually refers to the Gloucester Tops and the Mount Royal Range areas as well, most of which are included in the Barrington Tops National Park. It derives its name from the Barrington River, which has its... | More
  • Maryborough, QLD
    Location: Maryborough Queensland
    3 Hours
      One hundred and fifty years ago, Australia's second-largest immigration port was not in Sydney or Melbourne, and Brisbane was not the only place contending to house Queensland's capital. Back then the place to be was... | More
  • Northern Rivers, NSW
    Location: Northern Rivers New South Wales
    2.5 to 3 hours
      They are missing out as here is a landscape like something out of Arthur Conan Doyle's Lost World. The Tomewin traces the rim of the Mt Warning Volcanic Caldera, an ancient volcano once 2km high and stretching from Canungra in... | More
  • Riverland Roving
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    About two hours from Adelaide
      Barely a day goes by when the River Murray doesn't make it into the headlines. For one reason or another, the river has been in the news a lot lately, and I suspect will continue to be for some time to come.   The... | More
  • Knockin' round Narribri
    Location: Narribri Narribri New South Wales
    7 hours
      Mt Kaputar looms majestically in the background of Narrabri in Namoi Valley, NSW’s northwest. According to locals, the mountain looks exactly the same from any angle. | More
  • The Mighty Murray
    Location: Mildura Fifteenth Street Mildura Victoria
    Approximately 6.5 hours one-way
      Where can you find local fine wine, remote desert sands and majestic rivers all a stone’s throw from a beautiful thriving metropolis?  | More
  • It’s All About The River
    Location: Mildura Calder Highway Mildura Victoria
    6 hours, 15 minutes (From Melbourne)
    Mildura is a thriving centre in the heart of Murray River country. | More