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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  • Margaret River, WA
    Location: Margaret River Western Australia
    Approximately 3 hours
      Exquisite locally produced cheeses, jams, olives and fresh seafood will whet anybody's appetite. For the sweet-toothed holidaymaker sample one of Simmo's many ice cream stores dotted around the area. Handmade chocolate or... | More
  • Litchfield or Kakadu National Parks
    Location: Litchfield National Park Batchelor Northern Territory
    From Darwin to Litchfield, approximately 1.5 hours. From Darwin to Kakadu, approximately 3.5 hours.
    They do differ quite considerably, but provide the tourist with equally memorable experiences. | More
  • Fraser Coast Region
    Location: Maryborough Wharf Street Maryborough Queensland
    From Brisbane; approximately 3 and half hours
      The world-heritage-listed Fraser Island, covering a massive 1840km², is the world's largest sand island. The island's vegetation varies from rainforests, mangrove forests, eucalyptus woodland, swamps and, naturally, sand dunes... | More
  • Flinders Ranges, SA
    Location: Wilpena Pound Wilpena Road Hawker South Australia
      Wilpena Pound is a natural amphitheatre covering an impressive 80km2. Located on the nor-western side of the Pound, St Mary Peak (often mispronounced as St. Mary's Peak) is the Pound's highest point at 1170m. The peak can be... | More
  • Grampians NP, VIC
    Location: Grampians NP Tourist Rd Halls Gap Victoria
    About 3 hours drive, from Melbourne
      You could consider the Grampians to be a bit of an oasis. It's a rich and diverse place, set amidst the agricultural west of Victoria. The national park was declared in 1984 and spans some 167,000 acres. Within the confines of... | More
  • Meredith, Victoria
    Location: Meredith Midland Highway Meredith Victoria
    Just over one and half hours
      You don't have to travel far to find something new | More
  • Across The Strzelecki Ranges
    Location: Warragul Victoria
    Starting from the Korumburra-Warragul Road, the Grand Ridge Road has a spectacular beginning with the gravel road clinging to the steep hillsides of the green dairying country around SeaView.  | More
  • Capital City - Canberra, ACT
    Location: Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory
    Canberra is a three-hour drive from Sydney, and a six-hour drive from Melbourne.
        From unique cultural exhibitions, art and historical displays to award winning educational and historical museums, there really is something to do that will suit every family type, travel group and budget. | More
  • Healesville, VIC
    Location: Green street Healsville Victoria
      Healesville, just 60km from Melbourne via the Maroondah Highway, is one of three major towns in the Yarra Valley, along with Yarra Glen and Warburton. Healesville is the largest of these, and in many respects it's the heart... | More
  • Up From Albany
    Location: Albany Albany Western Australia
    The trip is approximately 420km and will take around five hours.
      As I listed all the places we'd been in our travel diary, I realised all the destinations we visited ended in, 'up'.  | More