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Blue Dandenong Ranges Day Tour with Puffing Billy and Wildlife Park Visit
Ride on Australia's famous narrow gauge railway Puffing Billy through the spectacular Blue Dandenong Ranges with bellbirds and kookaburras echoing the steam train's whistle. Tour through the richness of the Yarra Valley - a pastoral experience of farms and vineyards, haystacks and wine grapes. Healesville Sanctuary - a truly Australian experience - cradled in the forested foothills of the Great Divide where you can surround yourself with Australian wildlife.
Included In Price
Coach touring, Historic steam train ride, entrance to Healesville Sanctuary, Aussie style Bush Billy tea and wine tasting at Fergusson's Winery.
Highlights:
- Melbourne's eastern suburbs
- Visit Sherbrooke Forest - heart of the Dandenongs; tall eucalypts, kookaburras and bellbirds
- Share Bush Billy tea with the locals...colourful crimson rosellas and king parrots! (opportunity to hand feed with seed provided)
- Ride through the forest from Belgrave on Puffing Billy steam train - an original steam locomotive
- Sherbrooke Forest - noted for its lyrebirds, tall mountain ash eucalypts and fern gullies
- Pass through quaint villages noted for their restaurants, craft shops and beautiful gardens
- Panoramic views from Grantulla Road
- Opportunity to taste Australian wines at Fergusson's Winery, a noted Yarra Valley wine producer
- Tour through the Yarra Valley
- Pass through the township of Healesville - set amidst mountain bushland
- Visit Healesville Sanctuary - home for over 200 species of Australian birds, mammals and reptiles in a natural bushland setting
- Stroll through paddocks of kangaroos and wallabies
- Walk through large aviaries and pond areas that bring birds of the wild so close to hand - the elusive lyrebirds, eagles, ibis & spoonbills
- Witness the "Eagles Fly" demonstration
- Observe the underwater life of the platypus
- Come face to face with a koala!
- Meet a furry wombat!
- See dingoes, Tasmanian Devils, echidnas, snakes and goannas.
Location
Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Australia
Price Valid For
Per person (Prices valid until 31/3/2011)
For bookings after this date please choose the appropriate booking rate i.e. Day Tours between 1/4/2011 to 31/3/2012.
Booking Notes
Operates DAILY (October to March) and Operates DAILY (except Tuesday and Friday - April to September).
Depart: 8:20am
Return: 5:30pm
Please check in 15 minutes prior to departure.
Children aged 4-14 are eligible to receive a 50% discount off Adult fares unless otherwise stated (15 and over is an adult. Under 4 is free).
Departure Time
8:20am
Session Length
Full day
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How To Book
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