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Feel Good Koala Story
A feel good koala story after the New South Wales bushfires!!! The Australian Reptile Park, near Sydney has announced the arrival of their first baby koala since the devastating bushfires. Quiz: What do you call a baby koala? The keepers named her ‘Ash’ after the...
Phillip Island Penguin Tour
Your Phillip Island Penguin Tour will be your ultimate wildlife viewing adventure. Phillip Island plays host to awe-inspiring natural wonders and bountiful attractions for naturalists and adventures alike. It is best known for the world’s largest fairy penguin...
Melbourne best inner-city rooftop bars
Melbourne's best inner-city rooftop bars FOOD & DRINK - MELBOURNE / 05 DEC 2018 Hitting the stairs and heading up to a rooftop bar for a cocktail with a view has become a must-do Melbourne experience. Tucked away in city laneways, sprawling over majestic...
Autopia take home GOLD at RACV Tourism Awards for a second consecutive year
The Get Lost Travel Group is excited to announce their flagship brand Autopia Tours has taken home Gold at the RACV Victorian Tourism Awards for a second consecutive year. Winning in the highly competitive Tour & Transport category, CEO Paul Beames collected...
MTB Adventures launches multi day mountain bike trips
Melbourne-based mountain bike touring specialists MTB Adventures (part of the Get Lost Travel Group – GLT) have launched the first in a range of new regional road-strip style multi-day adventures which is now on sale. The brainchild of MTB Adventures manager...
PRESS RELEASE – 07 May 2018 “Trash bags on tour – hits the Great Ocean Road”
Staff of Melbourne-based small group tour operator, Autopia (part of the Get Lost Travel Group – GLT) have launched the ‘Trash Bags on Tour’ initiative to raise awareness and address the growing epidemic of rubbish pollution along our coastline...
Surfing Great Ocean Road
Bells Beach, Fairhaven, Johanna, Wye River, Jac Juc, Point Addis, Castle Cove, Discovery Bay, Lorne, Portsea... these are only some of the surf spots along the coasts of the Great Ocean Road, one of the world’s most spectacular coastal drives. Surf spots dotted the...
Scenic places to visit around Melbourne
A modern metropolitan capital city of Victoria, Melbourne has been hailed the most liveable city of 2017 for the seventh time in a row. Situated on the mouth of Yarra River on Port Phillip Bay, the city boasts of tourist attractions that invite both local and...
Quaint Destinations on Mornington Peninsula
Home to numerous scenic sights, Mornington Peninsula is a popular local tourist attraction. Aside from its wineries, the region offers visitors with soothing hot springs, beautiful beaches, picturesque gardens and mazes, breathtaking ocean and coastal views, and a...
Phillip Island wildlife and nature parks
Phillip Island Wildlife Nature Parks Only an hour and a half drive from Melbourne, Phillip Island Wildlife Nature Parks housed a wildlife conservation park created in 1996, the Phillip Island Nature Park. Covering over 1805 hectares of land in separate areas, the...
The Waterfalls of Victoria
Waterfalls dotted the rainforest and mountainous terrains of Victoria from the eastern regions of Gippsland and the Yarra Ranges to the Otways on the Great Ocean Road and the Grampians in the west. Cascading waters are a beauty so raw and natural, and the serenity...
The Grampians wildlife adventure
The Grampians consist of rugged mountain ranges, forested hills, and grassy plains dotted with waterways and verdant greenery. Rich in biodiversity, the wildlife reserve is home to hundreds of species of birds and animals of which many are endemic to the area. There...
Things to do on Phillip Island
Take a 140-kilometer drive toward the south-southeast of Melbourne and you will reach Phillip Island which is known for its famous penguin parade, fur seals, racing circuit, surf beaches, and native wildlife. With 60 miles of coastline, there’s a lot to explore on the...
Visiting the 12 Apostles
The 12 Apostles are a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of Port Campbell, and the scenic sight has been the usual highlight of a Great Ocean Road tour. Not only because limestone formations are popular and iconic, there sure must be some compelling reasons...
The Great Ocean Road
One of the world's most scenic coastal routes is The Great Ocean Road in Australia; 100 kilometres of simply spectacular coastal scenery. It starts at the coastal township of Torquay which is home to the famous surfing beach of Bells Beach and finishes at the...
Phillip Island Penguins
Waddling across the shores of Summerland Beach are the littlests of their kind, the fairies of Phillip Island penguins. I’m not talking about fairies and Cinderella's fairy godmother but about the Australia's fairy penguins or little penguins. Measuring up to 43 cm in...