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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...
Top travel bags for tours in Melbourne, Australia
Is everyday life starting to become a grind? Do you need a holiday but don't know where to go? Are you a wildlife fanatic, adventurer, or do you seek the culture and sophistication of wine tastings in vineyards? Don't worry about going overseas, Australia has all that...
Travel Australia’s Cities for These Huge Events
There is plenty happening in the land downunder. Every city in the country hosts many major events throughout the year. Whether you live in Australia or plan to visit from overseas, here’s a list of some major events not to be missed. New Year’s Eve Fireworks –...
Melbourne’s latest foodie hotspots
Melbourne's latest foodie hotspots Credit: Visit Victoria. While everyone was winding down for the festive season, Melbourne and regional Victoria welcomed a host of new openings. Here are the latest bars & restaurant offerings: ...
4 reasons why you should do a Great Ocean Road sunset tour
4 reasons why you should do a Great Ocean Road sunset tour The Great Ocean Road is the fourth most popular place to visit in Australia. Your great ocean road tour departs Melbourne and travels along this meandering road, which kisses the beaches of Victoria, flows...
Melbourne’s 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...
A One Day Grampians Getaway to Clear Your Head
A One Day Grampians Getaway to Clear Your Head I started a full time job in May this year, and it wasn’t long before winter rolled around the blues kicked in. My head became a cloud of deadlines and mismatched names and faces, as work followed me home and the sun...
3 Reasons why you should visit the Grampians if you’re in Melbourne
3 Reasons why you should visit the Grampians if you’re in Melbourne Grampians Tour The Grampians National Park is one of the most beautiful places in Australia, and a must-see for anyone visiting Melbourne. Also known as Gariwerd in local Indigenous languages, the...
Why the Yarra Valley is the perfect day trip from Melbourne
Why the Yarra Valley is the perfect day trip from Melbourne If you live in Melbourne or are just visiting, sometimes you need a little break from the city. Whether you want to escape the sweltering heat or get back to nature and watch the rain roll in over the...
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...
Trade Release: World Environment Day – Autopia Tours Remove Single-Use Plastics
05 June 2018: Melbourne based small group tour operator, Autopia Tours (Part of the Get Lost Travel Group – GLT) have announced that from today, they will be discontinuing the use of all single-use plastic items from daily operations and looking to dramatically reduce...
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...
Port Campbell’s 12 Apostles at sunset
Located on the southwestern shores of Victoria, Port Campbell’s limestone coasts have become a favourite tourist stop. Thanks to the iconic limestone stacks off its shores and the picturesque 12 Apostles sunset. 12 Apostles at sunset There’s something in...
Where can you see wild Koalas in Victoria
Shy, lazy, and tend to sleep for long hours, the koalas have made Victoria their home and their largest colony. They live in the wilds of Gippsland to the woodlands of the Otways. Look up high on eucalyptus branches where koalas frequently doze off up to 20...
Top Snow and Ski Resorts in Victoria
Situated in the southern part of mainland Australia, Victoria, although the smallest, is a paradise state replete with scenic attractions. From oceans and coastlines to mountain ranges and rainforest, from waterfalls and lakes to diverse flora and fauna, and...
Scenic Attractions from Melbourne to Adelaide
The route from Melbourne and Adelaide lets you explore Australia's hidden corners. Covering over a 700-kilometre distance, it takes at least 12 hours of drive from end to end. But if you want to have some stops at the best scenic spots along the way, it takes a...
Surfing on the 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...