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Destinations · New South Wales · Victoria

Destinations in Australia, from Sydney to Melbourne

Sydney and Melbourne are where it starts: their airports, their hotels, the cruise terminals of Sydney Harbour. From there, your chauffeur takes you around the harbour, to the Blue Mountains and the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, and to the Yarra Valley and along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, for a single day or a whole stay.

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Sydney Harbour and Fort Denison, with ferries and sailing boats
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Destinations

Where we can take you

Each destination has its own page: the places, the seasons, and what to prepare so that the day unfolds without hurry.

New South Wales, around Sydney

  • Sydney on the edge of its harbour
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    Circular Quay · The Rocks · Watsons Bay

    Sydney

    A city that faces its harbour, from the quays of Circular Quay to the bays of the eastern shore.

  • Sydney Harbour and Fort Denison, with ferries and sailing boats
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    Opera House · Harbour Bridge · national park

    Sydney Harbour

    The Opera House and the bridge, the national park lookouts, the cruise terminals and New Year’s Eve.

  • Sandstone cliffs and a wooded valley in the Blue Mountains
    Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · cropped, resized and converted to WebP

    Katoomba · Leura · Blackheath

    The Blue Mountains

    Sandstone cliffs and eucalypt valleys on the World Heritage List, west of Sydney.

  • Rows of vines in the Hunter Valley
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    Pokolbin · Lovedale · Broke

    The Hunter Valley

    Shiraz and Semillon estates north of Sydney, for a day or a longer stay.

Victoria, around Melbourne

  • Vines on the hills of the Yarra Valley
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    Healesville · Yarra Glen · Coldstream

    The Yarra Valley

    Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and sparkling wine, about an hour from Melbourne.

  • The Twelve Apostles, limestone stacks in the ocean along the Great Ocean Road
    Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · cropped, resized and converted to WebP

    Torquay · Lorne · Twelve Apostles

    The Great Ocean Road

    A coast road built in memory of those who died in the First World War, all the way to the Twelve Apostles.

Planning a day around Sydney or Melbourne

A day with a chauffeur is built around three things: where you start, where you stop and when you want to be back. Your chauffeur collects you from your hotel, waits at each stop and drives you back; the duration is set in the quote.

  • Fewer stops: two or three in the same area leave time to walk and have lunch; five turn the day into a drive.
  • Distances: according to the tourism bodies, Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, is about an hour and a half’s drive from central Sydney, and the Hunter Valley just over two hours; Healesville, in the Yarra Valley, is about an hour from Melbourne.
  • The Great Ocean Road: the Twelve Apostles are nearly four hours’ drive from Melbourne; a night on the coast makes the trip far more relaxed. What to know before you go.
  • National parks: tracks and lookouts may close in bad weather or when there is a fire risk; park managers publish their alerts online.
  • New Year’s Eve: around Sydney Harbour, many roads close for the fireworks. Sydney Harbour with a chauffeur.
  • Wine regions: with a chauffeur, nobody has to get back behind the wheel; visits are booked with the wineries.
  • Arrival day: a transfer from the airport can include a stop on the way, if the timing allows.

For your quote, tell us the date, the place and time of departure, the stops you have in mind (or simply what you would like to see, and we will suggest an order), the number of passengers and when you want to be back.

Arriving in Sydney or Melbourne

By air or by sea, your arrival is prepared like the rest of your stay. See transfers from Sydney Airport, transfers from Melbourne Airport and the cruise terminals of Sydney Harbour. To keep a chauffeur with you for a few hours or the whole day, see chauffeur by the hour; for a day devoted to wine, see wine tours; every service is listed on the Services page.

The network

Further afield with the Federation

If your stay continues beyond Australia, other Federation websites present other destinations, from Japan to Europe.

Is your journey continuing to Japan or Europe? Mention it in your request.

Contact

Let’s talk about your visit

The easiest way is to message us on WhatsApp. We reply in English or in French.

To prepare your quote, please include your dates, pick-up and drop-off places, and the number of passengers.