Getting here and around

Get in your car and cruise the vine-strung hills and rolling farmland of the Yarra Valley. Drive to the ancient forests and Alice in Wonderland streetscapes of the Dandenong Ranges. 

Here's how to get to the Yarra Valley and the Dandenong Ranges: 

Yarra Valley

Travel by car
From Melbourne, travel along the Eastern Freeway and continue onto Eastlink tollway. Exit at Ringwood Bypass and turn left onto the Maroondah Highway and follow the road through Ringwood and Lilydale to Healesville. At Coldstream, leave the Maroondah Highway and turn onto the Melba Highway to Yarra Glen. 

Alternatively, drive the scenic route from Melbourne along the Eastern Freeway until you reach the Burke Road North exit. Follow Burke Road to Upper Heidelberg Road and Metropolitan Route 44 to Eltham then follow the Main Road through Eltham to Kangaroo Ground and turn right onto the Eltham-Yarra Glen Road.

From Melbourne airport you can bypass the city along the Tullamarine Freeway toward the CBD. Take the city exit and continue for five kilometres until you join the M80 freeway and follow the Greensborough signs until you reach the end of the freeway. Turn left and follow the signs (along the Yarra Valley Scenic Route) through Eltham and Diamond to Hurstbridge. At Hurstbridge, turn right at the Wattle Glen roundabout towards Kangaroo Ground then at the ‘T’ intersection with Kangaroo Ground-St Andrews Road turn right, continue for 100 metres, then turn left towards Yarra Glen and the Yarra Valley.

Travel by train
Travel by train to Hurstbridge, Lilydale or Belgrave. Various bus companies run services between towns and villages in the region.

Dandenong Ranges

Travel by car
From Melbourne, travel along the Eastern Freeway and continue onto Eastlink tollway. Exit at Burwood Highway and follow the road to Upper Ferntree Gully, or exit at Canterbury Road and follow the road to Montrose. At Montrose, turn right at the roundabout and follow the Mount Dandenong Tourist Road through Kalorama and Mount Dandenong to Olinda.

Travel by train
Travel by train to Hurstbridge, Lilydale or Belgrave. Various bus companies run services between towns and villages in the region.