You can drive to Canberra from Melbourne non-stop along the Hume Highway in 7 hours. We do this a lot as our daughter lives in Canberra. However, in late November, we decided to take<div class="blog-buttons"><a href="https://tripticks.org/a-capital-trip-melbourne-to-canberra-via-five-super-cute-towns/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>

Spotlight on Barwon Heads Nestled between Ocean Grove and Torquay, the cute little hamlet of Barwon Heads is a gourmet, golf, beach, walking and cycling delight. It’s around 90 mins from Melbourne’s Bayside suburbs<div class="blog-buttons"><a href="https://tripticks.org/beautiful-barwon-heads-and-surrounds-point-lonsdale-queenscliff-ocean-grove/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>

This boot-shaped peninsula looks a little like Southern Italy in shape and boasts a town named from that area (Sorrento) as well as an abundance of olive groves, wineries and wood-fired pizza but it’s<div class="blog-buttons"><a href="https://tripticks.org/beaches-sunsets-walks-bars-on-the-northern-mornington-peninsula-victoria/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>