Where a car takes you from Melbourne
These are the day trips from Melbourne on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Yarra Valley Wine and Produce The Yarra Valley, an hour east of Melbourne, produces Victoria's best cool-climate Pinot Noir alongside berry farms and dairies that supply city kitch
- Mornington Peninsula Cellar Doors Mornington Peninsula, 90 minutes south of Melbourne, has over 200 wineries and Victoria's best Pinot Gris: cellar doors, seafood and coastal restauran
- Brae Restaurant Day Trip Brae in Birregurra is 90 minutes from Melbourne: Dan Hunter's three-hat farm-to-table on a working farm, with cottages making an overnight stay fully
- Daylesford and Macedon Ranges Food Trail Daylesford and the Macedon Ranges deliver Victoria's densest food day trip: Lake House, a Saturday farmers market and mineral springs at roadside taps
- Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula Geelong's Little Malop Street is Victoria's second dining strip: independent restaurants, specialty cafes and a natural wine scene from Bellarine cell
Booking a car in Melbourne
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 4.36 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Europcar, Green Motion, Hertz
- Pick up at
- Melbourne Airport · Melbourne Essendon Airport · Melbourne Southern Cross Railway Station · Melbourne Blackburn Railway Station · Melbourne Footscray Railway Station · Melbourne Gardenvale Railway Station
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.