12 days in Melbourne & Sydney Itinerary

Take a break from the city and head to Wildlife Coast Cruises and The Great Ocean Road. Your inner history buff will appreciate Sovereign Hill and St Ambrose's Catholic Church. Go for a jaunt from Melbourne to Ventnor to see Pyramid Rock about 1h 40 min away. And it doesn't end there: admire the masterpieces at National Gallery of Victoria, make a trip to Flinders Street Station, view the masterpieces at Printmaker Gallery, and take an in-depth tour of Melbourne Holocaust Museum.

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates to Melbourne is an approximately 16.5-hour flight. Traveling from Dubai to Melbourne, you'll lose 6 hours due to the time zone difference. Prepare for much colder weather when traveling from Dubai in July: high temperatures in Melbourne hover around 15°C and lows are around 6°C. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 26th (Wed) early enough to fly to Sydney.

Your inner history buff will appreciate The Rocks and The Rocks Discovery Museum. We've included these beaches for you: Manly Beach and Bondi Beach. Explore the numerous day-trip ideas around Sydney: Faulconbridge (Corridor of Oaks & Norman Lindsay Gallery & Museum), Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum (in Valley Heights) and Lennox Bridge (in Blaxland). And it doesn't end there: hike along Bondi to Coogee Walk, admire the sheer force of Wentworth Falls Lookout, wander the streets of Darling Harbour, and admire nature's wide array of creatures at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium.

To see more things to do, reviews, ratings, and other tourist information, use the Sydney driving holiday planner.

You can fly from Melbourne to Sydney in 3 hours. Other options are to drive; or take a train. When traveling from Melbourne in July, plan for a bit warmer days and about the same nights in Sydney: temperatures range from 21°C by day to 9°C at night. On the 2nd (Wed), wrap the sightseeing up by early afternoon so you can fly back home.