🍇 Welcome to the Dandenong Ranges and the Yarra Valley
A self-drive audio guide for the day trip from Melbourne: wild kangaroos at Lysterfield in the morning, the 1000 Steps, Puffing Billy and the gardens of the Dandenongs, then the cellar doors of the Yarra Valley, Healesville and the Black Spur, Yarra Glen, and home past Sugarloaf Reservoir. There is no fixed route — the story of each place starts by itself as you reach it or pass its turn-off, and between places the podcast keeps you company.
⚠️ Keep left, and stop only where it is safe. The roads in the hills and over the Black Spur are narrow and winding, with cyclists on the climbs. And the driver tastes with care — most cellar doors pour a non-alcoholic drink, and a bottle travels home.
📍 How it works
Allow location access. The guide needs GPS to know which place you are passing.
Press Start Audio Tour before you pull out. The phone can stay in its cradle; the audio plays through the car speakers over Bluetooth.
Navigate on any card opens Google Maps with directions to that place. The guide keeps talking while Google leads the way — mute Google’s voice if you like.
☰ What to hear: tick the kinds of places you want stories about — wineries, food and drink, gardens, forests and lookouts, wildlife, history and art, villages.
▶ Listen plays any story by hand.
ℹ️ Good to know
A full day. The loop from Melbourne is about 300 km and some seven hours behind the wheel, before any stops.
Kangaroos graze at Lysterfield Park in the morning and at Sugarloaf Reservoir in the late afternoon. Keep your distance and never feed them; at dusk they cross the roads without warning.
Mobile coverage drops in the gullies of the Dandenongs and on the Black Spur. Keep the guide running: it carries on when the signal returns.
🔑 Your link, not your phone. The access link works on one device at a time — whichever opened it last.
🔴 Red R, next to day/night: resets which places you have already heard, so the whole guide plays again from the start — for another day or a second trip. Works in the full version.
By using this tour you agree to our Terms & Conditions. Keep your eyes on the road at all times. Anonymous GPS session data is logged for service improvement.
