• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • About Us
  • Work With Us
  • Shop
  • Blog Coaching
  • Disclosures
  • Contact
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
#EddieBauerPartner Can’t go on an outdoor advent #EddieBauerPartner Can’t go on an outdoor adventure without packing some of @eddiebauer’s warm weather apparel. It has been perfect for our spring and summer outdoor adventures from hiking to kayaking and all the other ways we’ve been sending time outside. Where will you #LiveYourAdventure? 

#EBContributor
Since IG hates on photos gotta get them in how I c Since IG hates on photos gotta get them in how I can! Honestly sunset in the lavender fields is everything, probably one of the most beautiful sunsets I’ve ever witnessed. I don’t have much information to give today I really just wanted to share these photos 😬.

Check out my last 3 reels with @oneikatraveller for information on experiencing lavender season in Provence, France. These photos are from a lavender field in Valensole.

P.S. the skirt is from Amazon and they have multiple colors!

#valensole #valensoleprovence #lavenderfields
Things to do in Provence, France 🇫🇷 besides Things to do in Provence, France 🇫🇷 besides the lavender fields (save + share this post):

🇫🇷Go village hopping and take in the small towns. The first clip of this video was shot in the village of Roussillon and we also visited nearby Gordes.
🇫🇷Explore the ancient town of Saint Paul de Vence
🇫🇷Hike the beautiful Calanques de Cassis
🇫🇷Relax at the beaches of Grande Plage of La Ciotat and the Grande Mer beach of Cassis
🇫🇷Visit Gorges du Verdon, a gorgeous must see lake
🇫🇷Go wine tasting at one of the vineyards like Les Vignerons du Mont Saint-Victoire. Provence is known for their Rosé but you can also taste sweet and spicy wines.
🇫🇷Explore a multitude of ancient ruins, including Roman amphitheaters.
🇫🇷Take a tour of one of traditional perfume factories, Parfumerie Fragonard, Molinard or Parfumerie Galimard and do a workshop where you make your own perfume
🇫🇷Visit the Pope's Palace in Avignon
🇫🇷As you’ll most likely fly into Marseille don’t forget to leave time to explore this city as well, especially the port.

Have you been to Provence? What did you enjoy about the region?

Follow @thetravelingchild and @oneikatraveller for more tips.

#provence #blacktravelfeed
Everything you need to know about visiting the Lav Everything you need to know about visiting the Lavender fields in Provence, France (save + share this post):

Lavender season varies each year but falls between June and August.

Provence is the region but there are various cities with fields. Valensole is the most popular and where the fields we visited were located but there are also fields in Sault, Manosque and Luberon. The time frame that the lavender blooms is different in each city. Our visit was July 3-5th but the bloom and harvest time could change next year.

The best airport to fly into is Marseille. Airlines that fly to Marseille from the US are Air France, British Airways, Swiss, Royal Air Maroc, Iberia, Brussels Airlines, ITA Airways, Lufthansa and TAP Portugal. If you’re already in Europe you can also fly Pegasus, Ryanair, Tunisair, Aeroflot, Ethiopian, Easyjet, Vueling, Eurowings and Air Algerie. 

If you’re visiting from Paris you can take the train to Marseille! 

From Marsielle you will need to take the train or bus to Valensole or Manosque as your home base. As you’ll 100% need a car to get around to all the Lavender fields you can also rent a car from Marseille and drive as finding a rental car in the smaller towns is more difficult. 

What questions do you have about the lavender fields or Provence?

Follow @oneikatraveller and @thetravelingchild for more travel tips.

#provencefrance #lavenderfields #girlstrips
My top 5 favorite international destinations I’v My top 5 favorite international destinations I’ve visited!

1. Botswana- I did an exchange program here where I lived with a family in the village of Oodi right outside Gaborone one summer in high school. It completely changed the way I view travel. Besides getting to learn so much of the countries culture from my host family to learning a bit of Setswana to camping in the Okavango Delta it will always be one of my favorite trips.

2. Turkey- from the people to the food to the landscape to the sea it was everything. I visited Istanbul, Cappadocia, Antalya and Izmir and the country has so much to offer with varying landscapes. 

3. Rio de Janeiro- We loved our family trip to Brazil, the food, the people, the vibrance of Rio was everything. So many beautiful hikes, learning how to dance Samba, learning how to make Moqueca, going to a futbol match in Maracana Stadium, wow the energy!! Oh and the nightlife was 🔥. Can’t wait to return and explore more of the country.

4. Kenya- This country has so much to offer. We visited Amboseli National Park, got to do a walking safari amongst zebras and giraffes in Lake Naivasha and even ran into a hippo 😅. We visited a Maasai Tribe who gave us such a warm welcome inviting us into their homes, teaching the girls how to make fire from scratch and we even say 5 cheetah take down a topi, seeing a live kill was insane! Ended the trip relaxing on Diani Beach swimming in the stunning Indian Ocean.

5. Madeira, Portugal- the landscape on this island is insane. Exploring I often felt like I was in 20 different places, like how is all in one island? Loved the hikes here, being above the clouds, seeing all the waterfalls, spotting dolphins in the ocean, and the food was so good! I also enjoyed Lisbon but Madeira was everything!

What have been your favorite international trips? What country is highest on your bucket list (doesn’t have to be from my list)?

Should I make a list for my favorite US destinations (they’ll probably surprise you).

#madeiraportugal #travelreels
Answering the most asked question on my vacuum sea Answering the most asked question on my vacuum sealed carry-on only reel (save + share this post). This is how my clothes look once I take them out of the bag. Do you think these are really wrinkled? They were vacuum sealed for roughly 22 hours.

If you’re going to visit more than one city the best way to pack these is to pack each bag per city. Then all your clothes for that one city are all together and you only have to open one bag at a time. Then reseal that one bag with all your dirty clothes before going to the next city and don’t worry about the other ones getting dirty or smelling! You can label each bag with a sticky note or tape with a marker to know what bag has what clothes.

The link to purchase the bags and hand pump is my bio.

#packingtips #packinghacks #traveltipsandtricks
#WBPartner The girls are so excited to watch the n #WBPartner The girls are so excited to watch the new @wbpictures DC League of Super Pets. To prepare for our trip to the theater to see it we did a fun activity of making our own super hero costumes for us and our very own super pets. 

Jordyn turns villains into ice cream and eats them, James turns villains into money and spends them and Kennedy shoots lighting with her eyeballs. 

If you or your child could have super powers what would you pick? @dcleagueofsuperpets #DCSuperPets

The Traveling Child

If kids live there, kids can visit!

  • Affording Travel
  • Destinations
    • Africa
      • Kenya
      • Morocco
    • Asia
      • Singapore
      • Thailand
    • Australia
    • Caribbean
      • Aruba
      • The Bahamas
      • Barbados
      • Cuba
      • Grand Cayman
      • Jamaica
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
    • Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Denmark
      • France
      • Italy
      • Spain
      • The Netherlands
    • North America
      • Alaska
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Colorado
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Hawaii
      • Illinois
      • Kansas
      • Louisiana
      • Mexico
      • Nevada
      • New York
      • South Carolina
      • South Dakota
      • Tennessee
      • Texas
      • Utah
      • West Virginia
      • Wisconsin
    • South America
      • Brazil
      • Colombia
  • Travel Tips
    • Tips on Traveling with Kids
    • Trip Planning Tips
  • Reviews
    • Airline Reviews
    • Hotel Reviews
    • Product Reviews
  • Lifestyle
  • Shop
  • Blog Coaching

Sydney to Melbourne for The Great Ocean Road Tour

November 26, 2016      Austrailia, Destinations

This post contains affiliate links. If you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small commission at no cost to you. Please see our disclosure policy for more information. All opinions are my own.

When planning our Australia itinerary it was very hard deciding how to spend our 8 days. While going from Sydney to Melbourne was high on my list I was outvoted for Syndey and Cairns. However, missing a once in a lifetime opportunity to take The Great Ocean Road Tour had me book a last minute flight from Sydney to Melbourne and I am so glad I did. Here’s everything you need to know about traveling from Sydney to Melbourne for The Great Ocean Road Tour.

How to Get From Sydney to Melbourne

When traveling from Sydney to Melbourne you will have many options from International airlines to smaller budget airlines. We chose to fly the budget airline Tigerair. Tigerair has an extremely limited luggage allowance but since we already booked our Airbnb in Sydney prior to booking this trip we only needed a bag for our day in Melbourne and left the rest of our luggage in Sydney. Roundtrip flights from Sydney to Melbourne range from $70-$200 round trip and there are flights nearly every hour from 7:00AM to 11:00PM.

Where to Stay in Melbourne: Melbourne Airport Hotels

When deciding where to stay in Melbourne we decided a Melbourne airport hotel would be best. This is because we were only spending one full day in Melbourne arriving from Sydney late at night and returning on a 6AM flight. With options to fit any budget directly at Melbourne Airport you can choose between Park Royal, Holiday Inn, and ibis Budget Melbourne Airport hotel.

Melbourne Airport Shuttle

Since we had an extremely short trip from Sydney to Melbourne and were taking a tour with provided transportation renting a car didn’t make sense. Instead to get to the city for our tour we took the Melbourne Airport Shuttle,the SkyBus. The Melbourne Airport Shuttle is an express bus that gets you from the airport to the city in 20mins. At the time of our visit the cost was $28.96 round trip. The Melbourne Airport Shuttle picks up in front of Terminals 1, 3, & 4. Even if you are coming into Terminal 2 the walk between terminals is extremely short as it’s a small airport. If you are staying in a hotel in the city, they even have complimentary shuttles that will take you from the bus station to and from your hotel.

The Sunset Great Ocean Road Tour

For our one day in Melbourne we booked this Sunset Great Ocean Road Tour through Viator. You will meet your tour guide at the office before they whisk you a way for this 14 hour tour. The main attraction of the Great Ocean Road tour is visiting the 12 Apostles but there is more in store on this tour.

Before getting the 12 Apostles you have a very scenic coastal drive. You’ll stop in the Eucalyptus Forest where you can see wild Koalas up in the trees. On our Great Ocean Road tour we even spotted wild Kangaroos, what a sight to see. Afterwards you will make a pit stop in a small town for a pizza lunch. Here you’ll also have time to stretch your legs and walk along the beach, shop in the various stores and get some dessert.

Sydney to Melbourne Great Ocean Road Tour Loch Gord

Heading back out you will visit both the Loch Ard Gord and Gibson Steps. Our driver allowed us about 25-45 minutes at each stop before we had to head to the next one. How much time you’ll have depends on the time of year you visit and what time the sunsets at the 12 Apostles.

We stopped for dinner right before getting to the 12 Apostles. There wasn’t the opportunity to sit down like we did earlier for lunch. Our driver brought us to a place where we could use between two options. Fish & chips are huge in this area so we decided to try out the recommended place. You can eat in the van on the way to the 12 Apostles or wait until you get there to eat while watching the sunset. I knew I’d need my hands to take pictures so I opted to eat in the van! It is a long day with a lot of driving but it was more than worth it!

​In hindsight I could have only spent 2 days in Sydney and 2 days in Melbourne. I wasn’t too much of a fan of Sydney and would have liked to explore more of Melbourne. One of my friends who came to Melbourne with us opted to just explore the city instead of doing the Great Ocean Road tour. She said she loved it and was so happy she too ditched a day in Sydney. Either way I am so happy I followed my gut and changed my itinerary. Heading from Sydney to Melbourne to experience the Great Ocean Road Tour was an unbelievable experience. Did you find this post helpful? Please share it!

 

The Traveling Child is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.

Share1
Tweet
Pin15
Email
Share
16 Shares

BECOME A TTC SUBSCRIBER TODAY

Join more than 3k other folks who want to find travel inspiration, product recommendations, and more!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Best Spa in Mumbai says

    August 1, 2017 at 6:53 am

    Hi,
    Thanks for sharing this great place and these awesome pics, it was fun reading this blog. Keep sharing and caring, it has been a great help.

Primary Sidebar

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Hey, I’m Monet!

Hey, I’m Monet!

A full time working woman, wife and mama of two. I use every last one of my vacation days traveling with my kids, hubby, friends or solo. Join me as I share my travel experiences and tips to make travel affordable and easier with the little ones. You can read more about me here.

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

Join more than 3k other folks who want to find travel inspiration, product recommendations, and more!

Recent Posts

  • Things to Do in Paris with Kids
  • Things to Do in Myrtle Beach with Kids Besides the Beach
  • Things to do in Austin With Kids
  • Things to do in Juneau, Alaska
  • The Ultimate Kansas Road Trip

SIGN UP FOR AIRBNB & RECEIVE $40 OFF

SIGN UP FOR AIRBNB & RECEIVE $40 OFF

FIND CHEAP FLIGHTS

FIND CHEAP FLIGHTS

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK

Facebook

FOLLOW US ON PINTEREST

Copyright © 2022 The Traveling Child, LLC.