Gippsland

The wilderness region of Gippsland is enormous. From the city of Melbourne it stretches 542 kilometres (337 miles) north-east to Victoria’s border with New South Wales, covering the entire south-east corner of the Australian continent. It offers a host of wilderness and wildlife, great drives and gourmet treats.

Must Try

• See wildlife and wilderness at Wilsons Promontory
• Take a boat trip on the Gippsland Lakes
• Enjoy a long stroll on Ninety Mile Beach

Getting there

From Melbourne it takes about three hours by car to get to the popular holiday spot of Wilsons Promontory, and about four hours to drive to the coastal tourist town of Lakes Entrance. You can also drive the Great Alpine Road from the pretty town of Metung, on the shores of the Gippsland Lakes, up and over the Victorian High Country to Wangaratta in the north of Victoria.

If you take the coastal highway between Sydney and Melbourne, a distance of 1,380 kilometres (857 miles), you will drive through the entire Gippsland region.