🇦🇺 Melbourne, Australia Travel Guide

4 Days in Melbourne (Includes Great Ocean Road + Phillip Island) ✈️ Pre-Trip Prep Exchange AUD 500 in cash Buy an OPTUS SIM card on Taobao (check activation date!) Universal travel adapter Bring a pen for filling out arrival cards on the plane Day 1 🇦🇺 Melbourne City 🚌 Airport → City: Take SkyBus to CBD 🏨 Hotel: Ibis Melbourne Central 🌿 Royal Botanic Gardens → 🚂 Flinders Street Station → 🏛 Royal Arcade Day 2 🚶‍♂️ Melbourne City Walk ☕ Breakfast: Queen Victoria Market 🎓 University of Melbourne → 🦕 Melbourne Museum 🌳 Carlton Gardens → 📚 State Library of Victoria 🍜 Lunch: Chinatown (MarryBrown) 🖼 NGV (National Gallery of Victoria) → ⛪ St Paul’s Cathedral (Free Entry!) 🛍 Royal Arcade → 🍽 Dinner: Stalactites Day 3 🌊 Great Ocean Road Day Tour (Klook) ⏰ 7:35 AM - 8:40 PM 🚐 Route: 🏄 Surf Coast Shire → 🏞 Great Ocean Road Memorial Arch 🐨 Koala Spotting → 🌲 Great Otway National Park ⛰ Port Campbell National Park → 🗿 Twelve Apostles ⬇ Gibson Steps → 🌊 Loch Ard Gorge Day 4 🚂 Puffing Billy + Penguin Parade (Klook) ⏰ 8:00 AM - 9:15 PM 🚂 Puffing Billy Steam Train 🐨 Maru Koala & Animal Park 🌊 Nobbies Centre (Closed in off-season) 🐧 Phillip Island Penguin Parade 🌟 Pro Tips: Great Ocean Road: Windy! Bring a jacket 🧥 Penguin Parade: No photography allowed! 📵 Steam Train: Book early, sit on the right side for best views! #MelbourneTravel #AustraliaGuide #GreatOceanRoad #PuffingBilly #PenguinParade #TravelTips