Kangaroo Kelly's

Select Winery Tours

Victoria northern regions

Brown Bros Milawa - Rutherglen - Sunraysia
 

The Sturt Pea wildflower

Vacation Australia provides competitively priced, custom planned, self drive or driver guide luxury coach. all inclusive itineraries for independent groups. The Kanga can add-on any Preferred Partner Tour to your Vacation Australia itinerary. Ask about our Aussie Preferred Partners for those who wish to join a group. Contact the Kanga for your competitively priced, personal, custom planned, all inclusive itinerary package from your international arrival until your departure! Transportation: Self drive or fully escorted group travel by air conditioned 4wd coach or minibus & private air charter

Kangaroo Kelly's Overview
Kangaroo Kelly says, "When you look at a wine map of Victoria, it seems that there are wineries almost everywhere. In my mind, Rutherglen, Brown Bros in Milawa and Sunraysia are well worthwhile wine regions to visit.

Brown Brothers Winery in Milawa
A wine tasting session and a luncheon at the Brown Brothers Epicurean Centre can be arranged. Choose your wine and have it served at your luncheon. Later this afternoon, transfer to the Mt Buffalo Chalet, one of Victoria's premium snow/spring resorts in the nearby Victorian Alps that are only about 48 miles/78 km from Brown Brothers.

Victorian Alps Tour the Victorian Alps region. Go snow skiing in season.

Rutherglen wine region
Rutherglen is a distinctive viticultural region with a continuous family winemaking history of over 140 years. It is quite small, a golden triangle immediately surrounding the historic Rutherglen township. These early beginnings established a pioneering spirit that is evident today in the generations of winemaking families. A wine tasting session and a luncheon is arranged.

Ned Kelly's World
Visit Ned Kelly's World. Ned Kelly was and still is in death, Australia's most famous bushranger who was captured after the notorious Police seige of Glenrowan. At 10.00 am on November 11th 1880, Ned Kelly was hanged in the Old Melbourne Goal, whereupon he became an Australian Legend, and his name gained immortality.

Echuca - Moama,
a historic Murray River Port and the paddlesteamer capital of Australia.

Rich River Golf Club Resort
A fine wine of your choice and dinner can be arranged. Play the "pokies" (slot machines). This region sports three 36 hole golf course complexes, all with licenced poker machine (slots) clubs: Rich River, Cobram Barooga and Tocumwal.
Go to Murray River to see golf courses in this region.

Murray River paddlesteamer cruise
Visit the restored Echuca river port where the TV series, "Where Rivers Run" was filmed. Visit authentic river port shops before your paddle-steamer cruise (genuine steamers burning wood in a furnace).

Sunraysia
Located in northwest Victoria at the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers, Australia's biggest river system.
2 - 12 berth Murray River Houseboats are available on the river and can be moored on the river-bank of the Memorial Golf Club if desired.

Lindemans Karadoc Winery.   Chateau Mildura
Tasting sessions and luncheon can be arranged. Choose your wine and have it corked at your table. Try kangaroo tail soup, Murray River yabbies and freshwater crays.

Rio Vista House
Visit Chaffey Brothers Rio Vista House and see the biggest viticultural and horticultural irrigation development in Australia. Overnight train, day coach or flight return to Melbourne.

Accommodation:
First class city and country hotels, resorts, Ski chalet.
 
Genuine Aussie Akubra Hat

Kangaroo Kelly knows the Barossa Valley having lived there many years ago. The Kanga has many suggestions for independent groups; those who prefer their group driver guide minibus or luxury coach or self drive.  Wine tour 1 | Wine tour 3 | Wine tour 4 | Wine tour 5


 

 

 

 

 

     

The grapes of wine

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Grapevine Getaways
The Rutherglen Wine Region produces some of the  finest wines that Australia has to offer, and is widely regarded as the premiere fortified wine producing area in Australia. It is also one of Australia's oldest wine regions, with the first plantings occurring in the 1850's, it is now home to seventeen wineries. These wineries are located along the banks of the majestic Murray River in the North-East of Victoria
Grapevine Getaways offers you the chance to immerse yourself in the history and tradition (not to mention the wine!) of the Rutherglen Wine Region with one of our informative winery tours. Our tours place a heavy emphasis on participation and relaxation and as such they are conducted in a friendly and informal atmosphere
Their mimnibus Rutherglen winery tours depart 9.30am daily, with all guests being collected from their accommodations.
Visit some of Rutherglen's famous wineries from old favourites to undiscovered gems. They vary the wineries visited from day to day, including in the tour some of the larger vineyards along with some of the smaller family owned operations. It is not unusual for us to find the actual winemakers working at the cellar door at the smaller wineries and this gives our guests the opportunity to ask any questions they may have about the wine making process.

The grapes of wine