Puffing Billy Steam Train Healesville Sanctuary Tour Reviews

Puffing Billy Steam Train, Yarra Valley and Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary Day Tour

Image of Puffing Billy ready for boarding at Belgrave Station. The Yarra Valley is a rich rural area with famous wineries, fruit and vegetable gardens and the ever popular Puffing Billy Steam Train. Many thousands of visitors each year enjoy the Puffing Billy ride through the hills of the Dandenong Ranges and you to can experience the romance of a steam train on this great day tour from Melbourne.

First stop is a billy tea and lamingtons morning tea break at Grants Picnic Park in the Sherbrook Forest, where you can feed Sulphur Crested Cockatoos and Crimson Rosellas. Then it's off to Belgrave Station where you board the Puffing Billy and thrill to a genuine steam train ride through the lush fern covered hills,

After Puffing Billy, you have the option of a spit roast lunch at Fergusson Winery, a leading award winning winery of the Yarra Valley, and after lunch vistit the famous Healsville Wildlife Sanctuary, which is home to a wide range of unique Australian birds and animals, or you can choose a wine tasting tour of other leading wineries in the picturesque Yarra Valley.

See beautiful Lyrebirds, commonly called peacocks, pat kangaroos and watch koalas feeding on juicy gum leaves high in the tree tops. Feed crimson rosellas, a highlight of the day, as they come and feed directly from your hands. The Healesville Sanctuary is probably your best opportunity to experience Australian animals at close range, a very satisfying experience.

Tours start from around AUD $125.00 per person. Depart Swanson St Melbourne at 8.30 am and return around 5.30 pm. A funtastic day in the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges.

Image of steam train chugging through the hills of the Dandenong Ranges.

User Reviews

Review by: Oldtimer
Location: Queensland
Venue: Puffing Billy Healesville Sanctuary Tour
Rating out of 5:
Comments:
As a boy in the cub scouts, I remember walking the tracks of the Puffing Billy from Belgrave To Gembrook and then taking the steam train back in the afternoon. It was great to relive those days again after 50 years. Thank you to the bus driver for an exceptional day.

Review by: T & L Carazzo
Location. Perth
Venue: Puffing Billy
Rating out of 5:
Comments:
What a great day for the family. The kids enjoyed this tour almost as much as we did and never once said, "when do we go home" which was amazing. We got loads of great photos and feeding the birds at Healsville Sanctuary was a real thrill in itself. My husband just loved the puffing billy steam train.

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Reviews Melbourne day tour Puffing Billy steam train ride, Healesville Sanctuary wildlife tour. Take ride on famous Puffing Billy, pat kangaroo, feed crimson rosellas.

Puffing Billy Steam Train, Yarra Valley and Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary Day Tour