What to do and see in Healesville, Victoria: The Best Things to do Good for Big Groups

June 29, 2021 Nobuko Falco

Discover the best top things to do in Healesville, Australia including Wild Wombat Winery Tours, Tour The Valley, Yarra Valley Rides, Healesville Sanctuary, Four Pillars Distillery, Fernshaw Picnic ground, Watts River Brewing, Maroondah Reservoir Park, Hedgend Maze, Yarra Valley Transfers - Wine Tours.
Restaurants in Healesville

1. Wild Wombat Winery Tours

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5.0 based on 727 reviews

Wild Wombat Winery Tours

We are a Wine touring company that specialises in boutique tours to the Yarra Valley, Victoria. We are based in the Yarra Valley and have excellent knowledge with passionate guides to take you on a tour to remember.Our cool climate wines are some of the best in the world, so let us share them with you.Full daily public tours that anyone can join are a great way to see the area with a maximum of 11 people, or if you have a group of friends for an occasion we can look after you too, any size. We also offer Healesville Sanctuary Tours where you can get up close and personal with our local wildlife. Visit the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie and Ice Creamery. Or maybe you would like Farm Gate tour, and try all sorts of different fruits etc.

2. Tour The Valley

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5.0 based on 36 reviews

Tour The Valley

At Tour the Valley we do things differently - to best suit you. We have no minimum numbers for our tours, so you can create your very own day out, and for those of you who are time poor, we offer half-day tours too, still ensuring you see all that YOU want to see. We get to know you with our questionnaire and create the perfect itinerary - just for you.

3. Yarra Valley Rides

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5.0 based on 65 reviews

Yarra Valley Rides

We are a Wine touring and transfer company that specialises in boutique tours in the Yarra Valley, Victoria. We also offer wedding transfers and airport transfers. We are based in the Yarra Valley and have excellent knowledge with passionate guides to take you on a tour to remember. Our cool climate wines are some of the best in the world, so let us share them with you. We offer U pick tours which allows U to pick the wineries or we can make suggestions. Full day tours are the best way to see the area with a maximum of 11 people, or if you have a group of friends for an occasion we can look after you too, any size. We also have offer private tours on an hourly rate for 2 - 6 passengers. We are based in Healesville, but we offer a door 2 door pickup and drop off service in all suburbs including the CBD. We own a brand new B&B in the heart of Healesville where can offer guests in house wine tours and transfers

4. Healesville Sanctuary

Badger Creek Road Healsville, Healesville, Victoria 3777 Australia +61 1300 966 784 [email protected] http://www.zoo.org.au/healesville
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4.5 based on 2,063 reviews

Healesville Sanctuary

Healesville Sanctuary, in the heart of the Yarra Valley, is world-renowned as the best place to see Australian wildlife in their natural habitat. Set in a beautiful natural environment, the Sanctuary offers a place for people and animals to reconnect with nature from creek to canopy, and plays a critical role in saving some of the world's most endangered animals. Explore the 70 acre bushland haven to experience close-up encounters with some of Australia's unique and endearing wildlife, including koalas, kangaroos, wombats, emus, dingoes, birds of prey and platypus. Visitors are also free to explore the Australian Wildlife Health Centre, a working vetinary hospital treating over 1500 orphaned, ill or injured wildlife every year. The expert team shares the journey of animal rescue, rehabilitation and release with the Sanctuary's visitors. Don't miss: Spirits of the Sky: A free flight presentation featuring Australian raptors such as the Wedge Tailed Eagle, and colourful parrot species. Tales from Platypus Creek: Come face-to-face with Healesville Sanctuary's most iconic species in a world-first interactive Platypus show. Observe Platypus as they interact with keepers, play in the water and even enjoy having their tummies tickled! Wade with the Platypus: In this world-first, hands-on experience it will be your turn to be the Platypus keeper. You will have the opportunity to step into the shallow water of the 'Platypus play pool' where it's normally the keeper's job to play, frolic, tickle and feed our little furry friends.

Reviewed By MackMelbourne

The sanctuary is outstanding and brilliant, staff are lovely and passionate, they have an animal hospital there too, saw a koala being cared for, they have dinosaur exhibition until April 2021, fantastic!!

5. Four Pillars Distillery

2a Lilydale Rd, Healesville, Victoria 3777 Australia +61 3 5962 2791 [email protected] http://www.fourpillarsgin.com.au
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4.5 based on 518 reviews

Four Pillars Distillery

This former timber yard has been transformed into a fully functioning gin distillery over 700 square metres, featuring our two German sister-stills Wilma and Jude, (and soon their miniature sister Eileen) and a new hospitality space showcasing the many facets of gin. At the Distillery Door you'll find all styles of Four Pillars Gins for tasting and sale, a long copper bar serving paddles of G&T three ways, design-your-own Negronis, Ginger Mules (gin and ginger beer), really good nuts and olives, gin-steamed marmalade on toast, great coffee and even beer and wine if you ask real nice. We have seating both inside and out and also regularly host masterclasses run by our distiller and Healesville local, Cameron Mackenzie, the heart and soul of Four Pillars Gin. Details of our next masterclasses and events are always available on our Facebook page and on our website. Four Pillars Gin launched in December 2013 and has gone on to win a swag of awards at home and around the globe.

Reviewed By wat2w - North Perth, Australia

Four pillars was the first stop for us on our day trip to Healesville. We each chose to try the tasting paddles, which came with a tonic water mixer and matching garnishes. The waitresses were very well educated on their products, giving us a run down on each one before we tasted. We also received a special extra tasting of the Christmas gin! We fell in love with the ‘bloody Shiraz’, a surprisingly refreshing gin with a touch of tonic water. The cheese board was a nice little accompaniment, overall a fantastic experience and great distillery!

6. Fernshaw Picnic ground

Maroondah hwy Fernshaw, Healesville, Victoria 3778 Australia
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4.5 based on 12 reviews

Fernshaw Picnic ground

Reviewed By 3925

A pristine piece of Australiana nestled in the Blackspur ranges. Amazing to realise this was a Cobb and Co stopover and a vibrant little town, once upon a time. There are the most beautiful European trees towering among the eucalyptus, even an ancient cork tree!

7. Watts River Brewing

7 Hunter Rd, Healesville, Victoria 3777 Australia +61 3 5962 1409 [email protected] http://www.wattsriverbrewing.com.au
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4.5 based on 37 reviews

Watts River Brewing

Independent, mad keen brewers, passionate about great beer. Come and let us pour you a beer at the cellar door while we enjoy the view of the shiny stainless steel of the brewhouse. Now also serving pizza. Based in Healesville, at the heart of the Yarra Valley.

Reviewed By 372narellem

We visited Watts River Brewing for the first time because we had won a beer tasting there (by completing a survey after the Hop Fest event late last year, where we first tried their beers). I rarely drink beer but even I enjoyed the tasting. My husband thought the beers were excellent and that they had a very good range. Aaron ran a great tasting experience and was very generous - going beyond the prize package to offer us additional drinks and food. The brewery has a relaxed, informal atmosphere with tables and chairs where visitors can enjoy the beers and some food. We'd recommend visiting Watts River Brewing - you can even reach it in a couple of hours by public transport from Melbourne (bring a backpack to carry some purchases home!).

8. Maroondah Reservoir Park

Maroondah Highway, Healesville, Victoria 3777 Australia +61 13 19 63 [email protected] http://www.parks.vic.gov.au/places-to-see/parks/maroondah-reservoir-park?utm_source=tripadvisor.com.au&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=GMB-2020
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4.0 based on 176 reviews

Maroondah Reservoir Park

Reviewed By 3925

Very spacious grounds, beautiful trees and many facilities for a days outing for the family. The children’s play area is excellent.

9. Hedgend Maze

163 Albert Rd, Healesville, Victoria 3777 Australia +61 3 5962 3636 [email protected] http://www.hedgend.com.au
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3.5 based on 111 reviews

Hedgend Maze

Explore a beautiful 20 acres of stimulating, fun filled ACTIVITIES for all ages. Hedgend offers a creative environment that stimulates a fun personal journey for everybody. If you enjoy being active, run through our mazes and play unlimited Minigolf and Frisbee Golf. Enjoy a GAME of trust as a partner blindfolds you and navigates you through the Native Maze. Unearth dinosaur bones in the Fossil Dig. The Tangled Web will test your agility. If you enjoy visual brainteasers, you'll love the Rainbow Maze and Giant Eyespys. Analyse and solve the cryptic secret message inside the Famous Hedge Maze, or perhaps you prefer to surround yourself in nature, you'll ENJOY our magnificent panoramic views of the gorgeous Yarra Valley. Bring all your family and friends and celebrate togetherness or find an intimate spot to picnic with someone special. Experience Hedgend how you wish to spend a memorable day. We also have Laser Sport available! Laser Sport is an experience a LIVE adrenaline fuelled version of Call Of Duty, in an outdoor battlefield. Laser Sport can be described as a combination of modern computer games and military training scenarios, where players work with a strong emphasis on tactics, stealth and strategy in order to WIN missions.

Reviewed By Tchickdp - Melbourne, Australia

don't read the bad reviews. Seriously people, what is wrong with you? if you want more than $18 worth of joy go somewhere that charges more than $18. I can count at LEAST 18 things that gave me a dollar worth of joy at this place. 1) fat healthy chickens. One of them bit my kid. Life lessons. right there. 2) a really loud sheep that baa'd so loud it made the kid giggle and forget that a chicken bit her. 3) lawn jenga. Bring a bike helmet if your kid is younger than four. 4) trust maze. Blindfold the dad and make the kids guide him through. That's at least three dollars of giggles. 5) big mother maze. It's big, it's old it's tired. It had hipsters filming something with an old telephone and a candle in it. there are quotes from wise people and lots of puddles. Take gumboots. 6) you can climb a tower at the end and pretend you are royalty. 7) the rainbow maze. Math nerds go nuts. that thing gets hard. easy bits to entertain the kid while dad runs patterns in his head 7) a tangled rope course. I'll pay a dollar any day to watch my kid concentrate for 20 minutes. 8) a mural with hidden things in it. Not just any mural, a photo of a mural. It has Australiana? are you a tourist? look for the hills hoist. We couldn't find the scissors. 9) i beat my super competitive parter and mini golf. 10) number 12 has a loop the loop tire and you get to bash it really hard. 11) frisbee golf. Numbers on poles in a paddock. 12) there were kangaroos in the paddock too. 13) amazing background of mountains behind the numbers on sticks and kangaroos in the paddock. 14) toasted sandwiches and jelly in the cafe. 15) a donation box for a kid with no explanation. It had football cards. 16) fossil digging in the sand. My kid thinks all those fossils are real and that dinosaurs roamed the maze. 17) stables and a marquee. You can get married there and then play frisbee golf at your reception and get drunk and lost in the maze with the dinosaurs 18) edible bush tucker garden. Go here. find your inner kid. it is fun.

10. Yarra Valley Transfers - Wine Tours

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5.0 based on 52 reviews

Yarra Valley Transfers - Wine Tours

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