Breakfast at the hotel, Explore the place today on your own on a self-drive basis. Optional Activities in Sydney: Excursion to Blue Mountain or Excursion to Hunter gardens for wine tasting, visit the Sydney Aquarium or Sydney Wildlife Park, evening Showboat dinner cruise experience. Overnight in Sydney. (B)

Breakfast at the hotel and check out of the hotel. Clear the extras at the hotel if any. Drive south out of Sydney and through the Royal National Park to begin the cliff-hugging Grand Pacific Drive. Stop to swim, surf or picnic at Stanwell Tops, where you can also take in stunning coastal views from the cliff-tops. Drive over the dramatic Sea Cliff Bridge, which spans 455 metres over the ocean, and into the scenic city of Wollongong. Continue through the lush rolling hills to Gerringong and Gerroa, which sits perched on cliffs overlooking Seven Mile Beach. Drive alongside it to Shoalhaven Heads, a popular spot for swimming, surfing and beach fishing, or head inland for a pub lunch in the pretty historic town of Berry. Optional Activities: Short, scenic drive to the antique shops, galleries and green pasturelands of Kangaroo Valley. Stop at Coolangatta Estate for award winning wines. Finish your first day in Nowra, which offers pretty antique shops and cafes. Overnight at Nowra (B)

Breakfast at the hotel and check out, clear the extras at the hotel if any. Head to Huskisson in Jervis Bay. Optional Activities in Jervis Bay: Cruise next to dolphin pods or burrow your feet in some of the world’s whitest sand at Hyams Beach. Swim, bushwalk or birdwatch in the beaches and forest of Booderee National Park. Picnic at Hammerhead Point near Currarong and Red Point near Callala. Hire a sea kayak and paddle round Honeymoon Bay and swim off Murrays Beach, where the waters are sheltered by Bowen Island. Get behind the wheel, drive south and stop at Ulladulla for fish and chips on the harbour. Take in the rugged coastline of Murramarang National Park and the lakes and beaches of South Durras. End your day in the vibrant holiday town of Batemans Bay. Check in the hotel and freshen up. Optional Activities in Bateman Bay: Cruise the Clyde River and feast on fresh oysters. Overnight at Bateman Bay (B)

Breakfast at the hotel. Check out and you will start your drive from Batemans Bay. You can stop in Mogo, where you can browse boutique shops and experience life in a 19th century gold mining village. Then visit the pretty National Trust-listed village of Central Tilba and see traditional craftspeople at work. Optional Activities: At the Umbarra Cultural Centre, where you can join a boomerang throwing session. Travel along the beach road to Mimosa Rocks National Park, where you can swim and snorkel in the lagoons, surf from the ocean beaches and trek the jagged coastline. Pull into Eden where you can watch majestic southern right and humpback whales make their annual migration between May and November. Optional Activities: Whale watching Cruise in Eden. Bushwalk through wildflowers, beaches and eucalypts in Ben Boyd National Park. Overnight at Eden(B)

  Breakfast at the hotel, Check out and continue on across the Victorian border to the pretty coastal town of Mallacoota, on the tranquil, shimmering lakes of Mallacoota Inlet. Finish your day at Bairnsdale. Overnight at Bairnsdale.(B)

Breakfast at the hotel. Drive along the Princes Highway on your way to Wilsons Promontory National Park. Stay overnight at Tidal River or in the nearby town of Foster. Overnight at Wilson Promontory (B)

Breakfast at the hotel. Drive through the fishing and pelican haven of San Remo and over the bridge to Phillip Island. Spend the night in Cowes or the sheltered port of Rhyll. Optional Activities: Visit the Penguins at Phillip Island and the wildlife park. Overnight at Phillip Island.(B)

Breakfast at the hotel, you will check out and take the scenic route around Western Port Bay and the Mornington Peninsula. Enjoy the beach town of Mornington. After the tour you will self drive to Melbourne. Check in and the rest of the day is free. Overnight at Melbourne Hotel.(B)

Breakfast at the hotel. Explore the Place on your own on a self drive basis. Optional Activities: Explore the city and Eureka Sky deck. Visit the winery Yarra Valley and enjoy the wine tasting tour. Overnight at Melbourne Hotel. (B)

After breakfast, check out and self drive to Melbourne airport and drop the car at the airport (B)