9. From Melbourne: Fruit-Picking & Puffing Billy 1-Day Tour
Main Attractions: Puffing Billy Steam Train Rayner’s Orchard Tour Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery Itinerary: The first stop on the trip is the Puffing Billy Steam Train. The Puffing Billy is Australia's oldest steam railway. The architecture of the station follows the style of a small British rural station, passes through the primitive forest park, and shuttles through the verdant Dandenong Ranges, with lush fern gullies brushing past and Mountain Ash trees towering overhead, giving visitors a sense of tranquility and beauty. Continue to the Rayner’s Orchard. Rayner’s Orchard is a unique boutique orchard located in the beautiful Yarra Valley. They grow 450 varieties of fruit, including peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots, tamarillo, pomegranate, persimmon, figs, pepino, feijoa, guava, kiwi fruit, dutch medlar and various citrus throughout winter. Rayner’s Orchard has at least 8 varieties of fruit ready for picking every day of the year. When you join the Tractor tour at Rayner’s Orchard,there will be multiple stops during the tour where you can hop off the tractor, pick and eat as many fruits as you wish.Extra U-Pick Fruits to take away is $6 per kilo(at your own expense). The last stop will be Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery.Enjoy abundant free chocolate tastings.Watch the European Chocolatiers hand craft over 400 different chocolate products.Relax in the all day Café serving breakfast, lunch and specialising in decadent sweet treats. When tastings are done, let the children run and play in expansive lawns, gardens, orchard and wetlands. (Tour departure and end time,according to Puffing Billy train schedule.) (The itinerary sequence and play time may be adjusted due to weather, traffic and other objective factors on the day)