The Daily Public Group Tour

• 08:40am

  Driver arrives at the pickup point – 74 Spring street, East Melbourne – across the road from Hotel Windsor
  

• 08:40am - 08:50am

  Get on the bus, meet your fellow travellers, and get a quick rundown of the day ahead. Get the Spotify playlist started!

• 08:55am

  Depart for the Yarra Valley – at the VERY LATEST!

• 10am

  Wine and cider tasting at YERING FARM WINES Occasionally replaced with SOUMAH WINES

• 11am

  Wine tasting and cheese platters at TOKAR ESTATE. Occasionally replaced with HELENS HILL

• 12:00pm

  Lunch at your expense at either ST HUBERTS ESTATE/QUARTERS or DOMAINE CHANDON.
  We will take you to either one and split the group if need be.

• 01:40pm

  Gin and tonic paddles or a drink of choice at FOUR PILLARS GIN With choice of PAYTEN AND JONES for a quality wine tasting or WATTS RIVER BREWERY for a beer tasting if preferred.

• 02:45pm

  YARRA VALLEY CHOCOLATERIE AND ICE CREAMERY with choice of YARRAWOOD ESTATE instead, if you want to keep drinking at your own expense.

• 03:50pm

  Depart the Yarra Valley

• 05:00pm - 05:15pm

  Arrive back at 74 Spring street, East Melbourne, across the road from Hotel Windsor. Have a drink across the road with your new friends!

  

• Tastings at four venues
• Cheese platter at Tokar Estate
• A collaborative Spotify playlist for the day
• Stop at a restaurant for lunch (at your own expense)
• Comfortable, air-conditioned bus
• Water on board
• BYO food and drink welcome on the bus
• Fun, charismatic, social and knowledgeable guides
• A focus on helping everyone connect and have a great time
• Cooler/esky provided for any drinks you purchase along the way
• Occasionally, a bit of complimentary boxed wine for a laugh!

• Lunch included at the lunch venue
• Drinks and tastings served at the lunch venue
• Drinks at the final optional venue, Yarrawood Estate
• Ability to visit Yarra Yering, Yarra Valley Dairy, Rob Dolan, or Mt Mary
• No boring, old-fashioned ‘fact and figures’ style tour guiding — we keep it fun and engaging!

The easiest and most foolproof way is to put “HOTEL WINDSOR, EAST MELBOURNE” into Google Maps. Once you arrive, simply walk across the road to the same side as the statue, where there’s a bus bay for our buses to park. This spot is technically 74 SPRING STREET, EAST MELBOURNE right near Parliament Train Station. Below is a photo.

There’s a café here called Café Excello, where you can grab a coffee beforehand if you’re a little early.

How to get there

Trams: Any tram heading east from the CBD/Downtown will take you to Spring Street. Literally any tram — no matter the number — and best of all, trams are free within the CBD for everyone.

Train: Take any train on the city loop and get off at Parliament Station. This is exactly where our pick-up spot is.

Uber/Taxi: We recommend entering 74 Spring Street, East Melbourne, Hotel Windsor, or Parliament Station as your destination — they’re all essentially the same location.

Important:
Do NOT put “74 Spring Street East, Port Melbourne” into your maps — this is a common mistake!

We have a 24-seat bus but usually don’t fill it up to keep the group small and intimate. Most days, there are around 10 to 20 people.

When it’s busy, we run more than one bus and will text you to choose which one you want. You can choose a bigger bus with about 20 people or a smaller van with 11 to 13. Generally though, expect to be on the mini-bus with about 20 people.

We almost always use our 2017 Mitsubishi Rosa, which has 24 passenger seats. Sometimes we use our 2018 Toyota Coaster with 21 seats.

For smaller groups, we use Toyota Commuters (from 2005 to 2020) that seat 11 to 13 people.

All our vehicles are well air-conditioned, heated, fully accredited, and carefully maintained.

We do not have space for wheelchairs, prams, luggage or anything except people!

On a case-by-case basis, we might be able to pick you up from a spot that doesn’t require a detour.

If you’re in the eastern suburbs, we ask you to meet us at 101 Maroondah Highway, Croydon – Croydon McDonalds at 9:20am. You can park there all day if you’re driving.

If in Lilydale/Yarra Valley, then 161 Main Street, Lillydale, – ‘BWS LILLYDALE’ at 9:35am.

We do not pick up from hotels or Airbnbs.

If you are staying at an airbnb/hotel within the Yarra Valley, you will need to meet us at the first winery, Yering Farm Wines, at 10am. Please contact us about any of these as a potential pick up spot.

We do not issue refunds for any reason if you cancel within 24 hours of the tour start time (8:45am).

We understand things happen — sickness, family emergencies, cancelled flights, late Ubers, or trains not running — but because your seat can’t be resold at such short notice, we can’t offer a refund. That’s what travel insurance is for if you’re on holiday.

If you cancel more than 24 hours before the tour starts, we offer a full refund for any reason.

Why? We need enough time to rebook your seat. Usually, 24 hours isn’t enough notice, so NO refunds are given within this window.

If you’re running late on the day, we recommend catching a taxi directly to the first venue to avoid missing out.

We don’t allow free rescheduling for cancellations. If you want to book another date, you’ll need to purchase a new ticket at full price.