Travel ItineraryTravel RouteSydney-Melbourne Lorne Port Fairy Mt Gambier Victor Harbor Adelaide Horsham Hills Gap Melbourne-SydneyDay1-Sydney city tour Start my Sydney holiday around its harbour. Wander the cobblestone cul-de-sacs and peruse the weekend markets in The Rocks, the historic precinct where Sydney began. Climb the Harbour Bridge or catch a ferry to the zoo. Visit the Museum of Contemporary Art on my way round Circular Quay. Stroll through the sculpted Botanic Gardens to the Art Gallery of NSW or the museums and historic sites along Macquarie Street. Keep walking to the fine dining strip of Woolloomooloo wharf and cosmopolitan Potts Point. Hop on a bus to Rose Bay, where you can hire a kayak and spend the afternoon paddling round the inner harbour. Or continue onto Watsons Bay and watch the sun set over Sydneys skyline from the beachfront pub. In the evening, dine out in a restaurant along Cockle Bay Wharf after visiting the many attractions of Darling Harbour or enjoy the nightlife hot spots of Surry Hills or Kings Cross. Complete my first Sydney day with a performance at the iconic Opera House.Day2 Sydney-Melbourne -LorneTake the first plane , going from SYD to Melbourne. Meet with my friend WangChong, begin our trip to Lorne. Drive into Geelong on the Bellarine Peninsula, where you can walk along the waterfront, visit local vineyards or swim from the beaches. Continue onto Torquay, where the spectacular, cliff-hugging Great Ocean Road begins. Torquay is also the gateway to Victorias Surf Coast. Visit the huge surfing museum and ride the waves of popular Jan Juc or iconic Bells Beach. Surf at Point Addis and Anglesea, where golfers share the scenic golf course with grazing kangaroos. The great waves continue at Fairhaven and Eastern View, en route to the seaside holiday haven of Lorne. Swim from the golden beach of Loutit Bay and walk to waterfalls such as Erskine Falls tucked into the Otway Ranges. Trawl the galleries, boutiques and restaurants of the main street and drink coffee at one of Victorias first cafes. Stay in a bed and breakfast, camping site or in luxury accommodation spilling into the surrounding forest.Day 3 Lorne to Port FairyWatch the rugged cliffs drop dramatically to ocean on one side and national park on the other driving into Apollo Bay. Explore the ancient rainforests, heathlands, glow worm caves and waterfalls of Great Otway National Park. Visit the 150-year-old Cape Otway Lighthouse and picnic at Paradise or Shelly Beaches. Curving round the coast, youll see the craggy limestone towers of the Twelve Apostles rising out of the Southern Ocean. Take photos from the boardwalk or Gibsons steps and wander the paths at London Bridge, Bay of Islands and Loch Ard Gorge. Continue along Shipwreck Coast, named after the wild seas that sent at least 700 ships crashing on the rocks. Explore Warrnambool, where from May to October Southern Right Whales calve off Logan Beach. Soak up seafaring history in Port Fairy, with its old whitewashed cottages and Georgian-style homes. See Australias largest fur seal colony and get up close to dolphins, whales and sharks from a boat.Day 4 - Port Fairy to Mt GambierPortland, Victorias first European settlement. Check out the hundreds of heritage buildings and watch fishing boats unload their catch on the waterfront. Drive the scenic coastal route to rugged Cape Nelson State Park and the towering sea cliffs of Cape Bridgewater. Look over the deep-blue waters of Bridgewater Bay, explore a sand-petrified forest and walk around the cape to see the large fur seal colony. Back on the highway, drive through Nelson and across the South Australian border. Visit Mount Gambier, which sits on an ancient extinct volcano and is circled by crater lakes such as Blue Lake, named after the vivid colour it turns from November to February. Drive north to Penola and to Coonawarra, where you can sample cabernet sauvignon in some of the 20 cellar doors. Alternatively, drive through the fishing towns of the Limestone Coast to picturesque Robe. Dine on local lobster and swim or walk along Long Beach.Day 5 - Mt Gambier to Victor HarborDriving north from Coonawarra, visit the World heritage-listed Naracoorte Caves National Park, where the 26 limestone caves house the fossilised skeletons of giant marsupials. Cross the Murray River at Tailem Bend and head into the antiques hub of Strathalbyn on the Fleurieu Peninsula. From Robe, drive north through Kingston South East, where you can dine on fresh seafood and visit the historic Cape Jaffa lighthouse. Canoe or kayak along the shallow, salty lagoons of The Coorong, past a rich diversity of wetland birds. Learn about the areas Aboriginal culture with a local Ngarrindjeri guide. Cross the Murray River at Wellington and head through Strathalbyn to the Langhorne Creek wine region and the historic river port of Goolwa. Surf, fly kites and spot southern right whales