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Tours and Tailor Made Holidays to

Daylesford

AUSTRALIA
  • CURRENCY Australian Dollars
  • LANGUAGE English
  • WEATHER
  • FLYING TIME 22 hrs 10 mins
  • TIME ZONE GMT+ 10

Enjoy natural mineral springs, acclaimed cuisine, award winning day spas, spectacular scenery, romantic hideaways, and historic street scapes.

Tailor Made Holidays to Daylesford

At Travel Concierge, we pride ourselves on tailoring holidays to Daylesford that are designed around your needs and expectations and not ours. We have a range of Daylesford holiday offers that we have negotiated special or exclusive deals on. We can also arrange multi centre Daylesford holiday itineraries as well as tours and excursions in Daylesford. For more information on our Daylesford holidays, call an Travel Concierge tailor-made expert on 0161 729 0099 and speak to one of our reservation experts who will be able to help you plan the perfect holiday in Daylesford.

Destination Overview

Located only 90 minutes away by car from Melbourne, Daylesford is famed for the bubbling mineral waters which flow from its many springs.   

Coupled with its beautiful mountain scenery, forests, gardens and lakes, Daylesford and neighbouring Hepburn Springs have become a highly popular tourist attraction for visitors on Australia Holidays. Daylesford’s proximity to Melbourne also means that this is a popular day trip destination for those on holiday in Melbourne. Daylesford hosts a thriving industry built around physical and spiritual wellness including spa treatments, massages and acupuncture.

  Daylesford offers visitors on holiday in Australia natural mineral springs, acclaimed cuisine, award winning day spas, spectacular scenery, , romantic hideaways, country resorts, historic streetscapes, great entertainment, fabulous art and exciting golf courses. The Shire boasts the highest concentration of mineral springs in the country and is complemented with an equally large array of therapists. Continuing the region’s long tradition as a place of healing, holistic health services are provided in conjunction with the mineral springs and spas.

  The natural beauty of the area and its period character have drawn a widening artistic community, providing visitors and the community with performing and visual arts by artists of national and international repute. Lake Daylesford covers the land upon which gold was first discovered and is just a few minutes walk south of the town centre. The area offers numerous picnic spots, walking tracks and several mineral springs. There are also jetties for fishing and for those wishing to hire rowboats. Wombat Hill Botanical Gardens which were first established in 1863 are short walk east of the town centre. The gardens are situated on an extinct volcano and offer stunning views over the surrounding countryside from its manicured lawns and pathways. The gardens also feature a rotunda, lookout tower and conservatory. Jubilee Lake is a few kilometres south of Daylesford and although it was coonstructed in 1860 as a water supply, today it is a scenic location for fishing, boating and swimming.

When to visit Daylesford

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Do you need inspiration for when to go on holiday to Daylesford? Give the team of experts at Travel Concierge a call and we will help you plan your Daylesford holiday at the best time of year for your requirements. Although our Daylesford holiday search tool will allow you to search for Daylesford holiday prices upto 11 months in advance, we can also price holidays to Daylesford for 2025 and 2026. We can advise on the best time to travel on your Daylesford holiday based on Daylesford weather, special events in Daylesford or even when the crowds in Daylesford are at their lowest.

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Autumn time is the clear favourite for regular visitor to Daylesford, but as with most places in Australia, every season has its charms and benefits.   

To give allow you to make an educated choice of when you should visit, we have put together some highlights for each of the four seasons.

  Winter (Jun-Aug) is peak tourist season in Daylesford, fuelled mainly by Melburnians seeking mid-year solace. The weather is dependably chilly and damp, ideal for enjoying hot mineral springs, the cosy interior of a good restaurant or the Words in Winter literary festival.

  Spring, at least in September, doesn't always differ hugely from winter, although by late October and November the sunny patches will be longer and more distinct. The spring quickening coincides perfectly with the Daylesford Agricultural Show, held annually on the last Saturday in November. An advantage of spring is that there is an abundance of wildflowers that spring up in surrounding parklands. Spring also offers several annual events such as the Swiss-Italian Festa in October and the Fabulous Flower Festa in November.

  Like all of Victoria, Daylesford in summer can be mercilessly hot, although its 600m elevation tends to take the edge off the really extreme days. Strong northerly winds enhance the danger of bushfire from December to February; only the ever-present likelihood of a cool change relieves the heat on really bad days. Perversely, this is the season of the Daylesford Highland Gathering, billed as the largest in the southern hemisphere.

  All things considered, autumn is probably the best time to visit. The days are still long, the weather is stable and sunny (without being oppressively hot) and the town's deciduous trees sport the whole fiery spectrum, from red to gold. Autumn offers perhaps the best balance of sunshine, long days and gentle temperatures. Average daily minimums between March and May (when the mercury starts to dip with a vengeance) range from 6.4° to 11.0°, maximums between 13.3° and 22.0° and monthly precipitation from 50mm to 60mm.

Top Attractions

You haven't been to a destination until you have seen its most famous attractions! The team at Travel Concierge have put together our recommendations of some of the top attractions in Daylesford. If you are looking for advice about the attactions you should visit during your holiday in Daylesford, give one of our tailor made holiday experts a call on 0161 729 0099

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