How to get to Dinner Plain

From Melbourne and Down South

  • FLY direct from Melbourne Airport to Hotham Airport with QantasLink Airlines. A range of transport options are available from Mount Hotham Airport ranging from a 45 seat coach or private 4WD taxis.
  • DRIVE - take the Hume Highway to Wangaratta and then the Great Alpine Road via Bright and Harrietville, travel time is about 4.5 hours. Distance 357km.
  • Or take the Princes Highway to Bairnsdale and the Great Alpine Road via Omeo and Dinner Plain, travel time is about 5.5 hours. Distance 457km.
  • COACHES depart daily from Melbourne's Spencer Street Coach Terminal and Tullamarine Airport opposite the Virgin Domestic Terminal, Trekset Bus Service will transfer you directly to Dinner Plain and travel via the Hume Highway to Myrtleford, Bright and Harrietville. Travel time is approximately 6 hours from Melbourne city and 5 ½ hours from Melbourne Airport.
  • TRAIN & COACH V-line operate services daily from Melbourne City to Wangaratta. Connect at Wangaratta with Trekset coach service. Actual travel time is around 6 hours, however you will need to add any delay in connection times to the two services. 

Travelling from Sydney

  • FLY direct from Kingsford Smith Airport to Hotham Airport with QantasLink Airlines. A range of transport options are available from Mount Hotham Airport ranging from a 45 seat coach or private 4WD taxis.
  • DRIVE - Take the Hume Highway to Albury-Wodonga and follow the snow signs to Yackandandah then turn off to Myrtleford.
  • At Myrtleford turn on to the Great Alpine Road to Bright, then Harrietville and Mount Hotham.
  • TRAIN & COACH Departing daily, take the Countrylink train from Central Station to Wangaratta and connect with the Trekset Coach Service for your transfer to Mount Hotham. Actual travel time is around 6 hours, however you will need to add any delay in connection times to the two services.  

From Brisbane

  • From Brisbane FLY to Sydney and board a connecting QantasLink flight direct to Hotham Airport. A range of transport options are available from Mount Hotham Airport ranging from a 45 seat coach or private 4WD taxis.
  • DRIVE - take the Newell Highway from Queensland to Tocumwal and Cobram, then onto Wangaratta and the Great Alpine Road. Travel time around 15 hours. Distance: 1593km.

From Adelaide

  • FLY Flights from Adelaide to Melbourne and connect with QantasLink Airlines services direct to Mount Hotham Airport. A range of transport options are available from Mount Hotham Airport ranging from a 45 seat coach or private 4WD taxis.
  • DRIVE From Adelaide there are various touring routes to Mount Hotham but the most popular is via the Mallee Highway to Ouyen, connect to the Murray Valley Highway to Swan Hill, the Midland Highway to Shepparton, then take the Hume Highway to Wangaratta, followed by the Great Alpine Road direct to Mount Hotham. Travel time around 12 hours. Distance 882km.
  • COACH The Ski Conection offer overnight luxury airconditioned coaches, complete with video entertainment, depart from Adelaide twice weekly direct for Hotham.

From Perth

  • FLY direct from Perth to Melbourne and connect with QantasLink direct to Mount Hotham Airport. A range of transport options are available from Mount Hotham Airport ranging from a 45 seat coach or private 4WD taxis.
  • FLY/COACH Fly direct from Perth to Melbourne and connect with daily coach services to Mount Hotham/Dinner Plain. Departing daily from Melbourne Airport.