Loaded Day — Sanctuary, Alpine, Puffing Billy

01 [DRAFT-REAL] Healesville Sanctuary

Badger Creek Rd, Healesville VIC 3777

1300 966 784

9am – 5pm, daily (last entry 4pm)

A 30-acre native wildlife park run by Zoos Victoria — koalas, platypus, raptors in flight, and an open-air vet hospital.

Get there for opening u2014 animals are most active early.
02 [DRAFT-REAL] Alpine Hotel

3340 Warburton Highway, Warburton VIC 3799

03 5966 2411

Reception: daily, 8am–10pm · Restaurant: lunch & dinner Wed–Sun, breakfast daily

Heritage-listed country hotel on the Yarra River — 32 rooms, six dining spaces, and a riverside garden, in business since 1885.

Lunch on the way through Warburton.
03 [DRAFT-REAL] Puffing Billy Railway

1 Old Monbulk Rd, Belgrave VIC 3160

(03) 9757 0700

Train timetable varies — check website

Heritage steam railway from Belgrave through the Dandenong Ranges to Gembrook, with lake stops along the way. Placeholder copy — committee to overwrite with real timetable + ticketing…

Catch the late train from Belgrave.