Stonelea Country Estate - Leisure
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Where we are... and how to get here !

Stonelea Country Estate is located on the corner of Connelly's Creek Road and the Maroondah Highway at Acheron, 40 minutes past the Yarra Valley. Drive time is a comfortable 2 hours from Melbourne CBD (subject to traffic conditions), 1 hour from Lilydale or 90 minutes from the airport.

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Melways Reference 610 T8

From Melbourne there are several options:

Via Maroondah Highway

  • Join the Maroondah Highway via the Eastern Freeway or Canterbury Road
  • Continue through Lilydale and Healesville, across the Black Spur Ranges to Acheron, about 7 minutes past the small town of Taggerty, 10 km before Alexandra
  • Turn left into Connelly’s Creek Road to enter Stonelea

OR, the following route does not travel over the Black Spur if you prefer a less windy route, traveling time is approx 5-10 minutes longer.

  • Turn left at Coldstream onto the Melba Highway
  • Travel through Yarra Glen and Yea
  • After Molesworth turn right to Alexandra
  • At the main intersection in Alexandra turn right onto the Maroondah Hwy towards Melbourne
  • Stonelea is 10km from Alexandra
  • At Acheron, turn right into Connelly’s Creek Road to enter

From Melbourne Airport or the Western Ring Road

  • Take the Hume Hwy towards Seymour - Sydney
  • Exit at Tallarook and continue to Yea
  • Travel straight through Yea towards Mansfield
  • After Molesworth turn right to Alexandra
  • At the main intersection in Alexandra turn right onto the Maroondah Hwy towards Melbourne
  • Stonelea is 10km from Alexandra
  • At Acheron, turn right into Connelly’s Creek Road to enter

OR, if you prefer not to travel Via the Hume Hwy the following is a direct but more picturesque route to Yea

  • Take the Western Ring Road towards Greensborough but exit at Plenty Road.
  • Turn left towards Whittlesea and continue to Yea
  • Travel straight through Yea towards Mansfield
  • After Molesworth turn right to Alexandra
  • At the main intersection in Alexandra turn right onto the Maroondah hwy towards Melbourne
  • Stonelea is 10km from Alexandra
  • At Acheron, turn right into Connelly’s Creek Road to enter

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