Poowong is a little town about an hour from Melbourne...in the Gippsland hills among all the dairy farms. Very quiet and picturesque. Take a break there and have a drink or meal in the pub. Watch out for the motorbike riders, it's a favourite haunt of theirs on weekends.
Poowong
near Korumburra Gippsland
1 hr from Melbourne out via the Monash and Sth Gippsland freeways