What to See & Do - Driving Holiday NSW and Vic

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Didn't want to de-rail the XE to Bathurst roadtrip thread so started new thread...looking for ideas and advice for driving holiday (what to see and where to stay, which will all go towards breaking it up into smaller journeys). As valid as it may be, not looking for advice to not do it.

Plan is round trip from Adelaide taking in NSW and Victoria in January.

Me, wifey and 2 girls aged 9 and 11.

Staying mostly cabins in caravans parks or similar with half decent hotels thrown in every few days to keep everyone sane.

Original plan was to head south east from Adelaide and spend few day in Mount Gambier (family there), take time winding our way through Victoria and up into NSW, then once done head inland back to Adelaide..but that long last leg from northern NSW back to Adelaide will suck after weeks of being in the car (kids would be weary by then). So I'm thinking would be better doing that in reverse - leave Adelaide headed towards northern NSW while the kids are fresh and excited, so the final leg back to Adelaide would be shorter stint from Mt Gambier.

So if leaving Adelaide for northern NSW (Byron), any suggestions on where to stay on the way to break up that long first leg? Anything to see and do on the way between Adelaide and northern NSW?

What about breaking up the trip from Sydney to Melbourne into a few days? Good places to see or stay in Southern NSW?

Anything to add to what the kids have already asked to see/do, which so far is:

NSW:
- Bondi (because Bondi rescue)
- Wet 'n Wild
- Lunar Park
- Taronga Zoo

Vic:
- Aquarium
- Zoo
- Markets
- Lunar Park (again)
- Sovereign Hill

What 'Bigs' and other landmarks are there along the way?