Dan Andrews celebrates Freedom Day with his wife after Victoria exits ...

Premier Dan Andrews has stepped out to enjoy Freedom Day celebrations with his wife after Melbourne endured the world's longest lockdown - but his festivities didn't include 'getting on the beers'.

Victoria officially lifted its stay-at-home orders at 11.59pm on Thursday after a record-breaking 262 days in lockdown after the Covid-riddled state reached its 70 per cent vaccination target.

While many revellers visited pubs and restaurants around the city to celebrate their new-found freedom, Mr Andrews opted for a more tame celebration on Friday morning with his family.

Instead of 'getting on the beers' - a phrase made famous by Mr Andrews during a press conference in March 2020, he got on the white wines with his wife Catherine as they caught up with a mother's group at Drinkwell in Melbourne's lively suburb of Fitzroy. 

'Catching up with the mother's group on Zoom just isn't the same,' Mr Andrews wrote on Twitter. 

'Today Teddy, Naomi, Monty and their mums finally met up - in person. And we thought that called for a celebration.'

The Premier and his wife were seen laughing and enjoying the company of the mother's group and their children as they sat at a table filled with beverages.

Mr Andrews even held one of the children on his lap during the visit as everyone in attendance enjoyed their first outing. 

Before his post-lockdown celebrations on Friday, Mr Andrews took to Twitter to post a series of gushing tweets to mark the easing of restrictions and revealed how 'bloody proud' he was of Victorians.

'As my kids say - there's a big vibe today,' the Premier wrote.

'You can feel the optimism. You can sense the pride in what's been achieved.

'And after everything it's taken to get here, we absolutely deserve to feel that way,' he added.

Mr Andrews said that the state went through a difficult time together, but the sacrifices have allowed them to open up again safely.

'I'm trying not to sound like some kind of soppy Dad here, but I am proud, bloody proud of this state,' he continued.

'We've gone through such a hard time together, this pandemic has been exhausting in every sense of the word.

'And the fact that we're here today, and opening up, is only because of the sacrifices made by every one of us.'

But, the Premier reminded his constituents that the pandemic isn't over, and things won't simply return to normal right away.

'People won't just spring back from this either, the pandemic isn't over, and feeling a bit anxious about all this is normal,' Mr Andrews wrote.

'So if you're heading out today - please just remember that this will take time, not everyone will be so ready to throw open their front door.'

'And the process of reopening won't be without flaws either, we all know that. It will take a lot of patience and understanding,' he added.

Mr Andrews urged residents planning to enjoy a night out at hospitality venues to be mindful of staff getting accustomed to the new rules in place.

'So if you've got a booking, and something goes wrong, please - don't take it out on the staff.'

'It isn't their job to update the apps, and the last thing they need is an argument about vaccines.'

'These workers serving us deserve nothing less than absolute respect, thanks and understanding. They're the best.' 

Victoria will also scrap all quarantine requirements for international returning travellers from November 1.

Premier Daniel Andrews on Friday followed his NSW counterpart Dominic Perrottet's lead by allowing fully vaccinated Australians to enter the state from overseas without spending 14 days in hotel or home quarantine.

Travellers will have to test negative to Covid-19 within 72 hours of their departure and get swabbed again within a day of arriving into Victoria.

Hotel quarantine has been in place for those arriving back into Australia since March 2020 - when international borders closed to all but citizens and permanent residents - with strict arrival caps leaving many stranded overseas. 

'This is a freedom of movement we've not been able to enjoy for a long time. And that's all because Victorians have got vaccinated in record time and in record numbers,' Mr Andrews said. 

He said the state will be 'as protected as we can be' by the start of November as 80 to 90 per cent of the eligible adult population will have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.  

The announcement follows Victoria recording 16 Covid-related deaths overnight - the highest single-day toll in any state during Australia's Delta outbreak - and 2,189 cases.

Victorian chief health officer Brett Sutton urged for caution as the state opens up to the rest of the world, warning the easing of restrictions would lead to an unprecedented increase in Covid transmission.  

'As we start to reopen, there will be more Covid in the community than at any other point in time,' he said.

'Many of those people will have mild illness cause they're fully vaccinated. Many of those settings will have fully vaccinated people.

'Checking in, wearing a mask will be really important, and on days like today, opening every door and window in sight to let that fresh air through.' 

The new infections were announced just hours after tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Melbourne when the clock struck midnight and the city's longsuffering locals were finally released from their sixth lockdown. 

Revellers screamed in celebration from their apartment balconies, while car horns blared in the background as overjoyed Melburnians got their first taste of freedom since August.