Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Collingwood Arts Precinct
Great cluster of walkable galleries from Aboriginal art to contemporary works, and most at
affordable prices. (
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Street art
Melbourne's laneways serve as urban galleries flush with paste-ups, stencil art and installations by highly re-
garded local and international street artists. (
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Historic Towns & Villages
Victoria's historic settlements brim with beautiful period architecture. Most owe their existence to the state's glittering
gold-mining heritage; signposts to bushranger exploits also survive.
Walhalla
Utterly gorgeous living museum to the gold-rush days in a remote mountain valley. (
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Maldon
Goldfields town where the past comes alive in architecture and antiques. (
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Kyneton
Nineteenth-century bluestone buildings carry echoes of prosperous gold-mining days. (
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Castlemaine
Boom-era architecture provides a backdrop for a new boom in artistic endeavour. (
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Beechworth
Almost uniform sandstone architecture dominates this historic settlement, which has a growing reputation
for culinary excellence. (
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Glenrowan
Scene of Ned Kelly's Last Stand; bushranger history is everywhere on show. (
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Yackandandah
Its historic main street is the ideal setting for a slew of antique shops and associated paraphernalia.
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Chiltern
A main street that looks like it was built for a film set, surrounded by box-ironbark forests. (
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Echuca
Wonderfully preserved old port that still sends paddle steamers out onto the Murray River. (
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Ballarat
Sovereign Hill may take a theme-park approach to history but there's no finer evocation of the gold-rush days.
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Wilderness & Wildlife
A fabulous destination for nature lovers, Victoria has some of eastern Australia's prime tracts of wilderness and most ac-
cessible native wildlife.
Snowy River & Errinundra National Parks
Wild rivers snaking through canyons and deeply forested gorges make
these parks spellbinding. (
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Wilsons Promontory National Park
Glorious wild-coast scenery combined with bird and animal life in their natural
setting. (
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Cape Otway
One of the best places on earth to see wild koalas, just off the Great Ocean Road (
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land (
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also offer top koala viewing.
Anglesea
Kangaroos dodge golf balls on the fairways of the town's golf course along the Great Ocean Road. (
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Phillip Island
The Penguin Parade gets all the headlines, and rightly so, but don't forget the fur seals at Seal Rocks.
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Sorrento
Swim with the dolphins in Port Phillip Bay in Victoria's premier up-close wildlife encounter. (
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