Most popular VIC destinations
006 Beechworth
Beechworth is by far the best-preserved 19th Century gold mining town in Australia. Not a single building in the town’s centre feels 20th, let alone 21st, Century.
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Out & About: Lygon Street
Imbued with an aura of seduction no matter what the time of day, it’s hard to imagine what could be missing from this three-kilometre strip that passes beguilingly through Carlton and into up-and-coming Brunswick East. Em Weekes explores Lygon Street, one of Australia’s most important urban culinary trails.
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Out & About: Geelong
Stepping out of the shadows cast by its cooler big sister Melbourne, Geelong is becoming a destination unto itself, thanks to cheap flights, a winning AFL team and a fast-developing waterfront, writes Justin Wastnage.
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Good Taste In Victoria
The Alpine valleys and river-fed fields of Victoria’s northeast are home to Australia’s first gourmet region. And the edible attractions of Milawa, Bright, Beechworth and Myrtleford just keep on growing. By Suzi Petkovski
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Boutique Wineries of the Yarra Valley
The Yarra Valley’s fertile edges hide some the best boutique wineries in Victoria. Steve Robertson skirts the famously verdant valley, bringing you all the secrets of its overlooked fringe.
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Ovens Valley
Country cuisine in northeast Victoria’s Ovens Valley isn’t limited to red wine and lamb chops. Photographer Ewen Bell follows a trail of treasures that starts at the farm gate and ends in local restaurants, a trail abundant with enough seasonal surprises to fill a small European nation.
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Winter Lodges: Wombat Hills Victoria
With the scent of snow lacing the air, Peter Robinson explores Ned Kelly country and the snug alpine comfort of Wombat Hills.
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The Rialto Reloaded
Justin Wastnage inspects the long-awaited renovation of this Collins Street masterpiece that has artfully enclosed a classic Melbourne laneway, capturing it within a vast atrium of cool glass and warm steel.
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Walk to Art in Melbourne continues . . .
The art of walking continues . . . in 2006, Australian Traveller included the fabulous Walk-to-art tours in its 100 Great Things To Do In Australia You’ve Never Heard Of. Now, on the eve of big plans to expand the unique tours into New York, Michelle McMartin returns to Melbourne for another taste of the city-cum-arts-studio.
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Enchanted Langham’s Five Star Fairytale
Once upon a time, three fair ladies planned a trip to The Langham Melbourne, a faraway place in which princesses are guaranteed to be pampered in peace. But even though there’s not a pea in sight, Lisa Perkovic is surprised to find deep slumber does not come easy in this enchanting ivory tower.
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Family Fun in Port Fairy
Nostalgic AT Reader Leanne Nelson returns to the holiday site of many a fond family vacation, only to find that delightfully little has changed over the years.
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Is this Australia's worst theme park?
Look out Disneyland – Ned Kelly’s Last Stand in Glenrowan, Victoria, is gunning for you. Hailed by Bill Bryson as being so bad it’s good, AT takes a fresh look at the animatronic extravaganza that’s too awful not to contemplate.
Words and images by Lori Van Deman-Iseri, who paid her own way and visited anonymously.
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Tastes of Rutherglen Festival 2010
The autumn breeze is once again draping itself around the regions of Australia, particularly around Victoria. And northeast Victoria’s favourite food and wine festival, “Tastes of Rutherglen”, is on again for 2010, celebrating vintage as 20 wineries and numerous chefs join together to hold the biggest party known to food and wine kind. By Mathew Galea
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Phillip Island
Phillip Island is an Australian island located about 140 km south-southeast from Melbourne, Victoria.
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