Most popular VIC destinations
Melbourne's Grisly Gangland Murders Trail
An unofficial Gangland Murders of Melbourne Tour struggled briefly for life in 2004, before meeting an untimely -- and unpopular -- end. For better or worse, Australian Traveller found someone who was willing to retrace the tour’s steps for us . . . Written by X (in witness protection scheme)
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Caravan Parks Are Better Than You Think
Many of today’s caravan parks are eco-friendly, plonked on some of the best coastal or inland real estate in the country, and offer facilities bordering on resort-level quality. As an option for travellers on a budget, they are not to be mocked. Here’s AT’s pick of the parks that are doing it properly. By Kate McKinlay.
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Hot Hotels Victoria
The best of Victoria's hotels; boutique hotels and refurbished gems plus a few new places to stay.
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100 Great Australian Holiday Homes
100 Great Australian Holiday Homes: From simple beach shacks to multi-million dollar mansions, welcome to AT’s pick of Australia’s most fascinating homes away from home.
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Cheap As Chips In Australia
Peter Robinson tramped our capital city streets in search of seriously cheap entertainment. While he didn’t sleep under railway bridges or jeopardise any moral codes, he found sightseeing on the cheap is not only viable but also strangely satisfying.
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Hollywood Downunder
Before there was Hugh and Nicole, there was Mad Max, Priscilla and Mick Dundee. And with Australia the Country now distilled into Australia the Movie, George Dunford charts the history of our Big Country on the Big Screen.
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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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Nudist/Naturist B&Bs
Don’t wander willy nilly around the countryside. If you’ve got a big trip coming up, why not ask the experts?
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Art & Shopping: The Best of Melbourne's cool Laneways
Melbourne is all about the laneways, the hidden cafes and the art spaces in unnamed buildings. AT follows Walk To Art’s Bernie Alibrando to rediscover the old, and the new in the old, as she ventures out of the CBD to where the artists have gone.
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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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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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Weird, Quirky & Unusual Places We Love
Emerge from the bland world of cream-coloured walls, “fusion” ideals and homogenised designs Xeroxed from one town to the next, and let Craig Roberts lead you through some of our favourite places to stay that aren’t just a pit stop for shut eye.
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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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Dinner Plain Alpine Village
Australian Traveller approached the advertisers in our special FEB issue and invited them to offer you our readers, a genuine deal, package or discount.
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