Tailor-made Victoria: Introduction

A vibrant capital city, historic towns, dramatic coastlines pounded by barrelsized ocean waves, lofty mountains and iconic national parks - despite being pocket-sized, Victoria certainly packs a powerful punch.

Within half an hour of its capital, Melbourne, you could be taking in mist-laden mountain ranges and ferny gullies, in an hour lying in a sheltered bay or surfing the Southern Ocean off a rugged coast. To the west of Melbourne, a cool temperate rainforest unravels its way along the Great Ocean Road, on the east the land falls away into a series of peninsulas and islands, tea-coloured rivers and beaches strewn with rusty boulders. On the city’s doorstep is the amber-hued Yarra Valley with its famous coolclimate wines. Climb into the High Country to winter snowfields or a carpet of spring wildflowers whilst the treasured Grampians are a living gallery of flora, fauna and Aboriginal rock art, latticed by excellent bushwalking trails.

In a country where distances are often huge, Victoria’s highlights are compact and accessible.

Selected Highlights

Our specialists have travelled the length and breadth of the country to research the best places to stay and things to do. Here they list a few of their favourite “unmissables”. Click here for more highlights

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