Victoria
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About Victoria
Victoria is Australia’s second smallest state at the southern end of the Great Dividing Range. It has a beautiful rocky coastal scenery, pristine beaches and national parks that are great for outdoor recreational activities like bushwalking, camping, fishing, rock climbing, mountain biking and cross-country skiing in the winter. It has alpine areas with Mount Bogong as the highest peak at 1986 m. The state actually shares an 85 m land border with Tasmania through Boundary Islet in the Bass Strait.
Good to know
- Capital: Melbourne
- Climate: Semi-arid and hot in the north-west, temperate and cool along the coast and in Melbourne and other large cities. Cooler, mountain climate in the centre of the state.
- Timezone: UTC +10
- No. of inhabitants: 5 Million (2005)
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Highlights
- Melbourne, the state’s capital where 70% of all Victorians live, sits on the Yarra River on the shores of Port Phillip Bay. It has great shopping opportunities, excellent eating and drinking, and beautifully parks and gardens. Many of Victoria's unique and varied landscapes are easily accessible from here as day trips.
- See the dramatic natural coastal rock formations like The Twelve Apostles, The Lord Ard Gorge, the London Arch and the The Gibson Steps in Port Campbell National Park
- The Alpine National Park with Mount Feathertop and Mount Bogong
- Mount Buffalo National Park with its walking tracks that lead to waterfalls and granite formations
- Lake Eildon National Park on the shores of Lake Eildon with all types of water activities including boating, skiing, swimming and fishing
- Enjoy Victoria's seven alpine resorts, with excellent skiing, snowboarding and cross-country trails
- Golfing-this is here where you will find Australia’s world-class greens
Getting Around
- Train: Victoria has a very efficient train system
- Car:
- Try the Great Ocean Road between the cities of Geelong and Warrnambool. It offers outstanding views of Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean and rock formations like The Twelve Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge, the Grotto just outside Port Campbell and the London Arch.
- The Great Alpine Road is a 308 km route past lofty mountains, valleys, forests and rivers from Wangaratta in the north-east to Bairnsdale in the heart of Gippsland.
- Sydney to Melbourne coastal drive takes you to national parks, beautiful surf beaches and pristine lakes
- Follow the Murray river from the mountains of the Great Dividing Range to desert country and the open plains of South Australia
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