While Victoria is the smallest state on the mainland of Australia, it’s capital city Melbourne is known as the sporting capital of the Australia.
Melbourne is Australia’s second largest city, providing many cultural experiences including a large array of theatres, concerts, museums and galleries.
Victoria is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, with the city of Melbourne recognised as a ‘must place to visit’. While the city itself can be a great holiday destination, check out these fantastic places within Victoria for your next holiday.
There are many great attractions in Melbourne for tourist and locals to enjoy.
As a school holiday destination, Victoria offers a large variety of activities for adults and children.
Melbourne is renowned for celebrating life through the conduct of many different annual festivals.
Midsumma Festival – This is a gay and lesbian festival that has a focus on cultural events and the arts. Usually held in late January each year.
St Kilda Festival – See a variety of music performances, outdoor cinema, children’s entertainment, exhibitions and workshops.
Inverloch in Winter Inverloch is a great place to visit for a few days. We were very lucky with the weather and apart from the icy wind it mainly rained at night. During the day we were able to walk to nearby shops, or the beach or get in the car and do all the … Read more
Big Sleep in. Very big sleep in today! Very unusual for us but must have needed it. The State Coal Mine was on our agenda to visit. The above ground area had been highly recommended by the Inverloch Visitor Centre, so after some breakfast we headed off to Wonthaggi which is about a 15 minute … Read more
The Bayside Lady for Coffee We always like to take the dogs for a walk before getting into the car ( so they settle down a bit) so we strolled to the nearby shops. We stopped and bought takeaway coffee from the bayside lady and carryied the 2 large lates home to drink as it … Read more
After a big sleep in we walked to the nearby shops and checked out the Information Centre in Inverloch to find out what we could see and do. David stayed outside with the dogs while I got some tips and maps. It was suggested that the main things to do while we were there were … Read more
Sick with a snotty nose, and weather forecast for the week was cold and wet. Not ideal for having a holiday but not much you can do other than pack a big box of tissues. Inverloch is not far from Melbourne and only a couple of hours driving. We were heading off on the Monday … Read more
Autumn Day Perfect for a Redwood Forest Visit The forecast was for a sunny 20 degree day at the end of a week (Saturday) that had been cold and miserable. It was a perfect day for a drive to Warburton to checkout the Redwood Forest. We thought so and so did a lot of other … Read more
After our short break it was time to pack up and go home. We took the dogs for one last run around in one of the off leash areas at Best Friend Holiday Retreat. We packed up the car and headed home. Yarragon Craft and Produce Market We were planning to stop and have lunch … Read more
As this was our second visit to the Tarra Valley and we had already done some of the touristy things, we were looking for new places to see and explore. We read through some of the brochures and decided to drive to Port Welshpool and then onto Agnes Falls. We hadn’t planned on seeing the … Read more
It’s hard to find a truly fenced property anywhere in Victoria for a holiday. That’s why Best Friend Holiday Retreat is a winner. We were looking for a dog friendly place to have a little break for a few days around the ANZAC day holiday. Its hard to find a properly fenced property that will … Read more
For the long weekend in March 2018 we decided we would go to Daylesford however this time in a cabin at the Daylesford Holiday Park. We had so much fun the same long weekend the year before – we decided to go back. Straight Couple staying in Daylesford with Chillout Festival Goers. As straight people … Read more
Breakfast at the Larder where we were guaranteed great coffee. It was extremely busy and we were lucky to get a table for 2 at the front overlooking the street. ( we did feel like monkeys at the zoo with everyone looking at us as they walked by). We ordered and got the coffee straight … Read more