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.
Missed the Chillout Parade We got to the Chillout bus stop and waited and waited for the bus to take us into town to see the Chillout Parade however it didn’t come until the Parade was well and truly over. While disappointing there was nothing we could really do other than chat to the other … Read more
I was so looking forward to going to the Lost Trades Fair in Kyneton. We were heading off to Daylesford for the weekend and thought it would be an interesting thing to look at on the way. ( Last year we stopped off at Hanging Rock on the way to Daylesford) Unfortunately some bright spark from … Read more
We had so much fun last year in Daylesford while the Chillout festival was on that we decided we would go back for more! This time we were going to check out the Lost Trades Fair in Kyneton on the way. First stop was dropping off our dogs at “doggy prison” ( because they are … Read more
What is Immersive Augmented Reality Art? I had seen Marc-O-Matic’s ( Marco Ryan) work on a facebook page pop up a few times. The opportunity to see his work in an exhibition came up and we visited the ArtBoy Gallery in Prahran on the last day of the exhibition to get a closer look. I … Read more
Dominique Portet Winery for Lunch If you are going to go out for lunch on a Sunday in the Yarra Valley you need to book in advance. My sister and brother-in-law live in America and come out to Australia on a regular basis. They love the Yarra Valley as much as we do and wanted … Read more
Summary of our Melbourne to Tarra Valley trip (with our fluffy dogs) Planning this road trip had a couple of ways of doing it – with or without the dogs. David’s back was still not up to the whole camping thing (packing heavy stuff and putting up and down a tent), so we decided to … Read more
End of holiday at Best Friend Holiday Retreat Rainy day in the Tarra Valley. We packed up the car in the rain. It was even too wet to take dogs for walk before getting in the car ( we like to do this to calm them down). The rain did clear up along the way. … Read more
Blue Sky Day at Woodside Beach What a Beautiful day to go to Woodside Beach ( unlike the other day we visited Woodside beach). It’s what I refer to as “Blue Sky Day“. Woodside Beach is close to the starting point of the Ninety Mile Beach which starts at Port Albert and goes through to Lakes Entrance. Woodside Beach Surf Life … Read more
The drive to and through Tarra-Bulga National Park is not far from Best Friend Holiday Retreat where we were staying. It is a lovely drive through forest and while the roads are bitchumen, they are very narrow and windy. Dogs are not allowed in the National Park so we took the dogs for a long walk … Read more
Our plan today was to drive to Port Albert and have a look around and then have fish and chips for lunch. First we had some yummy bacon and eggs cooked on the BBQ at our cabin in Best Friend Holiday Retreat for breakfast. The dogs waiting patiently for David’s crumbs (and possibly a tiny … Read more
We had a big sleep in and took the dogs for a play in one of the off leash areas before heading off on a drive to the closest off leash beach where dogs are allowed. We left Tarra Valley at around midday and headed off to Woodside beach which is about a 40 minute … Read more