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Victoria
Welcome to Victoria
Art, Coffee and Coast
Victoria is Australia's cultural capital and its smallest mainland state. A dense, walkable mosaic of street art, long-lunch laneways, alpine country, and one of the world's great coastal drives. Melbourne anchors it. The Great Ocean Road, the Grampians, and the Mornington Peninsula fan out within a few hours.
Regions
Explore Victoria by region.
21 regions to discover
Ballarat
6 places to visit
Beechworth
6 places to visit
Bendigo
6 places to visit
Bright
6 places to visit
Dandenong Ranges
6 places to visit
Daylesford
6 places to visit
Echuca
6 places to visit
Great Ocean Road
7 places to visit
Hanging Rock
6 places to visit
Lakes Entrance
6 places to visit
Mildura
6 places to visit
Mornington Peninsula
6 places to visit
Phillip Island
7 places to visit
Warrnambool
6 places to visit
Wilsons Promontory
6 places to visit
Yarra Valley
6 places to visitBellarine Peninsula
5 places to visit
Geelong
7 places to visitGrampians (Gariwerd)
7 places to visitRutherglen and North East Victoria Wine Country
6 places to visit
Werribee
5 places to visitNatural Wonders
Icons of the state.
Twelve Apostles
Sentinels of the Southern Ocean
Grampians National Park
Ranges and Rock Art
Loch Ard Gorge
Cliffs, Caves, and a Shipwreck Story
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
38 Hectares of Heritage Gardens on the Yarra
Cape Otway
Ancient rainforest, wild coastline and the oldest lighthouse on mainland Australia
Buchan Caves
Ancient limestone caves beneath Gippsland
Essendon Fields
Popular Destinations
Where to go in VIC.
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VIC experiences.
Where to stay
VIC holiday parks.
From the journal
Read more about Victoria.
Guide · 3 min read
Australia's Best Lookouts, State by State
From sandstone escarpments to volcanic plugs and red-rock gorges, here are the lookouts worth the detour in every state, plus how to find the ones closest to you.
Guide · 4 min read
The Best Time to Visit Australia
Australia is too big for a single 'best time'. The right month depends entirely on where you are going and what you want to see. Here is the full calendar.
Guide · 2 min read
Weather and When to Go
Australia spans almost 4,000 kilometres north to south, from the tropics to the temperate cool. The right season for one half of the country is the wrong one for the other.
Keep Exploring
Other states and territories.
Hero image: Victoria by Anne-Marie Steenbergen, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.