Articles tagged ‘Victoria’
Melbourne Bushwalks/Day Hikes
By Heather | August 8th, 2007 |
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Check out this article from the Daily Boomerang. It looks like they had a fab time in the local Werribee Gorge near Melbourne. Come on! How can you resist going to a town called Bacchus!
If you are in the Melbourne area looking for an easy day hike that isn’t to [...]
Australian Snow fields- Opening Weekend!
By Heather | June 7th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Well folks it is finally here- marked by a cold rainy day in Sydney, the opening weekend of the Australian snow fields has arrived! And appropriate it is, that they are called snow fields instead of the snow mountains. ahem….
For all my good natured scoffing, there is plenty of fun to be [...]
Daily Dose: Happy Melbourne Cup Day!
By Heather | November 6th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
The Race that stops the Nation! The Aussies are mad about their horse racing and today is the crowning glory of the Racing Season- The Melbourne Cup. Fashion, Glamour, Champers (Champagne), Stunning Horses, Lush Grounds, and the primitive pounding of the hooves all get right to the soul of the punters (folks who [...]
Melbourne! Fairy Penguins
By Heather | October 31st, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Phillip Island in Victoria is the Home of the Little Penguin- previously known as the Fairy Penguins. Personally I like the first name. While I was down visiting Melbourne for work- I did one of those day tour things that packs you on a bus and wizz’s you around to many of the [...]
Sparkling results for Victorian wine tourism
By Court | November 17th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
Three cheers for Victoria’s wine (and the tourists that are buying it) - visitors increased by almost half a million in the past few years and have added 81 million more to the economy. The state is starting to sip - er, snip - at the heels of other wine growing regions in the [...]
