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Victoria [1] is the southernmost of the eastern mainland states of Australia. The state is roughly triangular in shape. New South Wales lies to the north / north-east, with the Murray River forming most of the boundary between the two states. South Australia lies to the west and the southern coast forms the other side of the triangle. Melbourne, the state capital and largest city, is nestled on Port Phillip Bay in the center of the southern coast.

[edit] Regions

• Mornington Peninsula- Sun, fun, wineries and
  
  golf!
• Yarra Valley
• Gippsland
• Goldfields
• High Country
• Wimmera
• Phillip Island
• Great Ocean Road
• Sunraysia
• Mallee
• Goulburn Valley

[edit] Cities and Towns

[edit] Cities

• Albury-Wodonga
  
• Bendigo
• Ballarat - Victoria's Gateway to the Goldfields
• Geelong
• Melbourne (state capital)
• Shepparton
• Swan Hill
• Warrnambool

[edit] Towns

• Bullarto
• Euroa
• Mildura
• Wangaratta

[edit] Other destinations

• Ararat - the "Gateway to the Grampians".
  
• Dandenong Ranges
• Mornington Peninsula
• Bellarine Peninsula
• Mount Buffalo
• Phillip Island
• Wilsons Promontory (the Prom /Wilsons Prom)
• Yarra Valley
• Grampians National Park
• Lower Glenelg National Park
• Murray River Reserves- Headwaters to Echuca

[edit] Understand

[edit] Get in

[edit] By car

It is around 6 hours from Sydney to the Victorian border along the Hume Highway, and another 3-4 hours from there into Melbourne.

[edit] By plane

Melbourne is the main entry point to Victoria by air. Flights to all Australian capital cities, and direct to many international destinations.

[edit] Time Zone

Victoria is 10 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and 18 hours ahead Pacific Standard Time (PST). Daylight Saving Time is observed from the first Sunday of October to the first Sunday of April.

AEST Australian Eastern Standard Time UTC+10 AEDT Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time UTC+11

[edit] Get around

[edit] By car

Touring Victoria by car is a straightforward and practical way of seeing the state. Distances between towns tend not to be as great as in other states, and it is unusual to drive for more than a couple of hours without passing through a small town. Victoria has the most developed road network of any state of Australia, and most towns are accessible without using dirt of gravel roads. Roads are indicated as motorways, A, B or C roads, but in general there is no need to avoid a C road if it clearly provides the quickest trip to where you want to go.

[edit] By public transport

The Metlink [2] website provides information on public transport (train, tram and bus) including maps, fares and zones and all timetables.

Further information is at the V/Line website [3]. V/Line train services operate to and from Melbourne on the Geelong line in the south-west, Ballarat in western Victoria, Bendigo, Swan Hill and Echuca in the north, Seymour and Wodonga in the north-east, and Traralgon and Sale in the state's east. V/Line covers the rest of Victoria with road coaches.

[edit][add listing] See

Melbourne, The Great Ocean Road. The Alpine Regions of Beechworth and Bright. The Mornington Peninsula and Phillip Island penguins.

[edit][add listing] Do

• Go canoeing. in Lower Glenelg National Park or Murray River Reserves- Headwaters to Echuca  edit

[edit][add listing] Eat

[edit][add listing] Drink

[edit] Get out

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