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Vicoria vacations.

Regions in Victoria : Gippsland, Goldfields, Goulburn / Murray Waters, Grampians, Great Ocean Road, Lakes and Wilderness, Legends, Wine & High Country, Melbourne Area 

As smallest mainland state, Victoria is also known as "The Garden State".

 With mountainous areas to the north east, a rugged southern coastline and semi-desert areas in the north west, Victoria has it all.

Capital City Victoria : Melbourne


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Car Rental Victoria

 Avis
World's second largest general-use car rental business, providing business and leisure customers with a wide range of services.
 Budget Rent A Car
 Hertz

Rental Homes / Victoria Vacation rentals

 VacationsFRBO.com  -  Australia Vacation rentals
 Holiday-rentals.com

Hostels / Guest Houses / Country Houses

 Bed & Breakfast
 Nomad  -  backpack hotels
 Youth Hostel Association

Hotels & Motel in Victoria

 Booking - Hotels in Australia
Brochures of the hotels, room rates, hotel packages, special offers and last minutes, including real-time booking facilities.
 Budget Motel Chain
 Flag Choice Motels

Housing

 Student Housing Australia
U.a. Monash University Clayton Campus / Caulfield Campus, Deakin University Burwood Campus / Geelong Campus, Latrobe University/RMIT Bundoora Campus, CBD Melbourne etc.

Jobs in Australia

 Australia Job Search  -  National vacancy database  -  job location finder
Contains: Every job listed with every Job Network Service around the country; Jobs advertised in some national newspapers; Jobs listed in the Commonwealth Public Service gazette; Jobs lodged directly by employers using our advertise a job service; and Jobs from RCSA (Recruitment and Consulting Services Association).

Lodges & Resorts / Island Resort

 P & O Australian Resorts
P&O Australian Resorts owns and operates resorts in Australia including Heron Island, Dunk Island, Bedarra Island, Lizard Island, Brampton Island, Wilson Island, Cradle Mountain Lodge and Silky Oaks Lodge.

Motorhome & Motor Rental

 Britz Campervans

National Park

 Australian Alps National Parks
Stretching from Canberra through Brindabella Range and the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales and along the Great Dividing. Range through Victoria, the Alps form a 1.6 million hectare chain of protected areas crossing State and Territory borders on the roof of southern Australia.
The Alps are a unique part of Australia, a mountainous region in a predominantly dry and flat continent.

 Australia National Parks

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

 Ebookers.com



 Easyrider
 Jungle Tours
 Sahara Outback Tours
 Swindon Travel  -  independent travel agent  -  specialist travel knowledge Australia
 West Coasr Explorer

Travel Guides Victoria / Related books

Travel Guides Melbourne / Victoria

 Australia / Lonely Planet Country Guide  -  by Susie Ashworth, Carolyn Bain, Neal Bedford
This guide to Australia covers the vast continent in comprehensive detail. It provides details of various types of accommodation, from budget to five star; places to eat; different activities, such as ballooning over the Blue Mountains and surfing in Sydney; and a section on Aboriginal Australia.
Paperback 1056 pages (January 2004); Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications

Transport / How do I get to Victoria

 Melbourne Airport  -  Melbourne Airport is located appr. 25 kms from the Melbourne's CBD
Melbourne Airport is a major passenger and freight gateway into Australia.
Flight Information | Getting There & Away | Passengers | Shopping & Eating | Melbourne & Region | Paking | Interactive Map
 Geelong's Avalon Airport  -  22 kilometres (25 mins approx.) from Geelong
A shuttle bus [ Avalon Airport Shuttle ] is available, providing connections with Geelong, the Bellarine Peninsula and the Great Ocean Road. Geelong is home to Australia's cheapest flights to and from Sydney and Brisbane with Jetstar Airways.

 Emirates US  -  Flight tickets Melbourne / Flight tickets Victoria

 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights  -  Flights Victoria

 Virgin Blue [ local transport ]

 Firefly Express
 Greyhound
 Premier Motor Coaches
 McCafferty's Coaches  -  interstate coach services
McCaffertys network now spans the entire Australian continent
 Gull - scheduled services between Geelong and Tullamarine Airport

 V/line
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.
They cover the rest of Victoria with their extensive road coach network which links most cities and towns in regional Victoria.
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 Australia's Great Train Journeys
 CountryLink
CountryLink's rail and coach network reaches 334 destinations in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and Victoria.
 Metlink Melbourne  -  public transport in metropolitan Melbourne and in regional Victoria

 Weather Office Australia  -  weather in the Northern Territory

 Travelmate  -  Australian Route Planner


Links 

 Travel Insurance  -  online travel and holiday insurance

 Visit Victoria  -  Tourist Board  -  Experience Victoria
Food & Wine | Arts & Culture | Theatre | Hallmark Events | Entertainment | Shopping | Parks & Gardens | Health & Spa | Nature & Wildlife | Skiing & Alpine | Aboriginal Victoria | About Victoria | Travel Planner | Backpackers | Disabled Travellers | Gay & Lesbian | Students | Maps of Victoria [ Melbourne, Victoria's Regions and Route Planner ].

 Government Victoria  -  Victoria Online

 City of Melbourne  -  Capital City Victoria and second City of Australia
Located at the Yarra Rivier and looking over the Phillip Bay. Major entertainment venues, fashion, sport and good food characterise this busy cosmopolitan city. Vanuit Melbourne zijn alle delen van Victoria makkelijk te bereiken.

 Gippsland  -  Gippsland Tourism  -  to the east, known for its forest wilderness lakes
Explore the Gippsland Lakes and soak up the sun on the beautiful Ninety Mile Beach. Visit the largest concentration of Open Cut Mining & Power Generation activity in Australia. Or Journey to Phillip Island and catch a glimpse of the unique penguin parade.
 Goldfields of Victoria  -  Goldfields  -  to the north west of Melbourne
The Goldfields region is Australia's premier gold heritage region offering spectacular historic cities and towns. Easily accessible from Melbourne, the region entices the visitor with its grand streetscapes, historic architecture, gardens, art galleries, provincial food and wine, festivals and world-class attractions.
The Goldfields region includes the cities and towns of Ballarat, Bendigo, Avoca, Castlemaine, Maldon, Clunes, Maryborough, Dunolly and Creswick.
 Goulburn / Murray Waters  -  Goulburn Mulwaary Council
The Murray River in the north has fertile land along its banks with vines and citrus fruits the main produce, together with magnificent eucalypt forests.
 Grampians  -  to the west  -  Visit Grampians  -  spectacular mountain scenery
Surrounding the Grampians national Park is a land rich in attractions. Throughout the Grampians region you'll find heritage towns and villages, award-winning wineries, rivers just right for fishing and boating, ancient volcanoes, contemporary cafes and restaurants, splendid art galleries, superb state and national parks, enthralling wildlife, graceful botanic gardens and timeworn goldmining towns.
 Great Ocean Road  -  Great Ocean Road
Regio's: Geelong, Bellarine Peninsula, Surf Coast, Otways, Shipwreck Coast, Discovery Coast, Hinterland
 Lakes and Wilderness  -  Tourism East Gippsland
Tourism: Great Alpine Road, Gippsland Lakes and Rivers, Snowy River Country, Croajingolong Wilderness
Major towns: Bairnsdale, Dinner Plain, Omeo, Lakes Entrance, Metung, Paynesville, Buchan, Orbost, Mallacoota Inlet.
 Legends, Wine & High Country  -  Visit the Legends, Wine & High Country  -  NO Victoria
Within an hour of Melbourne are the Yarra Valley, the Dandenongs and the Mornington Peninsula, known for their excellent wines and food.
Fishing & Boating | Skiing & Snow Play | Bushwalking & Nature |Food & Wine | Adventure | History & Legends

 Northwest Victoria
The north west is characterised by semi arid country, suitable for wheat growing and sheep and cattle grazing.
 The Victoria Alps  -  in the north east  -  offer spectacular mountain scenery
 Universiteit van Melbourne
Over the years, the University of Melbourne has established itself as one of the finest in Australia.
 Victoria's regions
Compared to the rest of Australia, Victoria is only a small state, but it sure packs a powerful punch. And it's precisely this intimate scale that makes each of Victoria's 13 regions so accessible – ocean beaches, seaside villages, mountain ranges, ski fields and national parks are all at your fingertips.

 Ballarat
 Bendigo
 Bright
 Echuca
 Geelong
 Lakes Entrance
 Mallacoota
 Mansfield
 Swan Hill
 Warnambool
 Wodonga

Cuisine - Victoria Cooking

 Australian Recipes
See: Witjuti Grub & Bunya Nut Soup, Pop Moths, Kurrajong Muffins, Kangeroo Tail Soup, Aussie Burger,  Aussie Lamb, Illawarra Plum Spare Ribs, and more

History of Victoria

 Aboriginals Australia.com
 Australian Museum Online
The Australian Museum has an international reputation in the fields of natural history and indigenous studies research, community programs and exhibitions. The Museum was established in 1827 and is Australia's first museum, with unique and extensive collections of natural science and cultural artefacts. The Australian Museum is open every day of the year except December 25.

Music, Culture & Entertainment

 Australian Music Centre 
 Music Australia 
 National Library of Australia
Take an information journey through centuries, continents and civilisations using their collections, services, exhibitions and publications.

Web Portal / Search Engine / Directory

 Victoria  -  Victoria Online
 Melbourne CitySearch
 Melbourne  -  That's Melbourne

 Web Wombat  -  Australia's Original Internet Search Engine
 AAA smart search for Anything and Everything!

 Yellow Pages Australia
 White Pages Australia


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