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General information about the Bellarine Peninsula & west coast of Port Phillip Bay including Geelong
General information about the Great Ocean Road and its hinterland including Camperdown and Warrnambool & Port Fairy
General information about the Grampian Ranges and 'blunt end of Victoria including Hamilton and Horsham
General information about the Wimmera, Mallee & Mildura
General information about the Goldfields and Macedon Ranges including Ballarat, Bendigo, Ararat & Stawell and the Macedon Ranges and Spa Country
This carnival includes one of Australia's most famous foot races and has been held every Easter for over 120 years with the running of the Stawell Gift on the Easter Monday.
Our rating - 5 Hats
A large indoor market with an emphasis on antiques, retro fashion and collectables. New stallholders are welcome. White Hat recommends that the serious browser for retro and memorabilia sets aside plenty of time because there are a large amount of goods on display. More information at Daylesford Mill Markets >>
A farmers' market featuring seasonal produce. White Hat suggests you make a morning of it and take in the cooking demonstrations and talks which take place every hour.
The market is held on every second Saturday of the month, in Sidney Myer Place from 9 am to 1 pm AND every fourth Thursday of the month (except December, when it’s the Thursday before Christmas) in the Hargreaves Mall, Bendigo from 3 to 7 pm from September to April and 1 pm – 5 pm from May to August.
This market has been accredited by the VFMA.
Bringalbit is a country property near Mt. Macedon retaining some of its original remnant Peppermint Gums, Yellow Box and Manna Gums fail to break the winds. These have been supplemented confers, oaks, willow and poplar thickets, Monterey pines and Osage trees, nearly all planted in the 19th century. The large trees, together with a small creek feeding a couple of dams and the garden lake before cascading down it’s rocky falls below the spillway forms a peaceful retreat in country Victoria. There is a 60metre Quince Walk that delights in Spring and Autumn. Elsewhere in the garden swathes of roses, lavender, dianthus and gaura soak up the sun on the north facing terraces with their silver foliage context of snow-in-summer edging. There is a small entry charge per person (children free). More info >>
Forest Glade Gardens is one of Australia's finest private gardens. It is short trip from Melbourne and is open to the public from September to May. It features large exotic trees, a bonsai house, a woodland section, a fern gully a blue bell patch and an impressive daffodil lawn during spring; a topiary garden, two aviaries, a laburnum arch, a peony walk highlighted with climbing roses, as well as numerous pergolas, ponds, fountains and statues. A small entry fee applies (children free)
General indformation about Central Victoria including Echuca
General information about the Mornington Peninsula
General information about South Gippsland and the Latrobe Valley plus Phillip Island
General information about the Yarra Valley and Ranges including the Dandenong Ranges and Healesville.
General information about the High Country and North-East Victoria & Upper Murray
General information about East Gippsland and 'pointy end' of Victoria
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