Beautiful recreated coal mining town from the early 1890’s tranquil setting a lovely way to spend a day taken back in time.
Suggested by: Peter Cosson
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top ten must do's
number 11 to 101
- 11chocolate mill
- 12point nepean – mornington peninsula national park
- 13penguin parade
- 14puffing billy
- 15sovereign hill
- 16photography made easy workshops & walking tours, melbourne
- 17port of echuca
- 18linden gardens rainforest retreat
- 19rupertswood mansion “birthplace of the ashes”
- 20phillip island helicopter flights
- 21army museum, bandiana
- 22cycle the east gippsland rail trail
- 23sky high mt dandenong observatory and restaurant
- 24yarra valley wineries
- 25pettavel winery & restaurant, waurn ponds
- 26manyung gallery- mount eliza
- 27bright
- 28pioneer settlement museum & swan hill regional art gallery
- 29moonlit sanctuary
- 30port fairy
- 31queen victoria market
- 32tarra bulga national park
- 33canoe safari on the Goulburn River
- 34melbourne zoo
- 35aussie rules football
- 36boroka downs
- 37great south west walk
- 38de bortoli winery and restaurant
- 39hepburn springs & daylesford
- 40royal botanic gardens, melbourne
- 41wycheproof races
- 42winery experiences on the mornington peninsula
- 43melbourne seaplanes
- 44talbot farmers market
- 45yarra valley tourist railway
- 46kermonds, warrnambool
- 47longleat winery, murchison
- 48red hill markets
- 49around the bay in a day bike ride
- 50otway fly treetop walk
- 51whittlesea country music festival
- 52topez art and garden gallery, tyabb
- 53highbury tearooms & model village railway, teesdale
- 54coffee basics
- 55mornington racecourse craft market
- 56clunes back to booktown
- 57Max’s, Red Hill
- 58new years eve, nathalia
- 59a maze ‘n‘ things
- 60point impossible beach
- 61SPC Ardmona KidsTown Adventure Playground
- 62avenel maze
- 63her majesty’s theatre, ballarat
- 64tyabb packing house
- 65garden world, keysborough
- 66manangatang races
- 67buchan caves
- 68tour the great alpine road
- 69kerrisdale mountain railway and museum
- 70paddle steamer curlip - orbost
- 71national wool museum, geelong
- 72healesville sanctuary
- 73little desert nature lodge
- 74scuba diving portsea pier
- 75beechworth
- 76brown brothers epicurean centre & milawa gourmet region
- 77gisborne peak winery
- 78macedon spa
- 79royal botanic gardens, cranbourne
- 80sault restaurant, sailors falls
- 81bellarine railway
- 82cape otway lightstation
- 83cowwarr art space, central gippsland
- 84harrietville
- 85ashcombe maze and lavender gardens
- 86skydiving over the yarra valley
- 87metung
- 88phillip island grand prix (gp) circuit
- 89ninety mile beach
- 90holgate brewhouse at keatings hotel
- 91volcanic cones, clunes/smeaton
- 92walk to art
- 93eureka skydeck
- 94nelson
- 95marysville
- 96holiday park holidays
- 97dandenong ranges national park
- 98melbourne cricket ground - mcg
- 99cycle the murray to the mountains rail trail
- 100scenic flights over 12 apostles
- 101city circle tram
other places to think about
- 1860 luxury accommodation - beechworth
- 4wd victorian high country
- a paddle-steamer experience
- abbotsford convent
- adventure activities
- adventure park geelong
- agnes falls, toora
- aireys inlet lighthouse
- albert park reserve
- allansford cheese world
- antique/bric-a-brac stores within the goldfields
- aquatique at the waves, phillip island
- art galleries of the goldfields
- art on track gallery
- arthurs seat
- australian international airshow, avalon
- australian tennis open
- autumn in jamieson
- balgownie estate vineyard resort & spa
- baliana spa
- balinese retreat
- ballarat bird world
- ballarat botanic gardens
- ballarat heritage driving tours
- ballarat heritage walking trails
- ballarat steakhouse
- ballarat wildlife park
- beeripmo walk
- begonia festival, ballarat
- bendigo
- bendigo ninesevensix restaurant tram
- bendigo pottery
- big4 beacon resort queenscliff
- billabong ranch - echuca
- black spur, yarra ranges national park
- blackwood general store
- blackwood hotel
- blairgowrie
- blaze rock retreat
- blue lotus watergarden
- bmw motorcycle tours
- boat ride, federation square to docklands
- bogong plains to falls creek
- bogong village
- bollards at waterfront geelong
- bonegilla migrant experience
- bonsai island, phillip island
- boort
- bottom drawer antiques moorooduc
- boundary bend
- brambuk the national park and cultural centre
- breakfast in ballarat
- bridgewater beach (portland)
- buckland valley
- bunurong marine national park
- bunyip/tarago state park
- burrinja gallery, upwey
- cafe la sofitel
- campaspe house
- camperdown township
- camping along the murray river
- camping in wyperfeld national park
- cape conran national park
- cape schanck lighthouse, boardwalk and cottages
- cape woolamai walk, phillip island
- captains cove
- caribbean gardens
- carman’s tunnel, maldon
- carols by candlelight
- castlemaine
- castlemaine festival
- cathedral range state park
- central deborah gold mine
- champagne train, daylesford
- champions - australian racing museum
- charlottes on main cafe
- chateau yering historic house hotel
- chris’s beacon point restaurant
- churchill island heritage farm
- city scenic helicopter flight - melbourne
- cliff walk at sorrento
- coal creek heritage village
- cobram
- collingwood childrens farm
- colonial tramcar restaurant, south melbourne
- coolart Wetlands & Homestead
- craigieburn grasslands
- cricket for over 60’s
- croajingalong national park
- cruise the spectacular gippsland lakes
- cuckoo restaurant, olinda
- cycle great southern rail trail - south gippsland
- cycle the gippsland plains rail trail
- dargo
- dartmoor tree carvings
- deakin reserve, shepparton
- delft blue pottery
- diamond valley miniature railway
- didjun skin and body,
- dimboola
- dinkarna holiday cottages, barmah
- dirt bike riding, upper goulburn
- discover melbourne’s laneways
- discover the seaside town of flinders
- disney on ice
- domaine chandon – green point
- drive the grand ridge road
- dunkeld races
- dunolly
- easter fair in bendigo
- echuca brewing company
- echuca jazz, wine and food festival
- endota day spa, mornington
- explore apollo bay
- explore the waterfalls and rainforests of the otways
- fairfield park boathouse
- fairy park
- federation square
- feeding possums at treasury and fitzroy gardens
- fernleigh farms farm store
- flemington racecourse market
- flemington spring carnival
- flinders lane galleries, melbourne
- flinders street railway viaduct
- flyfishing on the howqua river
- food & wine in bendigo and heathcote
- forest edge restaurant, gembrook
- frankston
- frankston holiday village
- geelong botanic gardens
- geelong highland gathering
- geelong lawn tennis club
- george’s boutique b & b and culinary retreat
- gippsland vehicle collection, maffra
- gipsy point lakeside boutique resort
- glen isla house, phillip island
- glenelg river
- go karting experience
- go shopping in melbourne
- golden dragon museum
- goldsmith’s in the forest
- golf on mornington peninsula
- golfing on the murray
- gordon studio glassblowers red hill
- gourmet food in gippsland
- grampians pyrenees tours
- grand ridge rail trail
- great dividing trail
- gum san chinese heritage centre, ararat
- gumbuya park
- gunbower island
- gunnamatta surf beach
- gunnamatta trail rides
- gws anderson scout park - cross country bike trail, officer
- hamilton art gallery
- hang gliding
- hanging rock
- hastings and western port bay
- hawking books at birregurra
- hepburn springs bathhouse
- heritage towns
- herring island
- high country rail trail
- high tea at sofi’s at the sofitel melbourne
- hire a houseboat
- historic goldrush townships
- historic slab hut & exhibition centre orbost
- historic williamstown
- holden high country cycle challenge
- hot air balloon ride over melbourne
- hot air balloon ride over yarra valley
- immigration museum
- inverloch
- iron cottages
- jet boat adventures
- jilarty gelato bar
- jirrahlinga koala & wildlife sanctuary
- johnny mullagh cricket centre
- jolimont rail lines
- kalimna, lakes entrance
- kayaking the upper yarra
- kelpie festival, casterton
- kilcunda
- king valley
- koala conservation centre, phillip island
- koonwarra
- koorie heritage trust
- kryal castle
- la mama theatre
- lake bolac eel festival
- lake house
- lake mulwala
- lake pertobe adventure park
- lake pertobe, warrnambool
- lake tali karng
- lake tyers beach
- lakes entrance
- laser skirmish
- lavandula swiss italian farm
- learn to surf
- lets talk retreat blackwood
- licola
- living legends: the international home of rest for champion horses
- loch
- loch sport
- lucini’s old macaroni factory - hepburn springs
- lyrebird forest walk, mirboo north
- macedon ranges
- maling road, canterbury
- mallacoota
- maloa house gourmet delights
- man from snowy river bush festival - corryong
- mansfield zoo
- marine discovery centre queenscliff
- maritime history at flagstaff hill & portland maritime discovery centre
- maroondah reservoir park
- maryborough
- marylands country house, marysville
- mcclelland gallery + sculpture park
- mckillops bridge drive
- mclelland
- melbourne 360 - rialto observation deck
- melbourne aquarium
- melbourne bars, restaurants and cafes
- melbourne city at night
- melbourne golden mile heritage trail
- melbourne grand prix
- melbourne greeter service
- melbourne international comedy festival
- melbourne international film festival
- melbourne medieval fayre and tourney MMFAT
- melbourne museum
- melbourne visitor centre
- melbourne’s bike paths
- melbourne’s luna park
- melville’s caves
- meredith music festival
- merricks general store
- middle park village
- mildura
- millduck strawbale bed & breakfast
- mineral spa wellness retreat
- miss marples tea rooms, sassafras
- mitchell river silt jetty
- mitchelton winery
- montsalvat
- moonlight cinema
- mooving art shepparton
- morningmist eildon
- mornington peninsula beaches
- mornington tourist railway
- mornington wednesday market
- morwell centenary rose garden
- mossvale park, leongatha
- mount buffalo
- mount cannibal, garfield north
- mount macedon
- mount zero olives
- mountain bike riding followed by wineries, mount beauty
- moyneyana festival port fairy
- mt baw baw
- murrabit country market
- music and bars of fitzroy and brunswick
- myuna farm
- nathalia and the barmah forest
- national holden motor museum - echuca
- national rhododendron gardens, olinda
- national sports museum
- nepean country club
- north east country pub tours
- north williamstown railway museum
- ocean grove and barwon heads
- old beechy rail trail
- old geelong gaol
- old melbourne gaol
- old post office seymour
- olivers hill - frankston
- omeo
- open garden scheme
- organ pipes national park
- organic discovery tours
- otway estate - winery & brewery
- outpost restaurant noojee
- paddle boats at lakes entrance
- peninsula hot springs
- peppers moonah links
- petrified forest bridgewater
- phillip island
- phillip island ride days
- phillip island wildlife park
- point addis
- point cook homestead
- port campbell national park
- port fairy folk festival held annually in march
- portland
- portsea hotel
- princess margaret rose cave
- prospecting on the goldfields
- puckapunyal army museum
- pyrenees wineries
- quambatook tractor pull
- queenscliff
- queenscliff - sorrento ferry
- queenscliff music festival
- raaf museum, point cook
- ramsay st - the home of neighbours
- raymond island ferry
- red hill brewery
- red hill cherry farm
- red stag deer farm - eurobin
- redgum statue river walk
- rhyll fishing park
- rip charters fishing trips
- ripponlea estate, elsternwick
- robinvale
- rock climbing or abseiling at the grampians and mt arapiles
- romantic vineyard, amherst
- rose street artist market - fitzroy
- rosedale
- royal george hotel, kyneton
- rusty nail restaurant, warracknabeal
- rusty springs b&b - avenel
- rutherglen and the muscat trail
- sailing on port phillip bay
- san remo pelican feeding
- sand sculpting at frankston waterfront
- sandy point
- scienceworks and melbourne planetarium
- scuba dive great ocean rd/shipwreck coast
- sea bounty mussels, williamstown
- sea kayaking
- sea winds national park
- seal watching cruises, phillip island
- seppelt great western
- shakespeare on the river festival stratford
- shepparton festival
- shizuka ryokan daylesford
- silverwater resort
- skiing in the alps
- snowy river national park
- south melbourne markets
- spiegeltent
- st andrews market & hotel
- st kilda market
- st kilda pier and foreshore
- st leonards
- starglen lodge, bonnie doon
- state library
- station pier port melbourne
- stawell caravan park
- stawell gift at easter
- steavenson falls
- stillwater at crittenden
- strathbogie ranges
- strezlecki’s drive from warragul to wonthaggi
- studley park boathouse
- summer in the high country
- sun theatre
- sunny ridge strawberry farm
- sunnymeade garden, strathbogie
- sunset at craigs hut
- sunset park
- surf coast
- sweetwater creek reserve, frankston
- swim with the dolphins in the bay
- swing bridge sale
- swiss italian festa in hepburn springs
- Tahbilk Winery & Wetlands Reserve
- talbot observatory
- talking tram tour, bendigo
- tarra festival -easter in yarram
- tarrawarra museum of art
- telstra dome
- tesselaar tulip festival
- the ada tree walk, powelltown
- the arts centre sunday market
- the bramble farm
- the brewery and stefano’s restaurant.
- the carousel, waterfront geelong
- the convent gallery, daylesford
- the crosscut saw - alpine national park
- the enchanted maze garden
- the eureka centre, ballarat
- the great ocean walk
- the hotel shamrock
- the hut beachfront cafe phillip island
- the mildura arts centre and rio vista museum
- the national gallery of victoria
- the nobbies centre
- the overland train
- the pantechnicon gallery, daylesford
- the shrine of remembrance
- the slow coach horse drawn dining carriage
- the windsor hotel
- theatre royal castlemaine
- theatreworks, st kilda
- thurra national park
- tiger moth flight - torquay
- toms cap winery
- tongio camp
- toorongo falls
- tour the bellarine wine region
- tour the geelong wine region
- tour the high country brewery trail
- tour the rutherglen wine regions
- tour the wineries of the macedon ranges
- tourist shuttle bus melbourne
- tower hill reserve
- tranquil hills
- tuki trout farm
- v8 supercars, phillip island
- venus bay
- victoria hotel - woodend
- victorian goldfields railway
- vietnam veterans museum phillip island
- vietnamese restaurants of victoria street - melbourne
- vinotherapy treatment at natskin dayspa
- visit historic port albert
- visit indigenous rock art site
- visit melbourne style
- visit the historic charming villages of maldon, clunes and creswick
- visit the pink lake
- walk from torquay to anglesea
- walk the razorback from mt hotham to feathertop
- wallaby creek olive grove
- wangaratta jazz & blues festival
- waratah time on the errinundra plateau
- warburton
- warrandyte
- warratina lavender farm
- warrnambool
- warrnambool art gallery
- warrnambool cup carnival
- watch the sunset at portarlington
- werribee park
- werribee zoo
- whale watching in warrnambool
- whittlesea show
- wild oak cooking school
- william ricketts sanctuary
- wine bank on view
- wine tour of victoria’s high country
- wirramurra house - murray river
- wombat state forest
- wonthaggi coal mines
- woodend winter arts festival
- yarra river cruise city to williamstown
- yarra valley
- yarra valley regional farmers markets
- yarrawonga
- you yangs
- young & jackson’s
- ‘extreme seals’ adventure cruise
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