Lonely Planet Victoria
by Ashworth, SusieEdition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-09-01
Publisher(s): Lonely Planet
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Summary
Endless beaches, snowcapped mountains, bush retreats, historic townships and Australia's sassiest city - Victoria is proof that good things come in small packages. Whether you want open vistas or urban spaces, big events or intimate escapes, Lonely Planet offers the perfect getaway with the only comprehensive guidebook to Victoria. Book jacket.
Table of Contents
| The Authors | p. 12 |
| Getting Started | p. 15 |
| Itineraries | p. 18 |
| Snapshot | p. 21 |
| History | p. 23 |
| The Culture | p. 29 |
| Environment | p. 36 |
| Victoria Outdoors | p. 43 |
| Food & Drink | p. 50 |
| Victorian Wineries | p. 56 |
| Melbourne | p. 66 |
| History | p. 67 |
| Orientation | p. 67 |
| Information | p. 68 |
| Sights | p. 87 |
| Activities | p. 108 |
| Walking Tour | p. 110 |
| Melbourne for Children | p. 112 |
| Quirky Melbourne | p. 112 |
| Tours | p. 113 |
| Festivals & Events | p. 113 |
| Sleeping | p. 115 |
| Eating | p. 122 |
| Drinking | p. 130 |
| Entertainment | p. 133 |
| Shopping | p. 141 |
| Getting There & Away | p. 145 |
| Getting Around | p. 145 |
| Around Melbourne | p. 149 |
| Melbourne to Geelong | p. 151 |
| Outer West | p. 151 |
| Geelong | p. 152 |
| Bellarine Peninsula | p. 159 |
| Portarlington, Indented Head & St Leonards | p. 160 |
| Queenscliff | p. 160 |
| Point Lonsdale | p. 164 |
| Ocean Grove | p. 165 |
| Barwon Heads | p. 165 |
| Northwest from Melbourne | p. 167 |
| Bacchus Marsh | p. 167 |
| Trentham & Blackwood | p. 167 |
| Along the Calder Highway | p. 168 |
| Woodend | p. 168 |
| Hanging Rock | p. 169 |
| Yarra Valley | p. 169 |
| Lower Yarra Valley | p. 171 |
| Upper Yarra Valley | p. 173 |
| The Dandenongs | p. 175 |
| Mornington Peninsula | p. 179 |
| Sorrento | p. 181 |
| Portsea | p. 183 |
| Mornington Peninsula National Park | p. 184 |
| Peninsula Interior & Around | p. 185 |
| Western Port | p. 186 |
| French Island | p. 187 |
| Phillip Island | p. 188 |
| Southwest | p. 195 |
| Surf Coast | p. 196 |
| Torquay | p. 196 |
| Torquay to Anglesea | p. 199 |
| Anglesea | p. 199 |
| Aireys Inlet | p. 201 |
| Otway Ranges | p. 202 |
| Lorne | p. 203 |
| Shipwreck Coast | p. 207 |
| Lorne to Apollo Bay | p. 207 |
| Apollo Bay | p. 208 |
| Around Apollo Bay | p. 212 |
| Cape Otway | p. 213 |
| Cape Otway to Port Campbell National Park | p. 213 |
| Port Campbell | p. 216 |
| Port Campbell to Warrnambool | p. 217 |
| Warrnambool | p. 217 |
| Port Fairy | p. 222 |
| Discovery Coast & Princes Highway | p. 226 |
| Port Fairy to Portland | p. 226 |
| Portland | p. 226 |
| Around Portland | p. 229 |
| Portland to South Australia | p. 230 |
| Along the Princes Highway | p. 232 |
| Central West | p. 235 |
| The Goldfields | p. 236 |
| Ballarat | p. 237 |
| Daylesford & Hepburn Springs | p. 244 |
| Daylesford to Malmsbury | p. 248 |
| Malmsbury | p. 249 |
| Castlemaine | p. 249 |
| Around Castlemaine | p. 251 |
| Maldon | p. 252 |
| Maryborough | p. 254 |
| Avoca & the Pyrenees | p. 255 |
| Moonambel | p. 255 |
| Moliagul, Tarnagulla & Dunolly | p. 256 |
| St Arnaud | p. 256 |
| Bendigo | p. 257 |
| Around Bendigo | p. 262 |
| Kyneton | p. 263 |
| The Wimmera | p. 264 |
| Langi Ghiran State Park | p. 264 |
| Ararat | p. 264 |
| Stawell | p. 265 |
| Grampians National Park | p. 267 |
| Wartook Valley | p. 272 |
| Horsham | p. 272 |
| Mt Arapiles State Park | p. 274 |
| Dimboola | p. 275 |
| Nhill | p. 276 |
| Little Desert National Park | p. 276 |
| South of the Grampians | p. 277 |
| Skipton | p. 277 |
| Dunkeld | p. 278 |
| Hamilton | p. 278 |
| Around Hamilton | p. 280 |
| Northwest | p. 281 |
| The Mallee | p. 282 |
| Charlton | p. 283 |
| Donald | p. 283 |
| Warracknabeal | p. 284 |
| Wyperfeld National Park | p. 284 |
| Big Desert Wilderness Park | p. 285 |
| Ouyen | p. 285 |
| West of Ouyen | p. 286 |
| Murray-Sunset National Park | p. 286 |
| The Murray | p. 286 |
| Mildura | p. 287 |
| Hattah-Kulkyne National Park | p. 292 |
| Robinvale | p. 293 |
| Swan Hill | p. 293 |
| East of Swan Hill | p. 296 |
| North to the Murray | p. 297 |
| Melbourne to Wodonga | p. 298 |
| Kilmore | p. 298 |
| Seymour | p. 299 |
| Seymour to Benalla | p. 300 |
| Benalla | p. 301 |
| Glenrowan | p. 302 |
| Warby Range State Park | p. 302 |
| Wangaratta | p. 303 |
| Chiltern | p. 305 |
| Around Chiltern | p. 305 |
| Wodonga | p. 305 |
| Along the Murray | p. 307 |
| Rutherglen | p. 307 |
| Yarrawonga | p. 309 |
| Cobram | p. 310 |
| Barmah State Park | p. 310 |
| Echuca | p. 311 |
| Goulburn Valley | p. 315 |
| Kyabram | p. 315 |
| Shepparton | p. 316 |
| Tatura | p. 318 |
| Murchison | p. 319 |
| Nagambie | p. 320 |
| Heathcote | p. 320 |
| Lake Eppalock | p. 321 |
| The High Country | p. 322 |
| Baw Baw National Park | p. 324 |
| Mt Baw Baw Village | p. 324 |
| Mt St Gwinear | p. 326 |
| Marysville | p. 326 |
| Lake Mountain | p. 327 |
| Cathedral Range State Park | p. 328 |
| Taggerty | p. 328 |
| Alexandra | p. 328 |
| Eildon | p. 329 |
| Lake Eildon National Park | p. 330 |
| Howqua | p. 330 |
| Jamieson | p. 330 |
| Mansfield | p. 331 |
| Mansfield to Mt Buller | p. 334 |
| Mt Buller | p. 334 |
| Mt Stirling | p. 336 |
| Alpine National Park | p. 337 |
| Harrietville | p. 337 |
| Mt Hotham | p. 338 |
| Dinner Plain | p. 340 |
| Falls Creek | p. 341 |
| Mt Beauty & Kiewa Valley | p. 342 |
| Bright | p. 344 |
| Around Bright | p. 346 |
| Mt Buffalo National Park | p. 347 |
| Mt Buffalo | p. 347 |
| Myrtleford | p. 348 |
| Milawa Gourmet Region & the Snow Road | p. 348 |
| King Valley | p. 349 |
| Beechworth | p. 350 |
| Yackandandah | p. 352 |
| Omeo Highway | p. 352 |
| Omeo | p. 353 |
| Swifts Creek | p. 353 |
| The Northeast | p. 353 |
| Wodonga to Corryong | p. 353 |
| Burrowa-Pine Mountain National Park | p. 354 |
| Corryong | p. 354 |
| South & Far East | p. 356 |
| West Gippsland | p. 357 |
| Princes Highway - Tynong to Yarragon | p. 357 |
| Yarragon & Around | p. 357 |
| Walhalla | p. 359 |
| Traralgon | p. 361 |
| Traralgon to Sale via Maffra | p. 361 |
| Maffra | p. 361 |
| South Gippsland | p. 362 |
| Korumburra | p. 362 |
| Koonwarra | p. 363 |
| Tarra Bulga National Park | p. 363 |
| Kilcunda | p. 364 |
| Wonthaggi | p. 364 |
| Bunurong Marine Park & Cape Paterson | p. 365 |
| Inverloch | p. 365 |
| Venus Bay | p. 366 |
| Wilsons Promontory National Park | p. 366 |
| Around Wilsons Promontory | p. 369 |
| Port Albert | p. 370 |
| Yarram to Sale | p. 370 |
| Lakes District | p. 371 |
| Sale | p. 371 |
| Stratford | p. 372 |
| Bairnsdale | p. 373 |
| Mitchell River National Park | p. 374 |
| Eagle Point | p. 374 |
| Paynesville & Raymond Island | p. 374 |
| Ninety Mile Beach | p. 375 |
| Metung | p. 376 |
| Around Metung | p. 377 |
| Lakes Entrance | p. 378 |
| Around Lakes Entrance | p. 380 |
| East Gippsland | p. 381 |
| Buchan | p. 381 |
| Snowy River National Park | p. 383 |
| Orbost | p. 384 |
| Errinundra National Park | p. 384 |
| Marlo | p. 386 |
| Cape Conran Coastal Park | p. 386 |
| Orbost to Genoa | p. 387 |
| Coopracambra National Park | p. 388 |
| Gipsy Point | p. 388 |
| Mallacoota | p. 388 |
| Croajingolong National Park | p. 390 |
| Directory | p. 392 |
| Accommodation | p. 392 |
| Activities | p. 395 |
| Business Hours | p. 395 |
| Children | p. 395 |
| Climate Charts | p. 396 |
| Customs | p. 397 |
| Dangers & Annoyances | p. 397 |
| Disabled Travellers | p. 398 |
| Discount Cards | p. 399 |
| Embassies & Consulates | p. 399 |
| Festivals & Events | p. 399 |
| Food | p. 400 |
| Gay & Lesbian Travellers | p. 400 |
| Holidays | p. 400 |
| Insurance | p. 401 |
| Internet Access | p. 401 |
| Legal Matters | p. 402 |
| Maps | p. 402 |
| Money | p. 402 |
| Post | p. 403 |
| Solo Travellers | p. 404 |
| Telephone | p. 404 |
| Time | p. 405 |
| Tourist Information | p. 405 |
| Tours | p. 406 |
| Visas | p. 406 |
| Women Travellers | p. 406 |
| Transport | p. 407 |
| Getting There & Away | p. 407 |
| Entering the Country | p. 407 |
| Air | p. 407 |
| Land | p. 410 |
| Sea | p. 412 |
| Getting Around | p. 412 |
| Air | p. 412 |
| Bicycle | p. 412 |
| Bus | p. 413 |
| Car & Motorcycle | p. 413 |
| Hitching | p. 417 |
| Local Transport | p. 417 |
| Train | p. 417 |
| Health | p. 419 |
| Before You Go | p. 419 |
| Insurance | p. 419 |
| Recommended Vaccinations | p. 419 |
| Medical Checklist | p. 419 |
| Internet Resources | p. 420 |
| Further Reading | p. 420 |
| In Victoria | p. 420 |
| Availability & Cost of Health Care | p. 420 |
| Infectious Diseases | p. 420 |
| Environmental Hazards | p. 421 |
| Glossary | p. 423 |
| Behind the Scenes | p. 425 |
| Index | p. 433 |
| Map Legend | p. 440 |
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