Archive for the 'Victoria' Category

Murray-Sunset National Park, NW Victoria
Our holiday in Victoria
September 2007
After leaving the Australian Inland Botanic Gardens near Mildura, we headed west towards South Australia and home. We didn’t go the direct route, however. We often take a roundabout way of getting places, especially when we are on holiday.
We took an interesting detour through the Murray-Sunset National […]

Our cabin, Mildura, Victoria
Our holiday in Victoria
September 2007
We stayed only one night in Mildura during our trip through New South Wales and Victoria. Mildura is a bustling provincial city in north west Victoria well worth staying for more than an over night stay. It would be an excellent destination for a week or more. If […]

Lake Ranfurly, Mildura, Victoria
Our Holiday in Victoria
September 2007
On our way home from our holiday in New South Wales and Victoria last year we stayed for one night in Mildura. This provincial city in north west Victoria is a prominent fruit growing area.
We arrived late in the afternoon, so I only had a short time to […]

Royal Spoonbill, Lake Hattah, Victoria
Our holiday in Victoria
September 2007
During our holiday in Victoria last year we visited the Hattah-Kulkyne National Park in the north west part of the state.
Over recent years this system of lakes has not had much - if any - water due to the drought. This has resulted in poor flows in […]

Noisy Miner, Hattah-Kulkyne National Park
Our holiday in Victoria
September 2007
While we were having lunch on the banks of Lake Hattah during our holiday in Victoria last year we were visited by a group of honeyeaters, the Noisy Miner. These fearless birds are common in the camping and picnic grounds of the Hattah-Kulkyne National Park in north […]