Holiday Packages - Australia - Victoria
Shopping in Melbourne is an eclectic affair – you can choose from large department stores and sprawling markets to snazzy basement boutiques and edgy hole-in-the-walls. And whether you're searching for designer labels or vintage clothing, childrens toys or high-tech gadgetry, beaded pumps, Aesop skincare products or sparkling chardonnay, Melbourne has it all.
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Melbourne
Melbourne is set around the shores of
Port Phillip Bay. The city itself, laid out in a large rectangle and boasting a lively and cosmopolitan pulse, sits on the northern banks of the
Yarra
River, about five kilometres from the bay. If it's shopping you're seeking then
Melbourne has it covered. The citys funky laneways and tree-lined streets are a haven for small boutiques specialising in Australian designers, jewellery, accessories and international fashion.
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Regional Victoria
A totally different perspective awaits visitors to Regional Melbourne through tall timber country, which includes some of's best eucalypt forests and vast stands of mountain ash, the world's largest flowering tree. The road through Eltham and Yarra Glen passes through the Yarra Valley wine region. Much of the Dandenongs, the Yarra Valley and the high country farther north has been planted over time with European trees which create a riot of colour in autumn (fall) from about April.
Yarra Valley is a haven for wine buffs with 35 wineries open for tastings and cellar door sales, gourmet restaurants featuring the best of local produce abound including dairy farm with a variety of hand-made cheeses, which many visitors claim rival the best in France and Italy.
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