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A wide view of Loch Ard Gorge in Port Campbell, Victoria.
Victoria
How Did Loch Ard Gorge Get its Name?
Nestled between the coastal town of Port Campbell and the Twelve Apostles rock formations along Victoria’s world-famous Great Ocean Road is the stunning beach nook known as Loch Ard Gorge. Part of Port Campbell National Park, on Kirrae Whurrung Country about 230 kilometres from central Melbourne, the gorge is named after the most famous of…
26 November 2024
Pubs Victoria
How Romsey Got Its Pub Back
It usually takes decades of residency or generational legacy to be considered a true local in small country towns. But husband and wife pub owners Alex and Ashleigh Gorman fast-tracked their local status by taking over not one but two country pubs in northwest Victoria and entrenching themselves in their adopted community. “We bought the…
20 November 2024
Australian Capital Territory
A Guide to the ACT’s Big Things
When most people mention the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) there are generally two things that come to mind—Parliament House and the Australian War Memorial. We’re here to inform you there’s a lot more going on in Australia’s capital, especially when it comes to the ACT’s collection of Big Things.  There’s a surprisingly impressive range of…
23 October 2024
Food & Drink Victoria
This Meeting Spot Between Melbourne and Bendigo Offers Homestyle Asian Cuisine With a Difference
From an unassuming shop front in a business centre in the heart of Gisborne—the gateway to the Macedon Ranges in Victoria—Stephanie Zhou and her husband, Stephen Rocard, run an Asian fusion eatery with a difference. Positioned about 50 kilometres from Melbourne and 100 kilometres from Bendigo on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country, The Flying Pigeon offers…
22 October 2024
New South Wales
This Is My First Rodeo
The tiny outback town of Tibooburra, renowned for being the hottest place in NSW, hosts an annual gymkhana, bikekhana and rodeo each Spring.  As a fresh-to-the-outback, former city-slicker, I had to know whether the rodeo experience lived up to my romantic yet uninformed idea of it: a blur of line dancing, cowboy boots and something…
16 October 2024
Tasmania
A Guide to Tasmania’s Big Things
The latest piece in our series focusing on Australia’s Big Things takes a look at the giant sculptures and statues found throughout Tasmania.  Despite being Australia’s smallest state, there’s a surprising number of Big Things dotted around the Apple Isle. Due to its size, it’s super easy to jump in the car and spend a…
8 October 2024
Picture of Harry Houdini's flight in Diggers Rest, Victoria.
History Victoria
Harry Houdini Flew a Flimsy Aircraft in Diggers Rest. But Was He Really the First to Fly in Australia?
Six years after the Wright Brothers made the world’s first controlled, sustained flight of an engine-powered aircraft in the US, Harry Houdini—yes, that Houdini, the famous Hungarian-American escape artist and stunt performer—set a similarly impressive record in the small town of Diggers Rest, Victoria.  Diggers Rest is now considered an outer Melbourne suburb, at about…
1 October 2024
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