Sights in Victoria
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Kyneton Botanic Gardens
Don’t miss the Botanic Gardens, beside the Campaspe River, that Baron Ferdinand von Mueller established in the 1860s.
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Bunurong Environment Centre & Shop
An abundance of books and brochures on environmental and sustainable-living topics. Environmental tours organised during school holidays.
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Atheneum Museum
Atheneum Museum is housed in the former town hall (1866).
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Chinatown
Red archways across either end of Little Bourke St's Chinatown are your gateways to clattering woks, glowing neons, exotic aromas and shops with floor-to-ceiling chambers of medicinal herbs and tinctures. Melbourne's Chinatown has been thriving since the 1850s when Chinese prospectors joined the rush to find gold.
The single-storey brick buildings were built in the 19th century, a time when brothels, opium dens and boarding houses were the main tenants. Today the area is chock-a-block with discount shops and authentic Chinese restaurants.
It's the best place for yum cha (dim sum), and to sate that craving for sea slug in Sichuan sauce.
Chinatown's Chinese Museum (tel:…
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Docklands
This waterfront area was the city's main industrial and docking area until the mid-1960s. In the mid-1990s a purpose-built studio complex and residential, retail and entertainment area was built. Of most interest to travellers is the first-born, New Quay, with public art, promenades and a wide variety of cafes and restaurants. Waterfront City also has restaurants, bars, a yacht club and, if it rises again, the troublesome observation wheel, which was erected in 2010 then dissembled as structural problems became evident.
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Wool Factory
The Wool Factory, just outside Horsham township, produces ultrafine Merino wool; there’s a walk-through sheep shed and shop where you can buy wool products.
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Red Gum Works
At Red Gum Works you can watch wood turners and blacksmiths at work with traditional equipment, and purchase red-gum products.
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