Victoria, Australia
Victoria bed and breakfast accommodation in Melbourne and elsewhere
Victoria is a state located in the south-eastern corner of Australia. Victoria has one of the highest bed and breakfast accommodation concentrations in Australia because Melbourne, the state capital, attracts so many visitors. Melbourne is the state’s largest city as well, with seventy percent of all Victorians living in the city. While Victoria is the smallest mainland state, it is the most densely populated. It is also the second most populous Australian state after New South Wales. Its origins were quite modest though. Victoria began in the 1830s as a farming outpost. Then gold was discovered in 1851, which ultimately transformed Victoria into a leading center of commerce and industry.
Victoria is Australia’s most diverse state and has B&B, lodges and inns that reflect this diversity. Many bed and breakfast visitors are there to do business with this major agricultural and industrial producer. But here is more to Victoria than factories. The state encompasses tranquil wine regions and multicultural cities. The landscape consists of mountains, forests, deserts, snowy areas, beaches, wine lands, grain fields and vegetable growing areas. The Australian Alps are only three hours away from Melbourne and the Great Ocean Road to South Australia is a day’s drive. Victoria has an amazing 32 national parks.
As your Victoria bed and breakfast host will probably tell you, Victoria is a referred to as the ’Garden State’. The good news for B&B tourists is thatVictoria’s size means that most attractions are within easy reach of Melbourne. The southeastern state of Victoria’s 250 mile longGreat Ocean Road is one of the world’s great coastal drives, meandering as it does pastrainforests, waterfalls and beaches. The stretch between Angelesea and Apollo Bay is especially 
beautiful. It passes through Torquay, where surfers ride the waves, and the fashionable town of Lorne. The Twelve Apostles stand guard stoically near Princetown, stone monoliths carved by the ocean.
Victoria’s fertile farming areas, such as the Yarra Valley and Victoria High Country, feature vineyards that produce internationally renowned wines. The Grampians provide an outdoor paradise for Victoria’s population. Tours of its diverse landscape are taken in canoes, on horseback, or by hang glider. For those who a staying in a Melbourne bed and breakfast and who enjoy shopping rather than high adventure, Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market has been in operation for a century. B&B tourists who are interested in history should visit Old Melbourne Gaol, which was the last home of the infamous Ned Kelly. Many bed and breakfast visitors take day trips to see the former goldfields or one of the nearby national parks.
