With more than 50 boutique cellar doors on the Mornington Peninsula, touring on horseback is a fun way to explore the vineyards.

We round up some of the best places to stay when you're looking for a spot of luxury in the wilderness.

Some place names could come from only one country, one culture: think Aotearoa. Or Taj Mahal. And then there are the 'only in Australia' towns. Henry Porter visits Bendigo.

The promise of spectacular scenery is what brings Jon Bridges to this famous road but he ends up preoccupied with finding a shipwreck survivor.

The city's iconic Queen Victoria Market is set for a A$250 million revamp.

Melbourne lives up to its reputation as Australia's arts and culture capital, discovers Colin Mathura-Jeffree during a visit to the Winter Masterpieces series.

Melbourne offers Colin Hogg a variety of drinking holes, from classic to haunted.

Colin Mathura-Jeffree revels in the variety of Melbourne's fashion hotspots.

We round up some of the best eco accommodation options for those wanting to get back to nature across the ditch.

Armed with the traditional Aboriginal greeting of a gum leaf, Jon Bridges is set to discover Melbourne on two wheels.

Jon Bridges bikes Victoria's Great Ocean Rd and experiences the gems that Melbourne has to offer.

A girls' weekend away in Melbourne's vibrant CBD turns into a riot of food, fun and sightseeing, writes Sharon Stephenson.

Experience some of the best Greek food outside of Athens at these establishments...

Mike Van de Elzen samples the boutique breweries of South Australia.

Meeting great apes is a dream realised, writes Colin Mathura-Jeffree.

Winston Aldworth hops on a bike to chase the hops.

Winston Aldworth visits a modern tribute to one of cricket's traditional folk heroes.

Peter Calder returns to the city that introduced him to decent food.

Tim Roxborogh gets a taste of the high life in Melbourne.

Danielle Wright discovers European heritage in St Kilda and macaron magic in the CBD on a weekend trip to Melbourne.

Colin Mathura-Jeffree visits the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.

Across the Ditch Peter Feeney relaxes in the fringes of Australia's food and culture capital and laps up the suburban lifestyle.

Danielle Wright packs the family into a camper-van and hits the road to Victoria's holiday beaches.

You could say the 12 Apostles are the Great Ocean Road's poster boys - even though they are simply pillars of resistant rock and that at last count there were only eight of them.

While firefighters yesterday continued to battle huge blazes in Victoria, floods swept through Queensland, shutting down roads, railways and airports as former cyclone Oswald inundated coastal regions.

Australia's hopes are now focused on the monsoon finally forming over the north of the continent as more homes were lost to furious fires raging in above-40s temperatures and powerful hot winds yesterday.

Liz Hurley British actress Liz Hurley has had an ugly run-in with a journalist as she and fiance Shane Warne departed Perth.