Victoria

Victoria is known as the 'Garden State' due to its beautiful green rolling countryside. The rural areas have well preserved examples of British colonial architecture, which are a constant source of pride to the state's citizens. The state has good road connections for driving holidays and offers breathtaking mountain vistas, secluded and peaceful beaches and dramatically rugged rocky coastlines. Victoria is the smallest of the mainland states, and is only 3% of Australia's landmass, but don't be deceived by this -it is the size of Great Britain, and home to just over a quarter of all Australians.