From the deep rich, chocolate brown soils of the Central Highlands, with its winding roads and towering white gums, to the eerie columns of Hanging Rock, witness some of Victoria's most picturesque landscapes.

Historic hamlets dot the forested hills and old gold-mining towns offer atmospheric cottage-style and B&B accommodation, fine dining, café culture, antiques and galleries. For more than a generation chefs have moved to this rich countryside to live among the excellent produce: lamb, beef, pork, aromatic root vegetables, trout, olives, berries, cool-climate wines and natural springs that bubble from the earth.