The Grainlander rail tour is run by 707 Operations,a volunteer-run organisation which stages regular train excursions into the Victorian countryside.

Silo Art Trail,Victoria:Grainlander steam train to an outback art highlight

It's not every day you meet the model for one of the mighty murals painted on former grain siloes in western Victoria. It's even less likely when it's a dog.

  • byTim Richards
Tour operator Julie Pringle at Lake Tyrrell.

Lake Tyrrell,Victoria:The pink lake that put a dying town on the map

The mirror-like reflections off the surface of the shallow lake have helped turn Sea Lake into one of the state's unlikeliest tourist towns.

  • byMark Daffey
Eight years,and $50 million,in the making the brash new SAM building shares Lin Onus's love of the old and the new.

New Shepparton Art Museum opens with Lin Onus:The Land Within

It would be hard to find a more apt opening exhibition for the new Shepparton Art Museum than Lin Onus:The Land Within.

  • byPaul Chai
Walking the Flinders Ranges.

Flinders Ranges to the Murray River:South Australia's best luxury walks combined

For the first time,the two South Australian walks have been combined this year to create an epic nine-day"Ranges to River"trip.

  • byRob McFarland
Wentworth marks the point where the Murray and Darling rivers meet.

Murray River travel guide:An epic journey from Wentworth to Albury Wodonga

Take a meander along the Murray between Mildura and Albury,a distance of more than 700 kilometres,and stretch it out for more than a week

  • byAnthony Dennis
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Lake Tyrrell.

The Mallee region,Victoria travel guide and things to do:Nine highlights

Big art and a big salt lake are two of the many attractions of Victoria's revived Mallee region.

  • byMark Daffey
A Murry Paddle steamer comes in to Echuca Wharf.

Echuca,Victoria:How this tiny river town became Australia's largest inland port

There's something romantic about being on board a paddlesteamer,unless you're the poor engineer.

  • byDavid Whitley
Once Australia's largest winery complex:Mount Ophir Estate.

The Tower,Mount Ophir Estate:The French provincial'Tower'you can sleep in

On this century-old French-provincial style winery,you can sleep in this unique Australian architectural landmark.

  • byBelinda Jackson
The crew of the PS Barmah,Drew (left),Jenni,Karl,Charles and Colin,are appropriately attired in period clothes.

Proud Murray keeps on turning:Paddle steamer journey is a trip back in time

Moama to Barmah and back takes an hour by car,but six days on the river,which was plenty of time for Karl Quinn and his fellow crewmates to imagine themselves in a different era.

  • byKarl Quinn
One of All Seasons Houseboats'fleet.

Houseboat holiday on the Murray River

A leisurely few days on a houseboat ... what could possibly go wrong?

  • bySteve Meacham