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If it's mountain biking you're into, head for premium tracks spearing off into Victoria's rugged High Country. The region's popular tracks are also ideal for horse riding or four-wheel driving. In summer try white-water rafting on the Snowy River or kayaking in the Croajingolong National Park.
Rock climbers and abseilers should tackle the Grampians, especially the breathtakingly steep Mt Arapiles. Collectively, the region has 20 climbs graded 31 and over, so if you've got nine lives, there's plenty to challenge you. There are also walls for beginners to learn the ropes or try it out.
If you're in Melbourne, visit Hardware Lane in the CBD, where several outward-bound stores will give you the lowdown on the latest technology, routes, places to go and instructions on how best to set up a hanging belay.
Tropical Tablelands
The rivers and lakes here are wonderful destinations for leisure activities. Fisher people will have no doubt heard of Lake Tinaroo and the record barramundi the waters here regularly yield. Best of all the lake is open for barramundi fishing all year round. It’s also a great source of black bream and red claw yabbies!
Get out onto the water in a canoe or a boat – day and night canoe tours are available from Yungaburra on the waters around Tinaroo, you can hire canoes from Lake Tinaroo Caravan Park, plus you can paddle your own timber handmade canoe at the Mareeba Wetlands.
Pyrenees Tourism
As the pace of life in Melbourne continues to increase, and times spent in the car seems to equal the hours in the office, the stories of those making the big shift from city living to regional and rural lifestyles become even more engaging.
Small communities can be very rewarding and those joining them with a range of transferrable skills can find themselves quickly becoming involved in a range of activities and projects one would never encounter in the big smoke
Bribie Island Tourism
Bathed in sunshine most of the year, Bribie Island is the perfect holiday escape for those wanting 'something different'. Remember those family holidays by a white soft sandy beach, clear calm water lapping the shoreline and getting locally caught fish and chips for lunch? Bribie Island still offers the visitor all of this and much, much more.
Being the only Queensland island connected to the mainland by bridge, Bribie Island is accessible to all and only 45 mins from Brisbane airport.
Wollondilly Tourism
Wollondilly is a popular destination for visitors, yet the name is often unfamiliar until memories stir with the mention of more prominent features such as Razorback Range and Burragorang Valley or towns like Picton, Appin and Warragamba.
Wollondilly, on the south western outskirts of Sydney and at the foothills of the Southern Highlands, is surrounded by spectacular, natural beauty and rural pastures. It's 2,560 square kilometres stretch from Bargo in the south, Appin and Menangle in the east, Warragamba in the north with the Nattai wilderness, Yerranderie Ghost Town and Burragorang Valley to the west.
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