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Victoria (state), Australia
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The High Country is a region of the state of Victoria. It extends down from the wine regions in the mid north-east of the state to the alpine regions to their south.
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Award winning horse tour operator offering rides from 2 hours to Multi-day packhorse expeditions into the Alpine National Park. Home of Spring Spur Australian Stock Horse stud, all expedition horses are bred and trained on the property. Clinics in Natural Horsemanship available.
This website lists holiday homes available in the Bright and Harrietville areas and surrounds
The only places where V/line runs trains to are to Wangaratta and Albury-Wodonga. These towns are on the same railway line that connects Melbourne and Sydney.5 hours.
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the northern regional centre.
Beechworth is a town in the High Country of the state of Victoria in Australia. It is notable for its historical precinct and associations with outlaw bushranger Ned Kelly.
Bright is a town in Victoria's High Country.
Chiltern is a town in Victoria's High Country. It's known for its Victorian-era streetscapes, and is home to the Grape Vine Hotel, the largest grapevine in Australia.
Dinner Plain is a village in the High Country of Victoria, Australia.
small village above the snowline.
Mansfield is a country town in Victoria, Australia. It is a two-hour drive from Melbourne.
Rutherglen is one of Australia's oldest wine growing regions. It is in North-East Victoria, near the banks of the Murray River.
Tallangatta is a town near the inflows to Lake Hume in Victoria.
Tawonga, Tawonga South and Mount Beauty are adjacent villages in the upper Kiewa River Valley in the Victorian High Country.
Wangaratta is a city of around 20,000 people in Victoria's High Country.
Victoria's largest national park
Falls Creek is a ski resort surrounded by Alpine National Park in northeast Victoria. It's one of six ski resorts in Victoria and ten in Australia.
Mount Hotham is a ski resort in the High Country of Victoria, catering to both beginners and advanced.
Mount Buller, often called Buller by locals, is an alpine village and ski resort around 250 km northeast of Melbourne. In winter, the mountain contained 263 ha of terrain for skiers and snowboarders, satisfying a wide range of skiers, from total beginners to ultra-advanced.
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