In Victoria‘s Gippsland region, Moe is part of a line of connected settlements along the industrial Latrobe Valley. This brings real contrast to the surrounding countryside, where cooling towers and open cut coal mines soon give way to pastoral dairy farms and tracts of remnant bushland. Museums and attractions around Moe recall the early days …
Victoria’s first permanent European settlement is in the very south-west of the state and can trace its origins back to the pioneer Edward Henty. Fitting for its age, Portland has a lot of solemn bluestone architecture, and you can get around town on an old-timey cable tram. Portland’s coastline is at the heart of the …
As a city with a small-town feel and an abundance of natural surroundings, Lake Forest, California, is one of the best places to live in the state – and one of the best places for visitors to base themselves when traveling in the region. Lake Forest, situated in the scenic Saddleback Valley in Orange County, …
Mountain View is a relatively small city of about 80,000 people, situated in the Silicon Valley region of Santa Clara Country, California. As its name suggests, stunning views of the Santa Cruz Mountains are enjoyed by those lucky to live there – and anyone passing through. The region is known for its pleasant weather throughout …
In perfect isolation 720 kilometres east-southeast of Perth, Esperance is a port town on a beautiful stretch of coast. The beaches are some of the best in Australia, with flawless sand so white it looks like snow. Esperance’s sheltered bays are bathed by transparent waters that glow from the pristine sand underneath. Along the coast …
Ringed by tall hills in the Upper Hunter Valley, Muswellbrook is a rural town first settled by Europeans almost 200 years ago. Coalmining and horse breeding are the traditional sources of income, but Muswellbrook has also won a lot of praise lately for its gourmet food and drink. We have a number of producers to …
Second only to the capital city of Lisbon, Porto is the second-largest and most populous metropolitan area in Portugal, with an urban population of nearly 240,000 residents. Though it often gets overlooked for more well-known tourist destinations in nearby countries, Porto has experienced a surge in visitors in recent years, and many savvy travelers consider …
With a population of nearly two million residents, Warsaw is the largest city in Poland and the seventh-largest in the European Union. Located in the east-central portion of the country along the scenic Vistula River, and is also the capital of the Mazowieckie Province. The city is full of old-world charm, abundant historical sites, vibrant …
This rural town is in Queensland‘s South Burnett Region, high in fertile countryside. As if you needed proof that agriculture is a way of life in Kingaroy there’s a trio of silos slap bang in the middle of town. These hulking structures were put up in the middle of the 20th century to store the …
With nearly 800,000 residents residing within city limits, Krakow is Poland’s second most populous city behind the capital of Warsaw, which has slightly more than one million. Krakow is located in the southern part of the country in the Lesser Poland Province and is divided in half by the Upper Vistula River. The city has …