The Australia State of Victoria is located to the south east of the continent, with its capital being Melbourne, the second largest city in the country. The state is home to some of the most wonderful attractions in the world, and if you are on holiday in the area, make sure to get to see some of them!

It certainly is not easy to pick out the best attractions in a list when there are so many to choose from!

Some that are certainly worth a look include:-

Healesville Sanctuary
Yarra Valley Wine Region
Otway Fly Tree Top Walk
Drive along the Great Ocean … Continue Reading

Sorry its been so long - I got sidetracked onto another project, but we are back in business with more travel news and articles.

This week we are finally added the travel article section, this will include several 1,000’s of articles covering all aspects of travel.

Just came back from a great weeks skiing in Saas Fee - its a pretty pricey resort but I can fully recommend it.

Lake Titicaca is situated between Peru and Bolivia, its cobalt coloured waters are stunning.

At 12,500 Ft it is the highest commericially navigable lake in the World. The extra-ordinary isolas Flotantes are a major tourist attraction.

Lake Titicaca is fed by rainfall and meltwater from glaciers on the sierras that abut the Altiplano. Five major river systems feed into Lake Titicaca—in order of their relative flow volumes these are: Ramis, Coata, Ilave, Huancané, and Suchez. More than 20 other smaller rivers empty into Titicaca, and the lake has 41 islands, some of which are densely populated.

The Pantanal ranching country is the largest wetland area in the World. Its a bowl shaped depression covering 96,500 square miles.

The wetlands slowly releases the water through the Paraguay River and tributaries. The formation is a result of the large concave pre-Andean depression of the earth’s crust, related to the Andean orogeny of the Tertiary.

During the rainy season the rivers burst their banks flooding the surrounding plain, provides nutrition for the Worlds largest collection of plants.

The name “Pantanal” stems from the Portuguese word pântano which is synonymous with wetland, bog, swamp or marsh. In comparison, the Brazilian uplands are … Continue Reading

Parc National das Emas is a savanna plain of some 500 sq miles in Central Brazil, it is a Unesco Bioshere Reserve.

The Park divides the Amazon and the Parana River Basins, its a haven for nature lovers with monkeys, anteaters, wolves and cougars.

The termite mounds sprout out of the ground up to 6 ft high. They shelter the Cumpinzeiro beetle which due to bioluminescence which light up the mounds.

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is a British overseas territory, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands archipelago, the remaining islands constituting the U.S. Virgin Islands. Technically the name of the Territory is simply the “Virgin Islands”, but in practice since 1917 they have been almost universally referred to as the “British Virgin Islands” to distinguish the islands from the American Territory.

Tortola and Virgin Gorda are the two largest of the islands, and they both have a friendly atmosphere., the islands are hilly rising rapidly from the sea.

The … Continue Reading

St Thomas is called the Rock City because it is one big mountain. Its main town is Charlotte Amalie, the coastline is made up of private beach resorts. St Thomas is the most populated of the three US Virgin islands.

The Dutch West India Company established a post on Saint Thomas in 1657. The Danish conquered the island in 1666, and by 1672 had established control over the entire island through the Danish West India and Guinea Company.

In 1917 St. Thomas was purchased along with Saint John and Saint Croix)by the United States for $25 million, as part … Continue Reading

Sugarloaf Mountain is the icon of Rio, its name is said to have come from the fact that its shape resembles that of a sugarloaf. However, it is believed by some that the name actually derives from Pau-nh-acuqua or “high hill” in the Tupi-Guarani language, as used by the indigenous Tamoios.

The mountain is only one of several monolithic morros of granite and quartz that rise straight from the water’s edge around Rio de Janeiro.

A cable car was first built in 1912, the ride is a great experience and the views from the summit are incredible. It is worth … Continue Reading

Fernando de Noronha is a Unesco World Heritage Site. The islands of this archipelago are the visible parts of a range of submerged mountains. Consisting of 21 islands, islets and rocks of volcanic origin, the main island has an area of 18 km², being 10 km long and 3.5 km at its maximum width. The base of this enormous volcanic formation is 756 m below the surface. The main island, from which the group gets its name, makes up 91% of the total area; the islands of Rata, Sela Gineta, Cabeluda and São Jose, together with the islets of Leão … Continue Reading