Victoria is the smallest state in Australia with a rich history that ties in closely with the 19th Century gold rush era. Victoria's outstanding natural attractions will surprise even veteran travelers. Each sight and place will bring new experiences and provoke different emotions in us. From the legendary Great Ocean Road to the bare beauty of the deserts in the north, the elegant and artistic cosmopolitan city of Melbourne to the historical 19th Century gold mining towns, the grand mountains of Grampians to the Victorian Alps, Victoria is but one word, diversity.