In This Issue:

Melbourne newest landmark to open
Australia's first observation wheel, the Southern Star, is opening for business in the Docklands' Waterfront City on Friday 28 November, 2008.

It's the Summer of Shane in Melbourne...and Billy
Australia's champion leg-spinner and Melbourne boy Shane Warne has always been a drawcard with the media, but with the opening of two new Melbourne events dedicated to the cricketer - the National Sports Museum's new permanent 3D experience Cricket Found Me and the highly anticipated Shane Warne: The Musical - he looks set to become a major tourist attraction as well.

New Melbourne Hot Spots
Melbourne's laneway bars have become one of the city's most popular tourist attractions (and let's face it, what's not to love?), but what's lesser known to visitors is that distinctive watering holes are also proliferating in Melbourne's inner city precincts.

Melbourne Sports Tours showcases Torquay's surfing credentials
Coastal hot spot Torquay, a mecca for all surfers and the birthplace of some of the global surf brands such as Rip Curl, Piping Hot and Quicksilver, is the focus of a newly launched tour from Melbourne Sport Tours offering visitors the opportunity to experience Australia's famous surf culture.

Lake Tyers' new 'Culture in the Catchment' Tour
Experience the beautiful Lake Tyers waterway from an Aboriginal perspective with East Gippsland's new two-hour Culture in the Catchment Tours.

Enjoy the High Country's food and wine without adding to your waistline
Two new food and wine tours - Pedal to Produce and Hedonistic Hiking - are now on offer in Victoria's High Country.

Up close and personal with Sea Dragons
Visitors to the Mornington Peninsula can have close encounters with the weedy sea dragon, one of the world's most curious-looking and little-known marine creatures in a new guided dive launched by adventure tour operator, Bayplay Adventure Tours.

Bendigo Art Gallery exclusive Australian venue for major international haute couture exhibition
Bendigo Art Gallery has been confirmed as the exclusive Australian venue for The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947 - 1957 (7 December 2008 - 22 March 2009), the largest exhibition of haute couture to come to Australia.

Everyone can enjoy the outdoors in Melbourne this summer
Visitors to Melbourne this summer will be spoiled for choice with a mind-boggling array of low cost and free outdoor events and activities to keep the whole family entertained.

Step onto the Australia film set at ACMI
A major exhibition opening at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) in December will give audiences an exclusive opportunity to step onto the set of Baz Luhrmann's Australia.

Tourism Victoria launches ninth edition of Wine Regions of Victoria
Tourism Victoria has just launched the ninth edition of its Wine Regions of Victoria brochure, the centrepiece of its marketing of Victoria’s highly successful food and wine tourism industry.

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