Arriving in Melbourne, Australia

Government House, Melbourne, one of the finest examples of Italiante architecture in Australia
Gulf Station, Yarra Glen, one of the pioneer farms of the yarra valley
McCrae Homestead & Museum, one of Victoria's oldest homestead's
Mulberry Hill, an American Colonial style residence built in the late 1920s
Briars Historic Park, one of the oldest pastoral properties on the Mornington Peninsula, featuring the Dame Mabel Brookes Collection of Napoleonic artefacts
Heights Heritage House & Garden,the largest German prefabricated building in Victoria
Barwon Grange, Geelong, an elegant, intact brick home dating from Geelong's earliest riverside settlement
Partarlington Mill, one of the few once-common flourills now open to the public
Barwon Park, Winchelsea, is a majestic 42-room bluestone mansion and stables
Joss House, Bendigo, the only surviving Chinese building of it kind in regional Victoria
Mooramong Homestead, Skipton, was built in the early 1870s but altered in 1937 to conform to American tastes
Steam Packet Inn, Portand, was built in 1841 and is one of the oldest buildings in Victoria
Dow's Pharmacy, Chiltern, was built in 1859 and is now a museum
Lake View Homestead, Chiltern, is distinguished because of its associations with the author Henry Handel Richardson
Federal Standard Printing Works, Chiltern, is one of the few substantailly intact provincial newspaper printeries remaining from the gold mining era
Powder Magazine, Beechworth, was built in the 1850s to safely house blasting powders used in gold mining

Most of these properties are situated in country locations not too distant from Melbourne and accessible as day trips. Others, such as the Steam Packet Inn and Powder Magazine, are hundreds of kilometres from Melbourne and more suited as weekend or multi-day excursions. Information on all these properties can be obtained from the National Trust (Victoria)