How to Get There: by road west from Melbourne - via Princes or Hamilton Highways from Geelong; via Glenelg Highway from Ballarat; via Glenelg Highway from Mt Gambier, SA; via Wimmera Highway from Naracoorte, SA; via Dukes Highway and Western Highway from Adelaide via Murray Bridge and Bordertown.
By rail: via The Overland from Melbourne or Adelaide (3 daylight services per week in each direction). The Overland stops at Bordertown, Nhill, Dimboola, Horsham, Stawell, Ararat and Geelong (see timetable).
Best Time To Go: As Victoria has a temperate climate, there is no one season or month that the visitor needs to avoid, except perhaps summer (December - February), if you find hot weather unbearable. Even then, only the north and the north-west tend to suffer from extended periods of intense heat, so those areas would be the only ones to contemplate avoiding in summer if you don't like the heat. Cold spells are brief and never severe on the coast, and temperatures can drop much lower inland in winter.
