What are the quirkiest tours and activities in Victoria?

From barefoot bowls in St Kilda to husky dog sledding on Mount Baw Baw – 29 wonderfully weird tours and activities in Victoria for those who want more than the standard tourist route.

The Australian state of Victoria has some tried and tested tourist staples. Well known activities in Victoria include driving along the Great Ocean Road, exploring Melbourne on the City Circle Tram and spotting kangaroos in the Grampians.

But look beyond the beginner’s itinerary, and there are some wonderfully weird things to do in Melbourne and beyond. Australia Travel Questions has collated some of the quirkiest tours and activities in Victoria. How many have you done?

Unusual things to do in Victoria: The checklist

1. Take a husky dog sledding tour at Mount Baw Baw.
2. Watch kangaroos bound around the Anglesea Golf Course.
3. Go swimming with seals from Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula.
4. Fossick for gold in the creek at Sovereign Hill, Ballarat.
5. Cuddle a wombat at the Ballarat Wildlife Park.
6. Go barefoot bowling in St Kilda.
7. See thousands of cactuses at Cactus Country on the Murray Farm Gate Trail.
8. See the ghostly river red gum trees sticking out of the water at Lake Mulwala.
9. Swim in the pool named after drowned Prime Minister Harold Holt.
10. Go inside the Giant Koala in the Grampians.
11. Learn about traditional uses for plants on an Aboriginal tour of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne.
12. Find hidden street art in the Melbourne laneways.
13. Fly along the coastline on a Great Ocean Road helicopter tour.
14. Swim with weedy sea dragons in Portsea, and follow up with a beer at the Portsea Hotel.
15. Pose for photos next to the Giant Ned Kelly in Glenrowan.
16. Do a Murray River paddlesteamer cruise from Echuca’s big wooden wharf.
17. Hang out with echidnas at the Tower Hill Reserve in Koroit near Warrnambool.
18. Visit Cooks’ Cottage in Melbourne – which was transported all the way from Yorkshire.
19. See the pink lakes of the Murray Sunset National Park.
20. Go kayaking with seals from Apollo Bay on the Great Ocean Road.
21. Drink on an island under the Southbank Pedestrian Bridge in Melbourne.
22. Watch penguins come home from the sea at the Penguin Parade on Phillip Island.
23. Discover the secret tunnels under Echuca’s heritage pubs.
24. Go deep underground on a gold mine tour in Bendigo.
25. Try to find a bullet hole from the Stringybark Creek shootout at the Ned Kelly Tree.
26. Walk around the Australian Formula One Grand Prix circuit in Melbourne.
27. Enter a world of bushrangers and crooked cops on a Ned Kelly walking tour in Beechworth.
28. Bathe in the geothermal pools of Peninsula Hot Springs on the Mornington Peninsula.
29. See the first ever depiction of a surfboard at the Australian National Surfing Museum in Torquay.

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