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	Walkabout - Mount Victoria
		Victoria Falls Road is located on the right (coming from Sydney) about 500 metres after the large sportsfield on the left and 500 metres before you reach Mount Victoria township.
		At the western end of Mount Victoria is a turnoff on the left into Grand View Rd. Near its end turn right into Beaufort Ave which leads to this fine lookout over Wilsons Gully.
		Slightly further west again is Victoria Pass which, even today, seems like a masterpiece of engineering as it winds down the western slopes of the Blue Mountains crossing a narrow ridge at Mount Blaxland.
	www.walkabout.com.au /locations/NSWMountVictoria.shtml (1020 words)

	Western Australia travel guide - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Western Australia [1] is the largest Australian state, occupying the western third of the continent.
		There are only two sealed roads into Western Australia: In the south, the Eyre Highway is the most direct route from Adelaide to Perth.
		In the north, the Victoria Highway connects the Kimberley region with the Northern Territory.
	wikitravel.org /en/Western_Australia (332 words)

	Ozroads: Great Western Highway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Western Terminus: Mid Western Hwy and Mitchell Hwy and Gt Western Hwy, Bathurst
		Across it flowed a stream of settlers to the vast areas of the slopers and plains in the western inland.
		The length of the highway from Harris St, Ultimo, via Broadway, Parramatta Rd, Church St, Prospect, St Mary's, Penrith (via High Street), Emu Plains, Mitchell’s Pass, Springwood, Katoomba, Old Bowenfels, Tarana, Brewongle, Glanmire to the Mitchell and Mid Western Highways in Bathurst was proclaimed State Highway No. 5 on 7 August 1928.
	www.ozroads.com.au /NSW/Highways/GtWestern/gtwestern.htm (1216 words)

	A Wild Western Pedal into Victoria, B.C.
		Victoria, British Columbia, located on the southwestern tip of Vancouver Island, offers visitors many enticements.
		At the Island Highway junction, the Trans Canada Trail forks northward.
		After a leisurely 4-hour (40-kms/25 miles from Victoria) ride through forests, farmlands, and wilderness parks and over trestle bridges, cyclists arrive at Sooke Harbor for a 6-course feast and a stay at a waterfront Bed and Breakfast.
	www.travellady.com /Issues/Issue75/75U-pedal.htm (1189 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Western Highway, Victoria
		The Western Highway is the principal highway linking the Australian cities of Melbourne and Adelaide with a length of approximately 430 kilometres.
		The Western Highway is the second busiest national highway in Australia, in terms of freight movements, with over five million tonnes annually.
		Construction is underway on the Deer Park Bypass to extend the freeway to the Western Ring Road around the suburbs and relieving the highway of its excessive traffic loads; it is assumed the M8 designation will be diverted along this new road as well.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Western_Highway,_Victoria (368 words)

	Western Highway, Victoria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Victoria and South Australia were founded as "free colonies"—that is, they were never penal colonies, although the former did receive some convicts from Tasmania.
		Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3.6 million (2001 census) in the Melbourne metropolitan area and 69,670 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area).
		The Heidelberg School, arguably the first distinctly Australian art movement (in the Western canon, at least), was largely the work of Melbourne-based artists, and many of its most significant works hang in the National Gallery of Victoria.
	betriebsleittechnik.de.reference.pl /en/Western+Highway,+Victoria (9694 words)

	Highways in Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Highways in Victoria are the highest density in any state in Australia due to its historical, population and economic reasons.
		The 'ring' highways (highways that circle Victoria) numbers are given in the multiple of hundreds e.g.
		Highways and primary roads are given numbers in multiple of tens.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Highways_in_Victoria (345 words)

	Victoria Highway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Victoria Highway stretches for 510km southwest of Katherine to Kununurra in Western Australia.
		Back on the Victoria Highway, the road narrows as it enters a picturesque spur of the Gregory National Park.
		Lying on the Victoria River, a century ago it was known as the “Depot”, when the inland port supplied the vast pastoral properties being established throughout the region.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/northern_territory/victoriahighway.asp (1267 words)

	Open Directory - News: Newspapers: Regional: Australia: Victoria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Guardian - Tri-weekly circulating in Swan Hill, northern Victoria and Southern NSW Riverina.
		Western District Farmer - Advertising details and contact information for this free newspaper distributed direct to farmers via Australia Post and as a supplement to community papers in Victoria's south-west.
		Western District Holiday News - Contact details and circulation map for this tourism newspaper which is published quarterly prior to the major school holidays and serving the region from Portland through to Geelong.
	dmoz.org /News/Newspapers/Regional/Australia/Victoria (3167 words)

	Victoria travel, Victoria Australia travel, Victoria Australia, travel to Victoria
		From the west, you enter via the Western Highway along the Avenue of Honour, lined on either side with over 22km of trees and dedicated to soldiers who fought in World War I. It ends at the massive Arch of Victory, through which you drive to enter Sturt Street and the city.
		Coming from the east, you approach the city on the Western Highway (Victoria St), flanked by lawns, trees and colorful flowerbeds.
		The Parks Victoria ranger office, on the Princes Highway in Cann River (Mon—Fri 9am—noon and 12.30—3.30pm; tel 03/5158 6351), provides information on the Croajingolong National Park, which begins southeast of the town at Sydenham Inlet and continues for 100km along the coast to the state border.
	www.escortedaustraliatours.com /thingstodovictoria.htm (3328 words)

	Use Best Western Trip Planner To Save On Travel Reservations At Best Western hotels worldwide
		The Gold Discovery Museum - built in 1960 and also used as the Visitors Center, the museum is where information and maps, exhibits and artifacts relating to the discovery of gold and the Gold Rush period in general can be found.
		While here, it is worth taking a short detour east on Highway 50 until you reach the town of Placerville, another popular California Gold Rush spot.
		Return to Highway 49 and continue this journey back in time by enjoying the fun activities located in Amador City, Sutter Creek and Jackson.
	www.bestwestern.com /tripplanner/highway49.asp (903 words)

	TransCanadaHighway.com Victoria, British Columbia
		Victoria is located on the Southern tip of Vancouver Island, and is the capital of British Columbia.
		It is western Canada's oldest city and is home to the provincial legislature.
		Its Island location gives it both a temperate climate and natural beauty The City of Victoria has a population of approximately 74,000, but over 300,000 live in the Victoria metropolitan area, which includes several municipalities.
	www.transcanadahighway.com /BC/Victoria.htm (263 words)

	Trans-Canada Highway travel guide - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Canada is the second largest country in the world, and the largest country that it is easy to travel across.
		Technically the Highway runs from Victoria (British Columbia) to St.
		The highway, designated as Highway 1 in the four western provinces goes through the magnificent mountains of British Columbia and western Alberta and the awe inspiring Prairies of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
	wikitravel.org /en/Trans-Canada_Highway (490 words)

	TransCanadaHighway.com Victoria, British Columbia's Interesting neighbourhoods
		The two hand-carved stone lions are from Victoria’s sister city in China, Suchow.
		The town is named for the residence of EE Langford, who was the operator of the 243 hectare farm.
		This is western Canada’s southernmost harbour, protected from the ocean seas by narrow Whiffin Spit.
	www.transcanadahighway.com /britishcolumbia/Victoria-Neighbourhoods.htm (722 words)

	Horsham information & attractions - Travel Victoria: accommodation & visitor guide
		Horsham is the largest city in the Wimmera wheat growing and sheep grazing district in western Victoria, located on the main highway linking Melbourne and Adelaide and situated roughly half-way between Stawell and Nhill.
		Weir Park, at the western end of town is a popular spot, named after the weir which spans the Wimmera River at this point and also features a boat ramp.
		To the south-east, along the Western Highway, are the Wimmera Lakes which form part of the Wimmera-Mallee irrigation system.
	www.travelvictoria.com.au /horsham (385 words)

	Provincial Road Map from Victoria to Nanaimo to Tofino/Uculet
		Travel North via the North Shore Highway to the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal, and board the Nanaimo or Victoria bound ferry.
		Victoria to Nanaimo will take about 2 hours by car.
		The highway's name changes to the Pacific Rim Highway about a half-hour outside of Port Alberni.) Continue on this highway all the way to the Tofino-Uculet junction.
	www.islandnet.com /~tofinobc/meares/prov.html (219 words)

	FreewayVic
		Description: National Highway 8 is one of the rare National Highways in Victoria.
		This section is labelled Princes Highway, as it joins in Footscray, the name having preference over Western Highway.
		This is also the case at the western end of A8 in South Australia.
	members.fortunecity.com /josh4/freewayvic/western_hwy.htm (517 words)

	Western Victoria
		The mighty Murray River borders the state to the north providing irrigation for farmlands and wineries, a venue for a wide variety of watersports and a colourful past built around paddlesteamers and historic ports.
		A visit to the historic area of the Goldfields offers the chance to experience the bygone days of the goldrush which made Victoria the wealthiest state in the nation.
		South of the Grampians is sheep country; following the Hamilton Highway from Geelong you’ll end up at Hamilton, the major town and wool capital of the western district, also accessible via Dunkeld on the southern edge of the Grampians.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/victoria/westernvictoria.asp (369 words)

	Best Western International ® - Traveling Lite
		The Best Western District VI Co-op produces a beauty and this is a good time to support your local co-op.
		Locals named the highway because this is where they are always spotting flying saucers and aliens are always abducting someone.
		From Tonopah, we continued up the Extraterrestrial Highway through Mina, Luning, Hawthorne (where they are proud of their Convention Center, which doubles on Friday nights as the local movie house), and finally up through Fallon and back to civilization as we know it.
	www.bestwestern.com /tripplanner/travelarticles/issue_six.asp (945 words)

	Sighting Report November 17th 1983 : Ballan, Victoria, Australia
		Near Ballan, on the western highway, Victoria, Australia.
		I was driving in the country around 4:30am local time when I saw what appeared to be a helicoper hovering over a house approx one kilometer from the highway.
		I thought it was strange, and pulled off the road to watch.
	www.ufoinfo.com /sightings/australia/831117.shtml (607 words)

	Great Western Highway
		The Great Western Highway upgrade involves widening the highway to four lanes between Emu Plains and Katoomba and to mostly three lanes between Katoomba and Mount Victoria.
		Improving pedestrian and traffic facilities at intersections crossing the highway in townships.
		The RTA will continue to keep the local community informed on the status of the Great Western Highway upgrade via this website, community newsletters and local newspaper advertisements.
	www.rta.nsw.gov.au /constructionmaintenance/majorconstructionprojectsregional/greatwesternhighway/index.html?hlid=7 (221 words)

	Mitchell's Bridge - Victoria Pass - Mt Victoria - History - Blue Mountains Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mitchell's Bridge was opened in 1832 as part of Victoria Pass, on the western escarpment.
		Titled "Little Hartely Vale", this photo is believed to show the Western Rd, now Great Western Highway, with Victoria Pass ascending the mountain in the background.
		The original is one of ten photographs in an album in Blue Mountains City Library's possession which was presented, by J.B.North (owner of the Katoomba Coal Mine), to Dr. J.R.M. Robertson, in 1881.
	infobluemountains.net.au /history/mitchell.htm (315 words)

	Best Western Carlton Plaza - Victoria Hotels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		With its convenient location, the Best Western Carlton Plaza Hotel is close to most of Victoria's major attractions such as the Royal BC Museum, the National Geographic IMAX® Theatre, the Royal London Wax Museum and Crystal Gardens.
		Victoria's mild climate makes it an ideal spot for year-round golf, whale-watching, sailing and beachcombing.
		The Best Western Carlton Plaza Hotel is just 30 minutes from Victoria's International Airport, 30 minutes from the BC Ferry terminal or 10 minutes from the Washington State ferry terminal.
	www.victoriahotels.net /bwcarltonplaza.html (413 words)

	History of Ontario's Kings Highways - Hwy 12B (Victoria Harbour)
		Western Terminus: Hwy 12 junction west of Victoria Harbour
		The Victoria Harbour Business Loop was established in 1977, when the Victoria Harbour Bypass was completed.
		Click here to see a route map of Hwy 12B (Victoria Harbour), showing historical re-routings and realignments.
	www.thekingshighway.ca /Hwy12B_victoriaharbour.htm (113 words)

	Australia's highways below standard: report. 03/10/2006. ABC News Online
		A report on the nation's roads and highways has found a majority are below standard and some are unsafe for drivers to use.
		The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) report applies a five-star rating system to national roads and half of those surveyed were given a rating of three stars.
		The worst stretches include sections of the Western Highway in Victoria, South Australia's Sturt Highway, Queensland's Bruce Highway and Western Australia's Great Eastern Highway.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200610/s1754086.htm (190 words)

	Crash blocks Western Highway. 12 January 2006. Victoria Summer News (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A truck driver is in a critical condition and the Western Highway is blocked after a crash near Horsham this morning.
		A man in his 50s is in a critical condition with head injuries, internal injuries and multiple leg fractures.
		Traffic is being diverted and police say the highway could be blocked until lunchtime.
	www.abc.com.au.cob-web.org:8888 /news/australia/vic/summer/200601/s1546032.htm (137 words)

	Horsham Hotels, Victoria - Hotel Reservations in Horsham
		All ground floor units have queen size beds, and there are 2 bedroom suites, with...
		Best western golden grain motor inn, horsham on the western highway in the heart of wimmera wheatlands and the centre of...
		Discover the Best Western westlander motor inn horsham, close to town centre, golf club.
	australia.traveleurope.com /ing/victoria/horsham (104 words)

	Hotel Motel Accommodation in Australia - Best Western (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		From Sydney, head west through the metropolitan area on the M4 motorway before reaching the Great Western Highway and the gradual climb up the mountains.
		Continue on the highway to the charming village of Leura, with its crafts shops, cafes, gardens, the Leuralla Toy and Railway Museum and a wonderful panorama from Sublime Point.
		The Mitchell Highway then swings north to the rural centre of Wellington most famous for its spectacular caves, which can be toured.
	www.bestwestern.com.au /Gad_main.asp?ID=86&m=23&i=23 (519 words)

	Victoria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Just an assortment of railway photos I've taken in Victoria over the last couple of decades.
		Double headed G class locos with freight pass under the Western Highway as they leave Dimboola headed for Adelaide.
		Here the Harris set has run into the other platform to allow R707 to proceed back to the city.
	www.hobbiesplus.com.au /gunzel_gallery/victoria.htm (221 words)

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