Victoria

Australia's Capital of Cool, Plus Sport

When Australia was handing out things to do to each of its states, Victoria simply said, "Can I have more of everything?"

Blessed with swathes of untouched landscapes, from mountains to rivers and some of the most famous coastline in the country, for a relatively small land mass (though it’s still as big as the entire United Kingdom), it does tend to pack a lot in. 

Home to Australia’s gold rush, when prospectors came from lands afar, you can still trace much of the country’s population diversity from here. As a result, Victorians remain a multicultural lot, meaning they care about coffee and clothes a bit more than the rest of us, and are famously fanatical about sport.

Boasting a cooler climate also has its benefits, not just in how green Victoria is, but in the fact that a high percentage of Australia’s best restaurants, coolest cafés, and hippest live music venues all like to hang out here.