Bairnsdale: Nicholson Boat Ramp - Princes Highway - Gippsland Lakes - Nicholson River

Bairnsdale is best known in Victoria for the extensive murals inside St Mary’s Catholic Church. Set on the Mitchell River in East Gippsland, the town is a regional service centre near the Gippsland Lakes, the broad coastal lagoon system that includes Lake King. The church’s painted interior was created during the 1930s by Italian-born artist Francesco Floreani and remains Bairnsdale’s most distinctive cultural landmark. Its commercial streets serve surrounding agricultural communities, while Mitchell River National Park lies upstream, protecting forest and river-gorge country. See how Bairnsdale fits within East Gippsland by browsing webcams nearby.

Among Australia’s regions, Victoria stands out for the remarkable variety packed between the Murray River and Bass Strait. The state combines fertile northern plains, the Central Victorian Goldfields, the forested Great Dividing Range and a long southern coast. Bendigo and Ballarat grew rapidly during the gold rushes of the 1850s, while Melbourne developed into Victoria’s cultural and economic centre. Along the southwest, the Great Ocean Road follows a dramatic stretch of coastline, contrasting with the farmland and river country inland. See how Victoria belongs within southeastern Australia by browsing webcams across the region.

Australia’s terrain extends from tropical rainforests in the northeast to arid plains in the interior, producing dramatic climatic contrasts. The Great Dividing Range follows much of the eastern coast, while the Great Barrier Reef lies off Queensland in the Coral Sea and Uluru rises from the central desert. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples maintain living cultures whose connections to Country long predate European settlement. In Sydney, the sail-like Opera House, completed in 1973, stands beside one of the world’s best-known harbours. Discover further points of interest through webcams located across Australia.