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VICTORIA
MELBOURNE
Marvellous Melbourne
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GEELONG
Geelong
The Great Ocean Road
Geelong Hotels

BALLARAT
Ballarat
Ballarat Hotels

BENDIGO
Bendigo
Bendigo Hotels

ECHUCA
Echuca
Echuca Hotels

GIPPSLAND LAKES
Lakes Entrance
Lakes Entrance Hotels

WARRNAMBOOL
Warrnambool
Warrnambool Hotels

YARRA VALLEY
Yarra Valley
Yarra Glen Hotels


OTHER PLACES TO
STAY IN VICTORIA

Hotels in Victoria
Anglesea
Apollo Bay
Ararat
Arthur's Seat
Bairnsdale
Cape Otway
Colac
Hamilton
Halls Gap
Horsham
Lorne
Maryborough
Mansfield
Merrijig
Metung
Mildura
Ocean Grove
Point Lonsdale
Port Fairy
Portland
Portsea
Queenscliff
Rutherglen
Shepparton
Sorrento
Swan Hill
Torquay
Yarra Junction
 


Tiki Touring Victoria

Tourism and Travel information

 

The Briars
Napoleonic Museum, Mt Martha

Beaches, Rolling Hills, Island Life

 

THINGS TO DO
MORNINGTON PENINSULA
 
Mornington Peninsula Day Trip from Melbourne
Mornington Peninsula Hot Springs and Wine Tasting Day Trip from Melbourne
Mornington Peninsula Horseback Winery Day Trip from Melbourne
Mornington Peninsula including Strawberry Farm Day Tour
Custom Private Tour: Mornington Peninsula Winery Tour
Warrook Cattle and Sheep Farm, Koalas and Penguin Parade Day Tour from Melbourne
 

By Richard Moore

Tucked away in a lovely rural setting just outside of Melbourne, Australia, is a colonial homestead that can boast a terrific collection of Napoleonic items.

The Briars, VictoriaThe Briars belonged to the Balcombe family, who had been on St Helena when Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled there.

The former emperor had stayed with the Balcombe's while waiting for his own residence of Longwood to be completed and had made great friends with their young daughter Betsy Balcombe.

When the family settled in Australia they named their new home after the one they had left.

The Briars is now a museum where visitors can see the Dame Mabel Brookes Napoleonic Collection, which includes furniture that Bonaparte shared upon his stay with them and a large number interesting items such as some of his hair, papers, letters, a legion d'honneur medal, artworks and cartoons.

The Briars, VictoriaMost famous of all is a rare death mask of Napoleon that is unbelievably detailed and shows that rats took their toll on the remains of history's greatest general - chewing off parts of his right ear.

The 1842 Briars homestead can be found just south of Mt Martha on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula, about an hour south of Melbourne.

It is one of the oldest pastoral properties on the Peninsula and also boasts a conservation area in The Briars Wildlife Reserve which allows visitors to explore woodlands along walking tracks through manna gum bush.

There are also wetlands so in addition to koalas, wombats, wallabies and kangaroos tourists can see some extraordinary birdlife.

The Briars homestead is open daily 11am-4pm, but is closed on Good Friday & Christmas Day. The Park is open daily from 9am to 5pm.

 

 

THINGS TO DO OUTSIDE MELBOURNE
Mt Buller Day Trip with Ski or Snowboard Lesson or Unlimited Lift Pass 3-Day Great Ocean Road and Grampians Tour from Melbourne
2-Day Great Ocean Road and the Grampians Tour from Melbourne 3-Day Tour: Road Trip Between Melbourne and Adelaide Including Great Ocean Road and the Grampians
3-Day Tour from Melbourne to Sydney: Wilsons Promontory, Gippsland Lakes and Coolangatta Estate Winery Custom Private Tour: Mornington Peninsula Winery Tour
Private Tour: Great Ocean Road from Melbourne Great Ocean Road 2-Day Adventure Tour from Melbourne
Champion Racehorse Tour with Beer and Wine Tasting Phillip Island Nature Park and Wildlife Seals Cruise
Grampians National Park and Australian Animals Small Group Tour from Melbourne Yarra Valley Wineries and Puffing Billy Steam Train Day Tour from Melbourne
Savannah Walkabout Australian Animals Eco Tour from Melbourne Private Tour: Phillip Island, Penguin Parade and Koala Conservation Centre from Melbourne
Yarra Valley Food and Wine Small Group Tour

 

THINGS TO DO IN MELBOURNE

 

 

 

 

 

 

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