Virtuoso Life Magazine — Australia Special 2017

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(GOLF) DEREK ROSS, (FISHERMEN) RIVERFLY 1864 – TASMANIA, (HIKERS) PHOTO ELEMENTS MARGARET RIVER/MARK BOSKELL

Tee off: From the famous Victorian Sandbelt to golf courses alongside the sandstone sea-cliffs of southern

Sydney or an island in the Great Barrier Reef, golfers can play six of the world’s top 100 courses here. • For

fly-fishing, Tasmania’s subalpine Central Plateau provides some of the finest fly fishing for wild-spawned brown

trout anywhere – not for nothing, the island state was chosen to host the 2019 World Fly Fishing Championships.

• Feel like stepping out? Noteworthy treks (supported with plenty of creature comforts) include a three-day
  Scenic Rim Trail Hike across mountains, ridges, escarpments, rain forests, and ancient volcanic plateaus
  in South East Queensland’s Main Range National Park, or a four-day Margaret River Cape to Cape walk that
  wends through towering karri forests and along headlands and beaches, with plenty of opportunities for a cool-
  ing dip in the ocean.

Play Through

PARTING SHOTS

Clockwise from top left:

Victoria’s Flinders Golf Club,

fly-fishing in Tasmania, and

Margaret River’s Cape

to Cape Walk.

As Australian outdoors lovers know, their country is home to

top-notch golfing, fly-fishing, and walking tours.