Budburst, the annual Macedon Ranges Wine Region celebration features more than 30 talented wine-makers who open their doors for this popular food and wine celebration. Wine-lovers can sample a range of white and red varieties as well as the native sparkling 'Macedon' from Victoria's famous cool climate region. 14 - 15 November 2009
Big West Festival, Melbourne's premier community-based contemporary arts festival of the west presents 10 days of installations, events, music, song, film and live performance exploring life, the domestic, home, dispossession and possession. 20-29 November 2009
The Strawberry and Cherry Weekend Festival, to be held in Bacchus Marsh, 45 minutes' drive from Melbourne, will feature opportunities to pick strawberries and to buy fresh produce, family fun activities and prizes. 21 - 22 November 2009
Melbourne Museum is set to launch Wild: Amazing animals in a changing world, an exhibition featuring more than 700 mammals, birds and reptiles from all around the world. Animals in the exhibition include Giant Panda, Polar Bear Asiatic Lion, Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel, Indian Rhinoceros and monkeys to name a few. From 13 November 2009.
Located just over an hour's drive from Melbourne - or a 40 minute ferry trip from Sorrento - Queenscliff presents top Australian and international guests. There are wonderful venues, great food and wine. 27 - 29 November 2009