📍Cactus Country, Strathmerton
4986 Murray Valley Hwy, Strathmerton

Cactus Country is located in the outback town of Strathmerton in northern Victoria, about 250 kilometres from Melbourne, the capital of Victoria. It is the largest cactus garden in Australia, covering an area of 10 acres. It has a history of more than 40 years and is said to have more than 4,000 varieties.

It takes three hours each way, and I didn't think it was worth it to go to a park. This Easter stay in Wangaratta, just 1 hour, finally a feast for the eyes.

It is the largest cactus garden in Australia and is about 3 hours drive north of Melbourne. Here you can see a wide variety of cactus, and you can explore the cactus species of each country through eight different trails.

Enter the moment as if came to the cactus kingdom in the movie, too beautiful, super invincible film, but also met someone in the wedding photos.

Jim Halls is the owner of the Palm Garden. His love for cactus originates from his family. When he was a child, his father collected a lot of cactus plants.

Over the next four years, they tended the plants on their 3-acre plot, slowly propagating new seeds and planting larger specimens in the field to make them grow faster. Of course, they still need to make money, so Julie continues to teach and Jim picks fruit at the local orchard and prunes it in the winter. It was a frustrating time for Jim, as he could envision a great opportunity to develop a cactus and succulent garden for visitors.

Four years later, Jim and Julie bought the peach orchard. They bulldozed the trees and began to build gardens. In 1984, they purchased a second collection, which belonged to Mr. Ed Kroemer, a bachelor from Loxton, South Africa, who had traveled the world collecting cacti. When he died, he asked in his will that his collection be kept together. It took more than a year for his siblings to find someone who would grant their brother's wishes.

On October 21, 1988, the garden expanded from ½ acres to more than 8 acres and was renamed Cactus Country.

It is a little cold on a cloudy day, and the small chairs in the park will appear in various positions suitable for shooting large films, and everyone will look for it, and there are not many tourists, and they are not afraid of the background of human flesh.

Bring high-power sunscreen for outdoor use. Next to the desert, the sun is strong! My friend wore 50X sunscreen and still got sunburned. Bring mosquito spray. After all, it is a cactus forest with more small mosquitoes. Wear comfortable shoes for walking in the sand. Wear sunglasses! At noon, the sun is very dazzling, if you can't open your eyes to take photos, you can wear sunglasses concave shape.

You can bring some exotic accessories and photo props, bags, cowboy hats, etc. Driving friends with good coffee, a total of 6 hours drive back and forth, easy to get tired.

You are advised to scan the code Guidebook at the entrance. Personally, the garden is not very big, but it is really easy to get lost, because there are 8 different paths that take you "through" South America, North America and South Africa.

The hat is free. You can just return it.

Cactus country can be completed in about 1 hour, after visiting the cafe can order cactus meat made of water and dessert rest.

Then we spent the night in the neighborhood, and we stayed at tiny away's tiny house on airbnb.

The next day you can visit the Ecucha town Port of Echuca Discovery Centre, a preserved old town where you can paddle steamer around the murray river in 1900s.

It is a very suitable place for blockbusters and clocking, very recommended. Ha ha ha but take pictures need to be careful, my little friend was pricked a very thick thorn!!! Don't touch the flower on the cactus, I touched the next, index finger five thorns.