ADVENTURE BLOG

THE EVENT: UCI Cycling Road World Championships
This year there'll be a strong contingent of Australians riding for victory on home soil. melbourne2010.com.au

THE DATE: 29 September-3 October

WHERE: Melbourne.

THE PLACE TO STAY: Crown Metropol has Melbourne's only sky-high day spa and Gordon Ramsay's Maze restaurant, the chef's first venture in Australia. Doubles from £160. crownmetropol.com.au

WHAT ELSE: Take a drive out of Melbourne along the coast, down the Great Ocean Road, to marvel at the mystical limestone stacks of the Twelve Apostles at dusk. Stunning.

GET THERE: BA flies to Singapore and then on to Melbourne as a codeshare with Qantas. Visit ba.com

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