Mildura, Victoria

Mildura is Victoria’s river country: the Murray running wide past red gums and paddle steamers, citrus groves and vineyards stretching to the horizon, and a light that photographers travel for. Couples marry on riverboats, at cellar doors along the Murray-Darling, and in the Art Deco streets of the town itself.

Mungo National Park’s lunettes are ninety minutes away for couples who want somewhere genuinely otherworldly. It is a long way from any capital — which is exactly why the region looks after its own.