Holiday-starved Australians yearning for exotic adventure are travelling to a sandy stretch of countryside where rare cacti and succulents grow cheek-by-jowl as far as the eye can see.
It sounds like a scene from an arid Arizona desert, but Cactus Country can be found down a side road in Strathmerton, a sleepy town of 1,042 residents just under three hours drive north of Melbourne CBD.
Australians have been flocking to the farm - which is home to the country s largest cactus collection - to capture brightly coloured Instagram photos and dine at a restaurant that serves Mexican tacos, beers and frozen margaritas.
Inside the desert cactus farm under 3 hours drive from a major city
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