| BALLARAT | City in Victoria, Australia. on Yarrowee River (8) |
| GEELONG | Port in Victoria, Australia, on Corio Bay (7) |
| BENDIGO | City in Victoria, Australia, founded in 1851 after the discovery of gold (7) |
| MELBOURNE | city in Victoria, Australia |
| CANBERRA | The capital city of Australia, on the Molonglo River (8) |
| YARRA | River in Victoria, Australia, which flows westward to Melbourne (5) |
| BLUESTONE | Variety of basalt found in Victoria, Australia, used as a building stone (9) |
| WAGGAWAGGA | City in New South Wales, Australia, on the Murrumbidgee River |
| NAOMIOSAKA | Tennis star who won her opening match at a tournament in Australia on Jan. 1, her first event since giving birth to a baby girl in July |
| PERTH | The capital of Western Australia, on the Swan River (5) |
| WATTLE | The acacia plant celebrated in Australia on the first day of Spring |
| ARTHUR | Port ---, former penal settlement in Australia on the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania (6) |
| OZONE | Invigorating air in Australia on eastern side of Adelaide (5) |
| DECIMAL | Which currency commenced in Australia on 14th February 1966 (7) |
| TOWNSVILLE | Seaport in N.E. Queensland, Australia, on the Coral Sea (10) |
| SCHERZO | Brisk, lively movement of pop diva seen in South Australia on the way back (7) |
| MESA | Take me to South Australia on a flat-top |
| SNOWY | ? River, stream that flows into the Bass Strait near Orbost, Victoria, Australia |
| ALBERTA | Province: one close to Victoria, Australia originally |
| LANDY | John -, Governor of Victoria, Australia from 2001-06 who was the second man to run a sub-four minute |
