On Walkabout At: The Pennyweight Flat Cemetery In Castlemaine, Victoria

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Basic Information Name: Pennyweight Flat Cemetery Where: Castlemaine, Australia Admission: Free More Info: OnMyDoorStep.com.au Narrative Continuing with my Halloween inspired series of postings the next cemetery I decided to write about was the small Pennyweight Flat Cemetery located outside of …

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On Walkabout On: Mt. Feathertop’s Razorback Trail – Part 3

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Prior Posting: Mt. Feathertop’s Razorback Trail – Part 2 _______________________________________________________________ The summit of the 1,922 meter Mt. Feathertop was getting nearer as I continued to hustle up the trail in hopes of climbing the mountain before the impending bad weather …

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On Walkabout On: Mt. Feathertop’s Razorback Trail – Part 2

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Previous Posting: Mt. Feathertop’s Razorback Trail – Part 1 ____________________________________________ As I began my walk across Australia’s Razorback Trail, the weather was cold, but overall I had clear skies and most importantly little to no wind that had thwarted my …

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On Walkabout On: Mt. Feathertop’s Razorback Trail

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Basic Trail Information Name: Razorback Trail Where: Mt. Feathertop, Victoria Distance: 22.5 kilometers Difficulty: moderate to difficult Time: 9 hours More Info: www.visitvictoria.com Here is a Google Terrain map of the Trail: Narrative The Razorback Trail was one of the …

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Picture of the Day: Kayaking Australia’s Murray River

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This picture is from a nice photoblog of husband and wife team Heidi and Peter Hutton kayaking nearly the entire length of Australia’s Murray River.  I love the area around the upper Murray River that flows out of the Snowy …

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Picture of the Day: Bushfire Recovery of Steavenson Falls

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Picture Via Marysville Tourism. One of my favorite areas to visit in Australia was the picturesque town of Marysville, Victoria that was devastated in 2009 by the worst bushfire in Australian history.  The above picture is of the town’s iconic …

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On Walkabout At: Kinglake National Park, Australia

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Kinglake National Park is one of Australia’s many National Parks, but what makes this park unique is how close to the metropolis of Melbourne that it is located: The area outside of the national park is dotted with many small …

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On Walkabout At: The Healesville Animal Sanctuary

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Australia is filled with many great zoos and wildlife parks, but my favorite location to view Australian wildlife and one of the best zoos I have been to overall is the Healesville Animal Sanctuary located outside of Melbourne, Victoria: View …

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Picture of the Day: The Puffing Billy

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This is a picture from when my wife and I road on the Puffing Billy Railway outside of Melbourne, Australia.

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Melbourne Storms: Past & Present

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Here are pictures of a massive storm that hit one of my favorite cities in the world Melbourne, Australia: There seems to be wild weather all around the world this year, but as Andrew Bolt points out this type of …

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