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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 …
Posted in Victoria
Tagged Australia, Castlemaine, cemeteries, gold, gold mining, Pennyweight Flat Cemetery, Victoria
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On Walkabout At: The Taronga Zoo In Sydney, Australia
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Basic Information Name: Taronga Zoo Where: Sydney, Australia Price: $44 for adults, $22 for children (more ticket info here) More Info: Taronga Zoo website Narrative Whenever I travel somewhere I always like to stop and visit local zoos. So I …
Posted in New South Wales
Tagged Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Taronga Zoo, zoos
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Australia Travelog Archive
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Below is a list of all my postings that I have completed from the various locations in Australia I visited during the years I spent living there. I actually have pictures of many other locations in the country that I …
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Tagged ACT, Australia, Melbourne, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Sydney, Tasmania, Victoria
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Picture of the Day: Spiders Take Over Australian Town
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Fortunately these spiders that are fleeing flood waters in Australia are not harmful to humans and are actually eating a lot of the mosquitoes caused by the rising water levels. You can read more about this unique phenomenon at this link.
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 …
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 …
Posted in Victoria
Tagged Australia, Mt. Feathertop, Mt. Hotham, Razorback Trail, Victoria
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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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Tagged Australia, Mt. Feathertop, Mt. Hotham, Razorback Trail, Victoria
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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 …
Were the Ancestral Aborigines the Greatest Explorers Ever?
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Much research has been done in recent years to determine how and when Australia’s Aborigines populated the continent and this latest development shows that the Aborigines populated Australia longer than any other race of people on Earth: In an exciting …
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 …






