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Melbourne
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| Melbourne is the maintown of the state Victoria and lies on the edge of Yarra-river. 3 miljoner citizens from all over the world makes the town to a multi-culture centre. Check out a live web-cam over Melbourne here. |
| In this town you'll find a lots of backpackerhostels to stay at. Melbourne is a really friendly town. |  |
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Melbourne has actually tramcars which is a good way to get around in the town. On the left you can see St Patricks cathedral. An impressive building. |
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Arts Centre Spire, a peculiar art building. Melbourne has also great parks. There is also a lovely garden which is called Royal botanical garden. Check out a rain radar unit here.
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| The worst thing you can do in Melbourne is to go down to Phillip Island penguin parade. Every dawn hundreds of small penguins walks up at the beach. This happening is whatched by thousands of japanese tourists. Don't go here. Let the poor penguins have their personal life. I would call it a tourist trap. It was really expensive too. |
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Sovereign Hill Right next to the small town of Ballarat you'll find Soverign Hill. It's a old gold digger town. Click here for larger picture. |
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You won't find any kinds of modern things here. Everything is really old. Learn to pan gold just like the old days.
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The picture on the left is taken down in one of the mines and showes how a goldvein looks like.
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| The best with this old goldminingtown is the saloons. Here you will be served cold beers. Perfect in this dusty area. The people who works here are dressed just like they were back in the old days. |  |
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Hanging Rock Another great excursion is to drive a few miles too A mountainarea called Hanging Rock. When you walk among the peculiar cliffs it feels like you are inside a big labyrinth. Click here to see where to find Hanging rock. |
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A great view up at the top of Hanging Rock. In 1901 two girls disapered among these cliffs.
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A huge cross are located at he top. We also found black swans on our trip to Hanging Rock.
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