July 2003 saw us heading Down Under. We had two fun filled weeks in Oz, spending six days in Melbourne and Victoria, and eight days in Sydney and New South Wales.
This series of 141 photos walks you down our travels in Melbourne and Victoria. You will see pictures from Melbourne city, the Blue Dandenongs, the Puffing Billy Railway, Ballarat and The Great Ocean Road.
I was to have written an article with the pictures interspersed into the text, as I had done for my other articles:
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101. Gold smelting show:3 of 4 While the molten gold cools in the mold (seen on the table), the...
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102. Gold smelting show 4 of 4 The volunteer then holds up the gold ingot, cooled expedited by...
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103. Fancy a stagecoach ride, anyone? Soverign Hill in Ballarat stretches the period atmosphere to its outermost...
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104. Street musicians, Soverign Hill Three elderly gentlemen suddenly burst into song on a street corner in the...
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105. Old town atmosphere Another view of the dusty streets and old town atmosphere of the old...
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106. Photo opportunities A very pleasant Australian lady in period costume was offering photo...
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107. Gold panning in the creek An activity which is a big hit with visitors to Soverign Hill is panning for...
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108. Trying their hand at gold panning. My wife and son have a go at gold panning at Soverign Hill, Ballarat....
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109. Panning step 2: filtering The next stage in the gold panning process is to dump the scooped...
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110. Shot from mine entrance. A treat at Soverign Hill is a trip into a gold mine. There are two options: a...
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111. Inside the gold mine Photography inside the gold mine was well nigh impossible due to pitch...
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112. Replica of the largest gold nugget At the end of the mine tour, a replica of the largest gold nugget...
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113. Living conditions: gold museum This interesting diorama in the Gold Museum (located opposite Soverign Hill)...
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114. Euphoria This diorama at the Gold Museum tries to depict the sheer euphoria and...
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115. Replica gold nuggets This is a display in the gold museum at Soverign Hill, Ballarat. It shows a...
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116. Garish display in the gold museum A garish display of slides depicting gold jewellery and artefacts at the gold...
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117. Darkness falls over Ballarat. Darkness falls over Ballarat town. This is the view of the town from...
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118. A couple of parting shots. A couple of parting shots from Soverign Hill theme park in Ballarat....
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119. Sound and Light Show At Soverign Hill, we witnessed a long drawn sound and light show,...
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120. Soverign Hill stagecoach ride Another parting shot from Soverign Hill, Ballarat: a stagecoach...
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121. Soverign Hill meat shop. Soverign Hill, Ballarat, the final parting shot: a mock butcher's shop at...
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122. Breakfast stop. 'What a pretty picture' the friendly waitress said, as she shot this...
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123. Disused pier in Melbourne City. While cooking up thoughts about our drive to the Great Ocean Road the...
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124. Sheep farm near the 12 Apostles We were probably in the wrong kind of country for sheep farms and rolling...
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125. Pleasant scene at Angelsea This pleasant scene is taken at the creekside resort of Angelsea, which is on...
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