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Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne : The Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne, Australia, was established in 1846, after Lieutenant Governor Charles La Trobe selected the site on the southern bank of the Yarra River. In 1857, the Gardens’ first full time director, Ferdinand von Mueller, was appointed, who went on to become one of the most acclaimed botanists of the 19th century. Today, the gardens are home to more than 51,000 individual plants, representing more than 12,000 different species. These photographs were taken in March 2006.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

The Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne, Australia, was established in ...

Updated: Oct 06, 2006 2:25pm PST

Melbourne : Melbourne is the capital city of Victoria in southern Australia. I was born in Melbourne, but grew up elsewhere. I returned to the city to attend university, and lived there from 1988-1994. It is my favourite Australian city. These photographs were taken during a two-week visit in March-April 2006.

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital city of Victoria in southern Australia. I ...

Updated: Oct 06, 2006 1:10pm PST

Lorne, Victoria : Lorne is a coastal town on the Great Ocean Road about two hours' drive, west of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. These photographs were taken on a Sony Cybershot digital camera on April 4 & 5, 2006.

Lorne, Victoria

Lorne is a coastal town on the Great Ocean Road about two hours' drive ...

Updated: Apr 17, 2006 10:38am PST

Bruny Island, Tasmania : Bruny Island, off the southern coast of Tasmania, is two islands joined by a narrow isthmus called 'The Neck'. It lies 40 km south of Hobart, along the A6 to Kettering, where the vehicular ferry, the 'Mirambeena', departs for North Bruny Island several times a day. We visited it one blustery (but sunny) day in December 2004.

Bruny Island, Tasmania

Bruny Island, off the southern coast of Tasmania, is two islands joine ...

Updated: Oct 04, 2005 1:24pm PST

Cradle Mountain, Tasmania : Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair National Park is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. It's an amazing- and totally captivating - part of the world. The rugged and beautiful landscape comprises ancient rainforests, alpine heathlands, open plains and glacial lakes. These photographs were taken in December 2004 using a Sony Cybershot DSC-W1

Cradle Mountain, Tasmania

Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair National Park is part of the Tasmanian ...

Updated: Apr 30, 2005 2:35pm PST

Great Ocean Road, Victoria : The Great Ocean Road is very aptly known as one of the greatest scenic drives in the world. It follows Victoria's south-west coast from Geelong in the east to Portland in the west. It was built as a monument to soldiers who died during the First World War. You can out more about it's history by visiting http://www.greatoceanroad.org/history/index.asp These pictures were taken during our month-long visit to Australia in March 2003. We'd travelled along the Great Ocean Road on a previous trip (when we journied from Melbourne to Adelaide) so this time we made it a little more interesting by starting at Sorrento, which meant we had to catch a car ferry across Port Phillip Bay to the Bellarine Peninsula, and then ended our journey by only going so far as Port Fairy (we then headed inland to the Grampians) The pictures were taken on a 35mm SLR camera and scanned in.

Great Ocean Road, Victoria

The Great Ocean Road is very aptly known as one of the greatest scenic ...

Updated: Apr 30, 2005 1:18pm PST

Coober Pedy, South Australia : Coober Pedy is a small outback mining town in South Australia which bills itself as the "opal capital of the world". We visited the town for a few days in March 2001. You can read about the trip here: http://kimbofo.typepad.com/journal/2005/02/travel_tales_pa.html The photographs here were taken on a 35mm SLR camera.

Coober Pedy, South Australia

Coober Pedy is a small outback mining town in South Australia which bi ...

Updated: Apr 29, 2005 2:20pm PST