We also flew to citi of Cairns which in north with a flying time of 3 hours from Melbourne to visit the Great Barrier Reef which was one of the highlights and did a tour to KURANDA .
We also visited the Philip Island to see the famous Little Penguin parade and saw them again in St; Kilda pier in Melbourne at close range, then the Sovereign Hill gold mine village in Balarate which gave a very comprehensive insight and historical picture of mining in 1850's,Visited the sand sculptures in Frankston.
Healesville Sanctuary, formally known as the Sir Colin MacKenzie Sanctuary, is a Zoo specialising in native Australian animals. It is located at Healesville in rural Victoria, Australia, and has a history of breeding native animals. It is one of only two places to have successfully bred a platypus, the other being Sydney's Tarong Zoo. It also assists with a breeding population of the endangered helmeted honeyeater.
The zoo is set in a natural bushland environment where paths wind through different habitat areas showcasing Wallabies, wombats, dingoes, kangaroos, and over 200 native bird varieties.
Native Koala Bear
The Shrine of Remembrance (commonly known among locals as The Shrine) is a war memorial in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road. It was built to honour the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I, but is now a memorial to all Australians who have served in war.
THE GREAT BARRIER REEF is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 km (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square km(133,000 sq mi).The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms. This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coralpolyps.It supports a wide diversity of life and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981. CNN labelled it one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The Queensland National Trust named it a state icon of Queensland.
Watching the corals and fish through a mini submarine
The Australian Aboriginal people's most well known musical instrument is the didjeridu, a simple wooden tube blown with the lips like atrumpet, which gains its sonic flexibility from controllable resonances of the player's vocal tract.
Sovereign Hill Gold mine gave an insight to the mining lifestyle and the day to day activities in 1850's
Arther's seat
The Great Ocean Road is an Australian National Heritage listed 243-kilometre (151 mi) stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Allansford. Built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and dedicated to soldiers killed during World War I, the road is the world's largest war memorial. Winding through varying terrain along the coast and providing access to several prominent landmarks, including the Twelve Apostles limestone stack formations, the road is an important tourist attraction in the region.
The Twelve Apostles is a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of Port Campbell National Park, by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia.
Their proximity to one another has made the site a popular tourist attraction. Seven of the original eight stacks remain standing at the Twelve Apostles viewpoint, after one collapsed in July 2005
Picturesque ERSKINE FALLS in the citi of Lorne
Located in a ferny inlet of Mt Dandenong is the William Ricketts Sanctuary. A place for reflection and contemplation, the park features close to 100 sculptures illustrating the way in which ‘all life is one.’ William spent 60 years living in and working on his ‘Forest of Love’, and today, the sanctuary demonstrates the affinity he had with the Aboriginal people and their culture.
The Melbourne Central Clock is a familiar site to many Melburnians, but for any visitors to this city yet to stop by; may this affirm you really should.While already the clock is rich and ornate in its details, it is when the chime strikes on the hour (and every hour) that truly makes the clock special.Following on from the choral overtures of Waltzing Matilda, out of the clockworks descends numerous levels of galahs and cockatoos, native birds of Australia.
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