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    Queenscliff isn't quite on the open coast, you have to go a bit further around this bay to Point Lonsdale in the distance with the lighthouse. It's about a 45 minute walk along sandy beach to get there.: by flyted, Views[469]
         		 The main street of Queenscliff, taken from the balcony of the hostel/hotel I was staying in. The Vue Grand Hotel is across the street, famous for its top floor lounge which unfortunately was only open on weekends.: by flyted, Views[756]
         		 Looking the opposite way, lots of little shops and restaurants. The town is booming in the summer with the tourist trade.: by flyted, Views[481]
         		 Looking back at Queenscliff from Pt. Lonsdale.: by flyted, Views[559]
         		 The Spirit of Tasmania ferry in Port Phillip Bay, on its way back from Tassie.: by flyted, Views[555]
     
    Lots of dolphins came to play around the ferry on its way across, apparently a very common occurrence.: by flyted, Views[569]
         		 This is the full view of Port Phillip Bay, looking inland. You could never see across the whole thing though. A small point of land on the west side is just visible at far left.: by flyted, Views[564]
         		 First view of Queenscliff, in the late afternoon. Queenscliff is an old seaside town and still a favourite day or weekend trip from Melbourne. The pilots who navigate ships through The Rip are based here and go shooting out in their little pilot boats a few times a day to meet up with the ships.: by flyted, Views[432]
         		 A video hand dryer in Melbourne, hadn't seen that before. Lots of wonderful ads for your hand-drying pleasure.: by flyted, Views[401]
         		 An Aboriginal group with some didgeridoos and boomerangs, in Melbourne's Moomba Parade, passing Flinders St. Station. Moomba is the largest free community festival in Australia, held over the Labour Day weekend in March, and culminating in the giant parade. Moomba is supposedly an Aboriginal word for
     
    More of the parade making its way down Swanston Street, past Town Hall in the distance and St. Paul's Cathedral.: by flyted, Views[510]
         		 The beach at Frankston, half way around Port Phillip Bay, and the towers of Melbourne just barely visible on the far shore, centre-left.: by flyted, Views[435]
         		 I took the train and bus around the bay to Sorrento, and then ferry across the bay's opening to Queenscliff.: by flyted, Views[460]
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         		 Looking back the other way, nice light surf on the beach. Coming to the end of another beautiful day.: by flyted, Views[686]
     
    One more view across The Rip. The water was pretty cold, just bearable for stepping in.: by flyted, Views[703]
         		 Pt. Lonsdale lighthouse, still very active and crucial for navigation into The Rip. It is staffed 24 hours and sends a light out 12 miles into the Bass Strait. The locals love to come out here in storms and watch the ships try to make their way through.: by flyted, Views[989]
         		 William Buckley's Cave, in the cliffs under the lighthouse. He was a convict who escaped the prison near Sorrento in 1803, just two months after arriving from England. He made his way around the Bay (Melbourne didn't exist until the 1830's) and evaded capture for the next 30 years, living in this cave and others like it along the coast, and befriending the local Wathaurung people. In 1835 he decided to re-emerge from hiding and walked into Melbourne, told his story, and was soon pardoned by the Governor. Buckley then worked as an Aboriginal interpreter and spent his last 19 years in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), married, and seemed to live contentedly to the age of 75.: by flyted, Views[11770]
         		 A big container ship on its way into Port Phillip Bay. The local pilot has already been taken out to meet them, and now his little orange boat is zipping back into Queenscliff.: by flyted, Views[1624]
         		 Next to the lighthouse, the foghorn shed. This is probably one of those warnings you should pay attention to.: by flyted, Views[938]
     
    The beach again between Pt. Lonsdale and Queenscliff.: by flyted, Views[764]
         		 The flagpole and the water jet, and you can just make out the distant flag on Parliament House at the bottom right side of the Canadian pole.: by flyted, Views[438]
         		 This particular weekend was the March holiday weekend, Labour Day in most states but Canberra Day in the ACT. Here is the Canberra Symphony Orchestra doing a free concert in the park near the City Centre,
         		 The jet blasts water drawn from the lake at around 260 km/h, reaching up to 147 metres.: by flyted, Views[280]
         		 A familiar Canadian-looking plaque at the base of the flagpole, explaining the back story... basically a single Douglas Fir tree from BC, 128 feet high. Presented to the Commonwealth of Australia in 1957 by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Timber Industry, hand in hand as always.: by flyted, Views[367]
     
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         		 The massive Captain Cook Memorial Water Jet, turned on each afternoon for a couple hours. Watched over by the massive Canadian Flagpole on the right. The Museum of Canberra with the model of the city inside is to the right of the flagpole, behind the trees.: by flyted, Views[461]
         		 Black swans in the lake, a familiar sight.: by flyted, Views[327]
         		 A bust of Kemal Ataturk, the leader of Turkish independence, who fought in Gallipoli against the Anzacs and later rose to power largely thanks to his reputation gained there. His famous quote here says,
         		 The Australian/Turkish friendship memorial, in the shadow of the War Memorial. Turkey and Australia/New Zealand made an impressive reconciliation not long after Gallipoli, in essence agreeing that the invasion there was a futile idea dreamed up by the British, who pitted two sides against each other who had no real quarrel, and thus had no reason to bear grudge afterwards. The Anzacs were told to invade and the Ottoman Turks had to defend their land. Such is the futility of war.: by flyted, Views[519]
     
    Inside the dome, with the unknown soldier tomb laid in the floor.: by flyted, Views[364]
         		 The view back towards the memorial chamber.: by flyted, Views[312]
         		 Full view of the War Memorial, a very impressive structure and one of the most in-depth and detailed museums in Australia, and it's all free.: by flyted, Views[302]
         		 Most of the Tent Embassy is here, with the tents themselves just off to the right. Nice view with the Parliament House flagpole in behind.: by flyted, Views[756]
         		 Good example of the city maps often seen around town, showing part of the triangle layout on one side of the lake, what they call the Parliamentary Zone. Parliament House is at the top, Old Parliament House in the middle, and then the bottom left are the High Court and National Art Gallery, and bottom right is the National Library. The other red buildings are mostly government offices and ministries.: by flyted, Views[363]
     
    Over in the City Centre, where I was staying and most shops and commercial activities take place. Lots of pedestrianised streets and laneways. This was a Sunday but it's not too much busier any other day of the week...: by flyted, Views[359]
         		 Ahh the view from the opposite end, in front of the War Memorial: looking down Anzac Parade to the lake, the INXS stage, national lawn, Old Parliament House and new Parliament House.: by flyted, Views[460]
         		 Reflecting pool inside the War Memorial. The extensive free museum on Australia military history is inside to the right and left and below the pool.: by flyted, Views[1012]
         		 I believe people take turns living in tents set up on the lawn, complete with barbeques and random stuff scattered around. The government won't try to force them out as that would cause a big scandal so they let them be.: by flyted, Views[484]
         		 The Aboriginal flag flying proud.: by flyted, Views[635]
     
    The Tent Embassy has often been in the news over the years, first as a novelty and now as much a part of the scene as any museum or institution.: by flyted, Views[422]
         		 Full view of Old Parliament House.: by flyted, Views[366]
         		 Part of the quasi-permanent Aboriginal
         		 The old Senate chamber; the Queen has sat in this throne.: by flyted, Views[900]
         		 I was interested to notice this Howard government neo-conservative legacy: the Department of Finance and
     
    And so it was here in fact that most of Australia's history has played out, great speeches, party leaders yelling at each other, Speakers making triumphant entrances, scandal erupting and so on. Now you can sit on the benches and literally walk in prime ministers' footsteps. It looks like an historic recreation but it is of course the real thing, where it all happened.: by flyted, Views[371]
         		 The offices of the prime minister, Bob Hawke, and his staff as they left them in 1988. The antiquated scale and technology gives you a good idea why they were ready for new digs.: by flyted, Views[384]
         		 The Prime Minister's office, somewhat renovated in the 1980's but not quite reflective of a
         		 Well it certainly is one of the most distinctive government houses in the world.: by flyted, Views[433]
         		 The original House of Representatives, now fully preserved, like the rest of the building, to appear as it did the day the government moved out in May, 1988.: by flyted, Views[424]
     
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