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Australia is smallest continent and sixth largest country (in area) on Earth, lying between the Pacific and Indian oceans. Australia's vastness has a natural beauty in many forms, dramatic coastlines, stark mountains, rich green plains and dramatic emptiness forms, dramatic coastlines, stark fountains, rich green plains and dramatic emptiness of the outback.
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Melbourne Sightseeing

Flinder's St. Station

flinder's st.station

Flinders St Station is a chief landmark in Melbourne, and situted at the corner of Flinders and Swanston Sts. It was built in 1884. It is the centre of Melbourne's transport system, and a famous meeting place, mainly under the station's domed clock tower. It is said to be the busiest suburban railway station in the southern hemisphere. Flinders St Station's outstanding Victorian architecture uphold the city's link with the past.

 

Melbourne Museum

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The Melbourne museum is situated in the capital of Victoriain Carlton Gardens, sits among the greenery with its authentic possessions from Australia’s indigenous heritage through the years of history to today's digital wonders. More than 20 different exhibitions are placed in the various divisions and porches of the Melbourne Museum.

 

Queen Victoria Market

queen victoria market

The Queen Victoria Market is an significant landmark and a establishment dating back to more than 120 years ago. It is also an open-air bazaar, particularly on Sundays, with a range of uniquely Australian items and memento to take back home, as well as being a resource of bargain-priced local and imported goods.

 

 

Royal Botanic Gardens

royal botanical gardensRoyal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne houses more than 12,000 diverse species of plants and a natural sanctuary for local wildlife. Attractions  of Royal Botanic Gardens comprise the Ornamental Lake, National Herbarium of Victoria, Old Melbourne Observatory, Australian Rainforest Walk and Water Conservation Garden.

 

 

St. Paul's Cathedral

st paul's cathedralSt Paul's Cathedral, across the street from Federation Square, is a magnificent old-style Melbourne Anglican cathedral. Its foundation stone was laid in 1880 and the cathedral was sanctified in 1891. Situated on the corner of Swanston and Flinders Sts, St Paul's Cathedral was built on the site of Melbourne's first Christian service on the reservoir of the Yarra River after Melbourne was established in 1835. The architecture of St Paul's Cathedral is portrayed  as a revival of the style known as Gothic transitional, partly early English Gothic and partly Decorated Gothic.