Rupanyup silos

The World's Largest "Rustically Built" Structure?

May 20th 2021
Today we head home. First stop this morning is the Murtoa Stick Shed. We read that until the outbreak of World War 2 Australia typically exported around sixty percent of its wheat to Great Britain and Western Europe. The War thus caused a glut, and the Stick Shed was thrown up in only four months in late 1941 and early 1942 to store some of the excess. We watch a short video presentation before ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » Essendon

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

Message Follow (16) Comment

Dave and Issy Sheehan

DaveandIssy

Former TravelPod Member: the.sheehan Joined: June 22nd, 2015 We live in Melbourne, Australia, with our three offspring Scott, Emma and Troy, Coco the dog, and cats Sidney and Chilli. As at 2015 our offspring have all left school and should, in theory at least, be capable of fending for themselves, so as long as they don't kill each other or burn the house down, we can now happily trip off into the sunset. Issy was born in Malta. She came to Australia with her family when she was four, and as at early 2015 she's never been back. I was born in London to Australian parents who met ... full info

Joined	May 20th 2017	Trips	21
Last Login	April 27th 2024	Followers	16
Status	BLOGGER	Follows	10
Blogs	622	Guestbook	998
Photos	5,139	Forum Posts	6

[photo=10305896]

[blogger=370293]

[photo=10305896]

[blog=1059843]

[blogger=370293]

Top Photos Trips (21)Blog Map

Tot: 0.021s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 9; qc: 9; dbt: 0.0052s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.1mb