Barcode Fountain & The Carousel

The fountain was made in 2000 and the barcode is that of an original and surviving Geelong product: Noddy's Soft Drink. In the background is the Carousel which is on the waterfront and is 1 of 200 hand carvel wooden carousels in operation around the world. The pavillion houses the fully restored 1892 Armitage Herschell Carousel, a Herschell Spillman steam engine and replica of an 1898 Gavioli and Co Band Organ.

Geelong

January 21st 2007
This marked my second trip outside of Melbourne since I arrived here in Nov. last year. I thought it was just a small town just outside of Melbourne but Geelong is Victoria's second largest city with 200000 people. Since I've seen almost everything there is inside the Melbourne city proper, the idea was to do day trips to the surrounding areas to get a better feel of the state of Victoria. The ... read more

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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

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