Lookout

Mt St Leonard

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February 15th 2017
Geo: -37.5658, 145.526On Wednesday we drove up to Kinglake, via the St Leonard lookout near Toolangi. We were told that on a clear day Melbourne, and even Queenscliffe at the far end of Port Phillip Bay, are visible from the summit (with good binos).Kinglake suffered more greatly than even Marysdale in the Black Saturday fires - 120 deaths and 1,200 homes destroyed.On the way home we visite ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria

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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