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Rivers Creeks & Bay
Merri Creek
The Merri Creek runs for approximately 70 kms, beginning near Heathcote Junction, a small town on Melbourne’s northern outskirts, and joining the Yarra River at Dight’s fall, Collingwood. The area where the creek meets the river was traditionally the location for large gatherings of the Wurundjeri people. The creek was the site of heavy industrial […]
Princes Pier | Port Melbourne
Princes Pier is a 580 metre long pier on Port Phillip bay in Port Melbourne known as the New Railway Pier until renamed Prince’s Pier after the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) May 1920. The pier was constructed between 1912 and 1915 by the Melbourne Harbour Trust to supplement the adjacent Station Pier (Railway […]
La Trobe Uni Lakes Bridge
La Trobe Uni Lakes bridge is a pedestrian/cycling bridge that connects the Darebin Creek Trail (Reservoir) with La Trobe University (Bundoora). The wonderful new bridge in 2017 after being rebuilt. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] La Trobe Uni Lakes Bridge 2014 La Trobe Uni Lakes Bridge 2017
Sailing Views of Melbourne
Starting off at South Wharf (Yarra River), sailing up under Bolte Bridge and round into Docklands, down to Etihad Stadium. Back under the Bolte Bridge, past the Port Of Melbourne (container terminals), past the Maribynong River mouth, under the Westgate Bridge down to Williamstown. Saturday 26th September 2015 Pictures, images
Southgate Love Lock Bridge
Lovers locks attached to Southgate Bridge showing their love forever to the world. Love Lock A love lock or love padlock is a padlock which sweethearts lock to a bridge, fence, gate, or similar public fixture to symbolize their love. Typically the sweethearts’ names or initials are inscribed on the padlock, and its key is […]
Port Phillip Bay
Many suburbs of Melbourne are on the coastline of Port Phillip Bay. Port Phillip Bay is separated from Bass Strait by the Bellarine Peninsula to the southwest and Mornington Peninsula to the southeast. It is one of the largest inland bays in Australia. The narrow entrance to the bay (the Rip) between Point Lonsdale and […]
La Trobe Uni Lakes Bridge | Darebin Creek
La Trobe Uni Lakes bridge is a pedestrian/cycling bridge that connects the Darebin Creek Trail (Reservoir) with La Trobe University (Bundoora). It closed for repairs caused by vandalism in 2014 and reopened with a wonderful new bridge in 2016. More Fix The Bridge | La Trobe Uni Lakes Darebin Creek La Trobe Uni Lakes Bridge […]
Darebin Creek
Darebin Creek runs through the northern suburbs of Melbourne into the Yarra River. The creek flows through Epping, Reservoir, Bundoora, Fairfield, Darebin Parklands then running into the Yarra at Alphington. Darebin Creek is the municipal boundary between the City of Darebin and City of Banyule. RESOURCES wikipedia.org/wiki/Darebin_Creek friendsofdarebincreek.org.au Fix La Trobe Lakes Bridge Darebin Bridge […]
Yarra River
The Yarra River often described as the upside down river due to its constant muddy colour runs from the mountains in central Victoria to its mouth near the Maribynong River into Port Phillip Bay. 1 2 ► Yarra River As with many great cities, they are settled on a river and Melbourne is no exception. Way […]