The view from the steps beside Steinfeld’s Ragged School at Sovereign Hill, looking over the bowling alley and the Fire Brigade. This shows the almost Hollywood-esque nature of these Gold Rush era buildings, fancy façades covering up tin sheds.
The view over Sovereign Hill from the overnight accommodation area.
The sign on the mullock heap at Sovereign Hill. We are looking out over the suburb of Canadian towards Mt Warranheip (746m, 2,448ft). Mt Warranheip is the main landmarks on the Western Hwy letting you know that you are getting close to Ballarat.
Mt Warranheip is one of the hundreds of scoria cone volcanoes across Victoria and SA. Only two of them, Mt Warranheip and nearby Mt Buninyong, are forrested.
Something has caught the attention of this Australian Dingo at the Melbourne Zoo. Even though the Dingo is in the dog family they get to live in the Lion Gorge section of the Zoo with the big cats!
A Rainbow Lorikeet in the trees at the Melbourne Zoo. This one was free to come and go as it pleased. The rainbow lorikeet is probably Australia’s most widespread bird species, found everywhere except Cape York and Tasmania.
A Magnificent Tree Frog, Litoria splendida or Pelodryas splendida, showing off their sulphur-coloured spots in the Melbourne Zoo. Apparently they are a voracious predator, eating almost any animal they can get in their mouth. They happily feed on lizards, snakes and other frogs.
One of the male African Lions prowls around his enclosure in Lion Gorge at the Melbourne Zoo.
A majestic male lion enjoy the sunshine in Lion Gorge at the Melbourne Zoo.
One of the male African Lions in the Lion Gorge at the Melbourne Zoo.
Another growling grass frog, or southern bell frog, at the Melbourne Zoo.
A Southern Bell Frog, Litoria raniformis or Ranoidea raniformis, at the Melbourne Zoo. This frog is also known as the growling grass frog.
