Despite my best efforts, the Great Ocean Road posting will have to wait for at least a week (there are a lot of photos to process). I’m heading out to the Outback for a week long journey that will end up with me sitting in front of an iconic, giant red rock. I can’t wait! 😀
(After all that excitement, I’ll probably look as tired as this guy, spotted on the GOR)
My days in Melbourne were coming to an end and the weather had turned rather sour. With that in mind I spent two of my final days indoors, exploring the dual National Galleries of Victoria (NGV).
Melbourne and Victoria’s history is steeped in Gold. In 1851, gold was discovered in the surrounding areas and Melbourne was the nearest major city. In 3 years, the population of Melbourne went from 29,000 to over 120,000 people. It was absolute boom time, and the city prospered greatly. For this reason, they decided to build a new Treasury to hold all their lovely gold until it could be shipped off to England.
