Yet another statue of Captain James Cook has been destroyed in the wake of vandalism that destroyed a different sculpture of the famous explorer in the lead up to Australia Day. The bronze sculpture of the British explorer at the famous Cook's Cottage in Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne's East was sawn off below the feet about 3.45am on Monday. A …
Melbourne may be Australia’s capital for all things cultural, but this coffee-sipping, bar-hopping, cutting-edge metropolis is also the perfect base from which to explore nature. Walk the trails of the Dandenong Ranges, where mountain ash trees and ferns make way for pretty waterfalls An hour’s drive from the city centre, this forested mountain range offers spectacular city vistas over Melbourne …
Slate has relationships with various online retailers. On Christmas morning, everyone delighted in the Storm Glass’ novelty, and when we were done opening presents, they were the gifts that got talked about most. As the story goes, FitzRoy decided, after a particularly destructive storm in 1859, to try to better understand the weather by using glass barometers placed around the …
