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This is a long disused railway corridor between the Lake Macquarie suburbs of Teralba and Fassifern. It was constructed as part of the Great Northern Railway, which opened in 1887. The Booragul Loop was constructed later in 1903 to lessen the gradient between Teralba and Fassifern, and this section was abandoned, with Booragul Station opening later in 1926. In the west of the panorama, the remains of the Great Northern Colliery can also be seen. The extended section of the colliery was operational until 1964, with the short branch railway line to it remaining in place until 1990. This panorama was captured at 92 metres above the corridor.
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There are no kangaroos in Austria. We're talking about Australia, the world's smallest continent. That being cleared up, let's dive right in! Australia is a sovereign state under the Commonwealth of Nations, which is in turn overseen by Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth. The continent was first sighted and charted by the Dutch in 1606. Captain James Cook of Britain came along in the next century to claim it for Britain and name it "New South Wales." Shortly thereafter it was declared to be a penal colony full of nothing but criminals and convicts, giving it the crap reputation you may have heard at your last cocktail party. This rumor ignores 40,000 years of pre-European human history, especially the Aboriginal concept of Dreamtime, an interesting explanation of physical and spiritual reality. The two biggest cities in Australia are Sydney and Melbourne. Sydney is more for business, Melbourne for arts. But that's painting in very broad strokes. Take a whirl around the panoramas to see for yourself! Text by Steve Smith.
