Carrum: Melbourne
Carrum straddles the boundary between Port Phillip’s shoreline and Melbourne’s southeastern suburbs in Victoria, a position that has connected its beachside community with the wider metropolis. The Patterson River reaches the bay beside Carrum’s foreshore, while Carrum Beach forms part of the long sandy coast running towards Seaford. The suburb is served by the Frankston railway line, and Carrum station was rebuilt through Victoria’s level-crossing removal programme. Melbourne, the state capital, extends around Port Phillip from established coastal districts to newer residential and business areas inland. Carrum’s local character remains closely tied to the river, the bay and the open coastline.
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Among Australia’s regions, Victoria stands out for the remarkable variety packed between the Murray River and Bass Strait. The state combines fertile northern plains, the Central Victorian Goldfields, the forested Great Dividing Range and a long southern coast. Bendigo and Ballarat grew rapidly during the gold rushes of the 1850s, while Melbourne developed into Victoria’s cultural and economic centre. Along the southwest, the Great Ocean Road follows a dramatic stretch of coastline, contrasting with the farmland and river country inland. See how Victoria belongs within southeastern Australia by browsing webcams across the region.
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Australia’s terrain extends from tropical rainforests in the northeast to arid plains in the interior, producing dramatic climatic contrasts. The Great Dividing Range follows much of the eastern coast, while the Great Barrier Reef lies off Queensland in the Coral Sea and Uluru rises from the central desert. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples maintain living cultures whose connections to Country long predate European settlement. In Sydney, the sail-like Opera House, completed in 1973, stands beside one of the world’s best-known harbours. Discover further points of interest through webcams located across Australia.
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