Maryborough: Maryborough Aerodrome

Few towns in Victoria have a history as tightly bound to the 1850s gold rush as Maryborough. Set beside Bet Bet Creek in the Central Goldfields, the city developed as prospectors and businesses converged on one of colonial Victoria’s defining mining regions. The imposing Maryborough Railway Station, completed in 1890, remains a statement of the confidence gold brought to the district. Heritage streets around the centre retain public buildings, shops and houses from the boom era, while the surrounding goldfields keep the landscape’s mining story close at hand. Explore nearby locations to gain a broader sense of Maryborough and Victoria’s Central Goldfields.

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.

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.