victoria | Cooler Insights

Climbing the Canadian Rockies

Walter — Fri, 27 May 2011 10:24:00 +0000

The awesome Moraine Lake at Banff, Canada (source of image) Today, we’re busy preparing, planning and packing for our upcoming trip to Canada’s British Columbia and Alberta. > Vancouver City (Courtesy of Tyler Fraser’s Blog) Our itinerary will first take us to Vancouver where we’ll spend a couple of days in the city exploring its […]

The post Climbing the Canadian Rockies first appeared on Cooler Insights.

6 Ways to Strike Gold at Sovereign Hill

Walter — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:43:00 +0000

One of the great things about the award winning outdoor museum Sovereign Hill at Ballarat is the amount of activities that one can participate in. You can either dig for gold, pan for gold in the river, ogle bars of gold in sheltered comfort, experience how miners lived, or frolick amongst “denizens” of a former […]

The post 6 Ways to Strike Gold at Sovereign Hill first appeared on Cooler Insights.

Shockingly Good Advertisements?

Walter — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:30:00 +0000

As I was walking along Swanston Street this afternoon, a couple of advertisements caught my attention. Both came from the Worksafe Victoria, a government agency tasked to improve workplace health and safety in the state of Victoria. They were both very eye-catching and immediately got the message through. Here’s the first from a tram stop […]

The post Shockingly Good Advertisements? first appeared on Cooler Insights.

Sovereign Hill Shines

Walter — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:31:00 +0000

Perched atop a hill in the gold mining city of Ballarat in Victoria, Sovereign Hill is an award winning outdoor museum cum heritage attraction which first opened in November 1970. Recreating the essence of a 19th century mining town, the open-air museum occupies a sprawling 25 hectare site that is linked to one of the […]

The post Sovereign Hill Shines first appeared on Cooler Insights.

Remembering the Fallen

Walter — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:05:00 +0000

One of Australia’s largest war memorials, the Shrine of Remembrance located at King’s Domain on St Kilda Road was built to commemorate the valour and sacrifice of Australians who died in both World War I and World War II. Built in the classical architectural style reminiscent of the Tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus and the […]

The post Remembering the Fallen first appeared on Cooler Insights.

Whisked Away to Wilsons Prom – Part 3

Walter — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:12:00 +0000

On the second morning of our trip to Wilsons Promontory, we made two pretty long hikes covering a total combined distance of almost 27 km in a day. The first, which I would label as a “Journey to the East” as it brought us from the Western side of Wilsons Prom to the East, was […]

The post Whisked Away to Wilsons Prom – Part 3 first appeared on Cooler Insights.