Holiday-starved Australians yearning for exotic adventure are travelling to a sandy stretch of countryside where rare cacti and succulents grow cheek-by-jowl as far as the eye can see.
It sounds like a scene from an arid Arizona desert, but Cactus Country can be found down a side road in Strathmerton, a sleepy town of 1,042 residents just under three hours drive north of Melbourne CBD.
Australians have been flocking to the farm - which is home to the country s largest cactus collection - to capture brightly coloured Instagram photos and dine at a restaurant that serves Mexican tacos, beers and frozen margaritas.
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Between reveille and lights out life for the average soldier could include a variety of tasks. But for troops of Charlie Company and the anti-tank platoon of the 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, the former slogan Go Action, Go Army proved itself more fact than formality during a day of intensive training at their base at Terendak Garrison in Malaysia and the nearby Asahan field firing range. For members of the anti-tank platoon the day started with practice on the Carl Gustav. Using a ferret scout car as a target, the platoon alternated between firing and loading the 84 millimetre recoiless weapon which has a muzzle velocity of approximately 1000 feet per second and an effective range of between 450-550 metres. Weighing 32 lb the anti-tank gun can be carried by one man and fired from the shoulder. Although the Carl Gustav has had limited use in Vietnam, the Armalite rifle and jungle tactics have become an integral part of the Australian infantryman s life. As
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was arrested following a series of alleged incidents in Melbourne's north yesterday morning. Officers were.
Quarries opened by Chairman of Country Roads Board
THE opening of the stone quarries at Moorooduc on Friday, January 7 proved a notable event, destined to prove memorable in the history of the district’s development.
Men competent to express an opinion on the subject give the unqualified verdict that the Council of the Shire of Frankston and Hastings has done the right thing in establishing an industry so vital to the needs of the municipality.
The great need of the day is for roads and yet more roads.
The council, assisted by the Country Roads Board, has not been unwilling to supply all reasonable demands for improved thoroughfares, but in many instances construction has been retarded, owing to the inability to obtain adequate supplies of road making material.