We returned back to Armidale late in the afternoon and completed the Heritage Drive.
ReadWe took a day trip to Kurashiki. The old merchant quarter (Bikan) contains wooden warehouses along a canal.
ReadOkayama Castle (岡山城), located in Okayama Japan, was completed in 1597, destroyed during World War II, and reconstructed in 1966.
ReadThe Genbaku Dome (aka Hiroshima Peace Memorial, or the Atomic Bomb Dome) is a former exhibition hall that somehow still stands as a ruin.
ReadHiroshima Castle is yet another reconstructed castle because the original was destroyed along with most of Hiroshima by the Atomic Bomb.
ReadGunkanjima (Battleship Island) was originally called Hashima with a seabed coalmine. After the mine was closed, the island fell into ruin.
ReadThe Atomic Bomb Hypocentre has concentric circles marked around it like a bullseye target, next to the nearby remains of the Urakami church.
ReadThe strangely named "Dutch Slope" is a sloping road leading up to a hill where there are historical Western style houses.
ReadGlover Garden is situated on the southern slope of the Minamiyamate hillside and offers a superb and extensive view of Nagasaki Harbour.
ReadShianbashi is Nagasaki's nightlife area (and former red light district). At night, it comes alive with little restaurants and snack bars.
ReadSpectacles Bridge is Japan's first Chinese-style stone bridge and one of Japan's Top 3 most well known bridges.
ReadAfter breakfast, we took a drive to Glenbawn Dam and passed through a historic bridge along the way.
ReadVisiting the historic houses around Muswellbrook.
ReadAfter lunch, we resumed our heritage walk to the south of Muswellbrook.
ReadThe final attraction at Sentosa that we visited was Fort Siloso, built in the late 19th century and stands a historical site today.
ReadLittle India was originally an enclave designated by the British for Indian immigrants, and the main thoroughfare is Serangoon Road.
ReadHistoric town with a famous bridge and ... lots of ducks.
ReadAustralia's second oldest museum and featuring the collections of Australia's oldest scientific society.
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