We visited China Town and Shot Tower Muzium in Melboune City.
China town is not very big but as according to Wikipedia, it has its unique history - "Melbourne's Chinatown was established during the Victorian gold rush in 1851 when Chinese prospectors joined the rush in search of gold. It is notable for being the oldest Chinatown in Australia, the oldest continuous Chinese settlement in Australia, and the second longest continuous Chinese settlement in the western world, only because San Francisco's Chinatown was nearly, but not completely destroyed by the 1906 earthquake."
The Shot Tower Museum is located in the iconic Shot Tower building in Melbourne Central shopping centre. The tower was once a place for making shots. It is 9 storeys high, and has 327 steps to the top. The tower produced six tonnes of shot weekly up until 1961, when the demand for the lead shot dwindled, because of new firearm regulations. The tower has been preserved despite demolition of all other buildings, and it is now enclosed in the Central shopping complex, showing the good effort of Australians in preserving historical artifacts.
You might wonder what is a shot. I am not very sure but I guess it is a type firearm, perhaps something that the army put inside a cannon to shoot at enemy :-)
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| Chinatown |
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| The weather was too cold, we found a shelter in a Chinese Restaurant and enjoyed good Chinese tea and Dim Sum :-) |
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| Parking fee in the town is expensive |
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| Shot Tower inside Melbourne Central Shopping Complex |
To be continued and see you next post :-)
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