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Panorama of the historic Powder Magazine in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia.
The Powder Magazine was built in 1859 to store black-powder used for blasting on the goldfields. The building with an extensive system of lightning rods was designed to relieve the pressure from a potential explosion through the roof while solid walls would protect bystanders.
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Victoria is Australia's second smallest State and covers only 3% of Australia's land area but has the second highest population of all States and Territories. Victoria's mainland and islands have a total length of 2,512 kilometres coastline which is about 4.2% of Australia's 59,736 kilometres of coastline. Australia is the driest inhabited continent and Victoria is no exception although the state capital Melbourne has the reputation to have 4 seasons in one day. Victoria is located in the southeast of mainland Australia and includes the most southern point on mainland Australia at Wilsons Promontory National Park.
