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Panorama of Woolshed Falls near Beechworth, Victoria, Australia. The water falls were once the centre of the richest Goldfields in Victoria. Nearly 57kg of gold was extracted from the Woolshed Falls pool alone between 1918-1920. The water of the creek was diverted downstream and the pool was pumped dry to extract the gold from the sand in the pool.
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.
