DESKTOP 3325 - DIAMOND VALLEY VIEW

Diamond Valley is an outer suburb of Melbourne. Far enough from the City to be like being in the countryside, yet near enough to be near all the big city amenities, conveniences and services.

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DESKTOP 3241 - IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

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DESKTOP 3058 - ST ANDREWS

The Shire of Nillumbik is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It contains some outer northern suburbs of Melbourne and rural localities beyond the urban area. It has an area of 435 square kilometres and has an estimated population of 65,000 people. It was formed in 1994 from the merger of parts of the Shire of Eltham, Shire of Diamond Valley, Shire of Healesville and City of Whittlesea. The shire uses the tag-line the green wedge shire. Nillumbik was rated third of 590 Australian Local Government Areas in the BankWest Quality of Life Index 2008. The countryside in the Shire is quite idyllic as this photograph shows.

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DESKTOP 2935 - PASTORAL

Countryside adjacent to the Melbourne outer suburbs. Still pastoral...

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DESKTOP 2621 - HORSE IN PADDOCK

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DESKTOP 2540 - GATE

A gate leading to paddocks in country Victoria, close to Kangaroo Ground. A lot of the land there has now been converted to organic produce growing and alternative farming practices with new crops that are more in harmony with the environment.

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DESKTOP 2313 - DROUGHT

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DESKTOP 2228 - HORSE

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