Did you guys know that Victoria is many a time referred to as the ‘Garden State’ of Australia? Ever heard of plastic banknotes? those were developed in a Mint’s note printing branch located in Melbourne. Victoria is also the birthplace of many talented filmstars like Chris Helmsworth, Lucas Isabel, and Cate Blanchett. There is a town in Victoria named Ballarat that holds a record for housing the world’s most largest alluvial gold nugget/brick.

It weighs around 70 kilograms, isn’t that huge? Most importantly, the nugget is named ‘The Welcome Stranger’ for some reason to which the OTP crew is unknown. Melbourne also is known for its 224 km long tramway which runs more than 450 trams altogether. Well, this chain of trams is the fourth largest network in the world and the largest outside of Europe.

Also to mention, the Black box flight recorder was first developed by a Victorian scientist Dr. David Warren and was first fitted to all the Australian Airlines. The black box records all the voices and instrument readings performed in the airplane cockpit during the flight. Basically, all this information obtained from the black box is valuable in case of an air crash investigation. (We only put this piece of information cause we thought it is useful for a traveler to know about his/her flight.)

There is a Ford motors Research and development unit in Victoria which is an iconic symbol as well. The “Ute” or the utility vehicle or the coupe utility was first made by Ford Australia at their plant located in Victoria in the year 1934. Visitors can also visit this plant and embrace the beauty of the Vintage ford models and also take a look around this unique facility. Hopefully, you enter the Detriot mode while looking at the doppelganger of the Ford plant.