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1.Warrnambool is the largest city in the region known as...
the Mallee
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the Kimberley
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Sunset Country
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the Shipwreck Coast
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Warrnambool is on the 130km Shipwreck Coast, where about 700 ships have ended their days.
2.Which humorous family film is based on the city's method of protecting the fairy penguins on Middle Island?
BMX Bandits (1983)
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Happy Feet (2006)
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Red Dog (2011)
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Oddball (2015)
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The penguins are guarded by maremma dogs, which keep foxes at bay.
3.What is at Flagstaff Hill?
A cemetery
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A war memorial
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A lookout tower
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An open-air history museum
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4.What do some enthusiasts believe is buried beneath the sand in Armstrong Bay?
A 16th century mahogany ship
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Evidence from a 1920s crime spree
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A Japanese mini-sub from the Second World War
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The State Parliamentary mace that went missing in 1891
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5.What's the Warrnibald Prize?
An athletics carnival
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A portrait exhibition and art prize
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A beauty pageant for bald people
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Best bull at the Warrnambool Agricultural Show
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The name is a play on words. The Archibald Prize is a famous Australian prize for portraiture. Both competitions have a people's choice award too; in Warrnambool it's called the Archibool.
6.Warrnambool is in which state?
Victoria
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Queensland
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Western Australia
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New South Wales
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7.Why is there a long viewing platform at Logan Beach?
Whale watching
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Penguin colonies
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Surf life-saving carnivals
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The Southern Surfing Classic
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They come quite close to shore. June to September is calving season.
8.Which iconic Australian clothing brand was based in Warrnambool from its founding in 1941 until its sale in 1998?
Speedo
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Lucas & Co.
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Onkaparinga
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Fletcher Jones
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The staff gardens are still there.
9.What is the nickname of the statue at the war memorial?
Doris
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The tin hat
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The dirty angel
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The desert rats
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Her pose looks indecent from some angles.
10.Where is the mendicant's hut?
Miura Friendship Garden
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Warrnambool Heritage Works
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South Warrnambool Wetlands
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Warrnambool & District Base Hospital
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11.What is the gap challenge?
A cross-country running track
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Parachuting into the Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve
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A leap across the junction of Russells Creek and the Merri River
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Entering the gap between the brick walls of the bowling alley on Timor Street and the shop next door
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The gap is 30cm at its narrowest. There have been rescues. Don't even think about it.
12.Where is Granny's Grave?
St James Park
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Evelyn's Common
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Our Lady Help of Christians
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Warrnambool Foreshore Reserve
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It is the grave of Agnes Ruttleton, who died in 1848, and was the first white woman to live and die in the area. Her grave is surrounded by a deck, with seating and an information board.
13.Von Guerard's Lookout provides a panoramic view of Tower Hill, a dormant volcano. What was Eugene von Guerard doing there (in 1855)?
Sketching
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Exploring
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Propsecting for gold
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Surveying for the first map of the area
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For his well-known painting 'Tower Hill', now held in the Warrnambool Art Gallery.
14.What's going on at Brierly Basin?
Prawn farming
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A floodplain reserve
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Australia’s largest array of floating solar panels
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Water catchment and irrigation for community gardens
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15.Which Nobel Prize winner attended Warrnambool High School?