Packet 11: Tossup 6

A Scottish TV presenter who explored this state’s inaccessible Cleft Island by helicopter found it filled with cannonballs, since ships used the hollow Skull Rock for target practice. Erosion off this state’s Great Ocean Road has destroyed some of its Twelve Apostles (-5[1])limestone (15[1])formations. (15[1])A bay (15[1])in this state (-5[2])is accessed through a narrow strait called the Rip. This state’s capital is located in a valley traditionally owned by the (*) Wurundjeri people. (-5[1])Most of this state’s population lives either around (10[1])Port Phillip Bay in the city of (-5[1])Geelong or in its capital, which is located at the mouth of the Yarra River. (10[1]0[1])This (10[1])state’s southern coast is separated from Flinders Island and an island governed from Hobart by (10[1])the Bass Strait. For 10 points, most of what state’s population lives in the metro area of Melbourne? ■END■ (10[4])

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