Crown Towers (Melbourne) Crown Towers (Melbourne) Crown Towers is a hotel skyscraper located in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, Australia. Built in 1997, the hotel is one of three hotels at the Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex, the others being: Crown Promenade (2003) and Crown Metropol (2010). Located on the banks of the Yarra River, it overlooks the city centre, Kings Domain, Port Phillip and Docklands. Proposals for a Crown hotel to join the casino date back to as early as 1994, at a time when Crown casino was situated in a temporary location on the north bank of the Yarra River. Designed
Carbunup River, Western Australia the Stinkwood" thicket". Carbunup River, Western Australia Carbunup River is a small town in the South West region of Western Australia. It is situated between Dunsborough and Margaret River on the banks of the Carbunup River. The townsite was declared in 1926 as Carbunup but the name was changed in 1958 to Carbunup River to prevent confusion with the town of Carbarup which is a town located near Mount Barker. The town is named after the Carbunup River, the word Carbunup is Aboriginal in origin and is thought to mean "place of the cormorants" or "place of a kindly stram"