This is not your millipede

From my best guess the type of creature you are looking at is actually a type of millipede (since the majority of them are black). The type of millipede that lives in or new Melbourne is called Spirostreptid millipedes. They often get to a length of up to 10cm and largely live in Eastern Australia. They live in moist environments such as under logs and in leaf litter. Little is known about their eating habits except that they most likely eat on vegetable scraps.

Males mate by wrapping themselves around the body of the females and eggs are laid in the soil. The newly emerged young possess only three pairs of legs and additional body segments and legs are added on later. Weird hey?