River Yarra cruise and garden walk, Melbourne
Started the day with a bit of work on the balcony, enjoying the views of the city and the river.
No sooner had Jane said she would n't take any more bird pictures, this little green parrot-like bird popped up! This was on our river walk to catch the tram into the city.
Our river cruise, with entertaining commentary, took us passed venues for the Australian Open Tennis and the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). You can do guided tours but we'd only go there to watch England playing well v Australia!
The one hour cruise also went past the Botanic Gardens, our next destination. This pic was taken on the way back to the start point with views of the city high rise buildings just coming into focus.
Interesting facts about Melbourne...named after Lord Melbourne - the British prime minister at the time when the City was starting to get going at the start of the gold rush. A chap call Batman `bought the land from the Aborigines and suggested the new City was called `Batmania'.
We walked by these these rowing clubs and up through the Queen Victoria Gardens towards the Botanics.
Australia's Governor General has an imposing house in the gardens and these shots were taken fairly nearby.
This was the flower bed that Mark was looking at!
This pic was taken on our return walk from the Botanic Gardens. This is part of the remembrance area - massive in scale. It has a great view down to the city and where we caught the tram home.
No sooner had Jane said she would n't take any more bird pictures, this little green parrot-like bird popped up! This was on our river walk to catch the tram into the city.
Our river cruise, with entertaining commentary, took us passed venues for the Australian Open Tennis and the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). You can do guided tours but we'd only go there to watch England playing well v Australia!
The one hour cruise also went past the Botanic Gardens, our next destination. This pic was taken on the way back to the start point with views of the city high rise buildings just coming into focus.
Interesting facts about Melbourne...named after Lord Melbourne - the British prime minister at the time when the City was starting to get going at the start of the gold rush. A chap call Batman `bought the land from the Aborigines and suggested the new City was called `Batmania'.
We walked by these these rowing clubs and up through the Queen Victoria Gardens towards the Botanics.
Australia's Governor General has an imposing house in the gardens and these shots were taken fairly nearby.
This was the flower bed that Mark was looking at!
This pic was taken on our return walk from the Botanic Gardens. This is part of the remembrance area - massive in scale. It has a great view down to the city and where we caught the tram home.
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