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"Bathing Box" Friday 18th July 2008 |
"From the end" Wednesday 16th July 2008 |
"Westgate revisited" Friday 27th June 2008 |
In a South eastern suburb of melbourne lies Brighton, and much photographed is a lovely row of beach bathing boxes. This is obviously just one of the many brightly coloured 'changing rooms', I have showed more here, and a close up of another here. |
Another shot from the end of the St Kilda pier. This shot looks North towards the city across the water. The cafe I showed yesterday is behind me. |
You can see the Westgate bridge on this website many times, including here, here, here, here and here. But such a formidable bridge deserves a revisit every now and then. The Westgate bridge connectes the city of Melbourne to the Western suburbs. This shot was taken on the south side of the bridge, on the east side of the Yarra river (looking North West). |
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"Night view from Williamstown" Sunday 22nd June 2008 |
"Pelican" Saturday 7th June 2008 |
"Viewbank View" Wednesday 4th June 2008 |
Taken from just behind yesterdays shot of Liston Tennis Club, on the edge of the Commonwealth Reserve in Williamstown. This is the best view of Melbourne from anywhere, across the bay, with the boats in the foreground and the buildings on the horizon. Over the last ten years or so Williamstown has become one of the most popular destinations for a weekend outing in Melbourne, with many a family heading to one of the great cafes or restaurants in the main street. |
A pelican sitting comfortably as the world goes by. |
Another suburb in Melbourne is Viewbank, which lies about 40 minutes out from the city. Yesterday the area was blanketed in a thick layer of fog. This is the view from the roadside in the centre of the suburb yesterday. |
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"Orange morning" Friday 23rd May 2008 |
"Maersk Drammen" Monday 12th May 2008 |
"Sundown" Thursday 24th April 2008 |
This morning over the city at about 7:15am. Lovely colour, lovely calm scene. Even the hot air balloons were up above the city. |
The Maersk Drammen container ship coming under the Westgate Bridge a couple of weeks ago. Notice the workmen on the cage under the bridge. |
We have had some controlled burning around Melbourne recently which has caused some areas to be rather smoggy. Last night as the sun went down, a rather lovely haze was created. Later in the night the moon was quite radient, almost red in colour. This is the sun as it went down last night, taken from the middle of the westgate bridge. |
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"Dusk" Tuesday 15th April 2008 |
"Sunbury Shack" Monday 14th April 2008 |
"Earth Hour" Sunday 30th March 2008 |
Heading towards the Westgate Bridge earlier tonight, the sun in my eyes. This photo was taken by my nine year old daughter as we made our way home towards the setting sun. |
An old run down shack on the outskirts of Subury, a western suburb of Melbourne, Vcitoria. |
Last night Melbourne joined " Earth Hour", the 'global movement' which started in Sydney last year. All lights were asked to be turned off for the hour between 8 and 9pm. Certainly the city was a lot dimmer, but as you can see, many lights still shone. This shot is from the Williamstown foreshore across the bay to the city. I hope you joined in and helped the global warming cause! |
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"Herring Island" Saturday 8th March 2008 |
"Leaving" Friday 22nd February 2008 |
"Queen Victoria" Thursday 21st February 2008 |
About a kilometre down the Yarra river out of the city lies Herring Island. The only way of getting to the island is by this small punt run by Parks Victoria. Quite often the island is home to art exhibitions, housed in their small exhibition space. Details about the current exhibitions can be found here. The punt costs just $2, the exhibition is free or you can give a donation. |
Well I didn't know when I posted the Queen Victoria yesterday, that it was leaving last night. Williamstown was alive with people looking across the bay to see the big ship leave with a fanfare of fireworks AND a full moon! Links to details on the cruiser are repeated here for your information: Queen Victoria. There is a web cam on board and you can find the link to this here, and a virtual tour here. |
Currently docked at Station Pier where the Spirit of Tasmania also docks, is the large Cunard ocean cruiser Queen Victoria. There is a web cam on board and you can find the link to this here, and there is also a virtual tour here. It certainly makes quite an impression on the skyline. |
