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A friend visit’s me in Melbourne!
Just over a week ago, I took the train into town to meet my friend Debbie. I still find it a little bit bizarre that Debbie left the UK to live in Australia, in February 2013 (23th to be exact), and I...
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THE PUBLISHING END OF THE SOFA
It’s always difficult when you are used to doing something a particular way, to then do it in a totally different way, and I have found this when I came to Australia. I sit at home at a table to use my...
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“OLD TREASURY BUILDING!”
One day with time to spare in the city I walked to the “Old Treasury Building”, to take a look around it. Construction started in 1858, during the great Melbourne gold boom, and with plenty of money...
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A BLOG FOR NASH WHO KNOWS I LIKE BEACHES
Fairbourne beach; a child’s heaven One of my favourite things when I was a little girl was to hear that we were going on holiday to Fairbourne. Our family used to go to stay here every year, and I...
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MELBOURNE – A TOP PLACE TO LIVE
News from Brighton. I am really impressed with Melbourne; It’s such a lovely place, I keep finding things out that make me like it more, apart from the fact that my daughter and son in law are here of...
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A walk on the beach.
A map showing my walk Yesterday the weather was so good, I decided that I should walk to the beach. I took quite a few layers, because out of the sun here, it can be cool; I didn’t need them as it...
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A Little Bit of History
Melbourne was founded during the reign of King William IV, with the arrival of the schooner ‘Enterprize’ at a place called “Enterprise Landing” near Queen’s Bridge on Sunday, August 30, 1835. The...
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Two Visits
I promised some information about a visit I made to the State Parliament of Victoria, and here it is. I had to make sure that I went on a day when parliament isn’t sitting. Apparently they only sit...
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“THE WRONG KIND OF SNOW”
A different view of Sydney Everyone knows how in the UK we laugh sometimes at the vagaries of the weather, but the truth is, it can happen in Australia too. In Sydney this week there has been the wrong...
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NOT A FLYING CARPET, JUST A SEASICK BED!
It was “Red Letter” day on Wednesday, when Adam and I waited in for the furniture traveling via the sea from the UK. 60 boxes were trundled into the flat from the van downstairs, and plonked either in...
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COSMOPOLITAN COLLINS
Leaflet + map about the walk One of the many things that I have found in Melbourne to be very good, are their leaflets and brochures detailing walks which help you to understand the city better. The...
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Cosmopolitan Collins (2)
At the top end of Collins I had to turn left into Spring Street, where I have visited the Old Treasury Building. I walked past the huge Windsor Hotel which is one of Melbourne’s oldest and grandest;...
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Have you ever thought……
Birthday of Queen Elizabeth 11 June 14th You know when you look forward to a bank holiday day, and you have the idea that you will do lots of really good things, and it all back fires, and the day just...
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ANTIPODEAN RESIDENCES
I have told you before I am staying with Corinne and Adam in Brighton, which I would say is probably one of the more pleasant suburbs, and has an extraordinary variety of housing. There are some...
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West of Flinders
I had been waiting few days for the weather to be good enough for a walk, as the last few seemed to be mostly rainy. On Friday the forecast said that the afternoon was going to be mostly sunny, so I...
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POKE A STICK AT A GRIZZLY BEAR!
If you do this is what happens. It has a catchy tune and is an advertisement made here in Melbourne, Australia, and one of the lines in the tune is “Poke a stick at a grizzly bear”. So, no, in case...
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A long walk????
When arrived in Australia, and I started doing these walks with Corinne, I never really thought that much about what I was doing. But on Sunday, Corinne made a proposal to me that sounded really...
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BIRRARUNG MARR & ACCOMPANYING SOUNDS
A map of Birrarung Marr. During my various searches on the Internet, I found a walk, that I thought might be quite interesting, because it is around the newest Melbourne park between the Central...
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ROAD WORKS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES
These walks that I arrange myself, take some planning. First I look for a suitable river, park, or lake to walk, either along or around. Then I have to try and find the public transport, be it trains,...
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INEXCUSABLE INDULGENCE.
Today, (Saturday), Corinne and I went out on a walk, and again had to contend with a last minute change to the plan. When we arrived at the designated route, we found our way blocked by a “Trail...
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