My Melbourne Visit - Part 2, The gardens of Melbourne and St Kilda

Here, we walked through some beautiful gardens, the King's Domain and the Botanical Gardens and ended up at the lovely St Kilda, thus bringing to an end a wonderful time in the lovely city of Melbourne.

A lovely elm tree hanging over the pond 

A flower basket

Some beautiful colours

Stairway to...?

Red...

Tri-coloured

Trunk reflection...

A pair of swans...

...and a single swan

Curve on the pond

A swan with it's sygnet

The bridge...

St Kilda Pier

A view of the beautiful city, from the pier

A view of St Kilda, from the pier, as we sat and took it all in...

Some of many boats moored here

I loved these three little boats and just had to capture them

A lovely place, where we enjoyed a latte and a spot of
'people-watching'

My Melbourne Visit - Part 1, The city of Melbourne and Port Melbourne

The photos I am sharing in this 2 part instalment are from two of the best days in my entire life! After meeting my partner a month and a half earlier, for the first time, I took a very short break from work and visited him in Melbourne, where he lived. I was not a big fan of flying then, something I have now overcome, in a big way... I hope you enjoy my 2 day Melbourne photos, such a lovely city and I'm itching to get back there real soon!

Flinders St station with the Eureka Tower just behind it 

A little covered alley, one of many in Melbourne

A window of The Grand Hotel, as seen through a London
plane tree

The old Rialto building, The Rialto Hotel

The Beacon Cove board-walk

The Spirit of Tasmania (hopefully she - and Tasmania - will
be part of my blog next year...

The Wharf Hotel

The Yarra River

The Polly Woodside, for those who are interested
about  the history:
http://www.pollywoodside.com.au/about_polly_woodside 

Three little white lanterns, sitting on a ledge of
The Grand Hotel

An old tram at the Southern Cross station

The free City Circle tram with a glimpse of one of the beautiful
horses that  is part of a 2 horse and carriage, taking people
through the city

The Dragon Boat Restaurant in China Town 

These 4 lanterns caught my eye in China Town

Graffiti of a Rhino in Union Lane, there was
some beautiful artwork displayed there

Australia on Collins, a large modern building featuring
a lovely little shopping arcade

Century Place, yet another little lane way,
we enjoyed a latte there

An old bike with a flower basket on Little Collins St

The Atrium on Federation Square

In perspective, along the Yarra

Gerringong and en route to...

Another trip to my folks' new abode and another glorious day for a few photos on the way, as well as Gerringong itself. Some pretty flowers from their garden just had to be snapped also!

 I had to stop on the way and snap these pretty florals...

A look-out just past Kiama, presented me with this stunning view

A coral tree

The same tree, taken differently

The view through a barbed-wire fence

Pretty red ranunculus growing in Mum and Dad's front garden

Both Aussies now, but the 'Dutchness' is still there...

A lovely view from the main street

A blind facade I found fascinating, see the reflection?

These three houses, all in their own colour, caught my eye

Bathurst

A day visit to Bathurst to pop in and see a friend, gave me a few photos of Mount Panorama, where we had some lunch whilst admiring the beautiful view. We also took a little walk in some bush land, it was a lovely day...

Need I say more?? Hehehe..

The view form the 'top of the mountain', as are the following 3

This caught my eye as we headed into some bushland

'skeleton' trees appeal to me...

I thought this one looked kind of eerie... 

I loved this little shelter and thought I'd give it an 'old' look