Saturday, 21 May 2011

Autumn in Melbourne


View of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) from our seats in row Z! Our first game was the Geelong Cats v Collingwood Magpies, despite our allegience to the Magpies (of course!) the Cats won 65 to 62.


Martin enjoying a snag (sausage butty) and a VB beer before the walk along the Yarra to the MCG.


Melbourne is famous for it's 'street art' and here is a photo of my favourite piece. It's on the wall of Scotchmer Street in Fitzroy North and the cards are real! Melbourne street cleaners famously scrubbed off a Banksy piece so hopefully they'll be more careful from now on and this will survive a bit longer.


The view of the city take from Princes Bridge near Fed. Square and Flinders Street station. The Yarra river looks pretty dirty after torrential rain the week before!



Me standing in front of the footy pitch in Edinburgh Gardens after a gorgeous Sunday afternoon walk amongst the falling leaves!

The Great Ocean Road


This is one of the beautiful beaches on the stretch of road between Bells Beach and Lorne.


A view of the famous 12 Apostles that rise up out of the sea just after Apollo Bay. A gorgeous sigh but very windy. Warning: Ear muffs a must!


Me and Martin posing by the new sign that marks the start of the Great Ocean Road. This was originally erected to honour the hard work of men who built the road after returning from fighting in WWII only to find themselves unemployed and socially isolated.


A kookaburra enjoying the morning outside the window of our hotel


Don't try this on the M6!