Listening to buskers is easy in Melbourne – there are so many of them and the vast majority are fantastic. Just like Kit Watts. Fabulous sound and a great performer.
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Retirement is good for my big sister Debbie. She was able to spend some time with us last week in Melbourne, and found plenty of pockets of solitude and quiet around the city. Here she is at Rippon Lea, a National Trust property, where she whiled away the afternoon.
You can read about her visit here.
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Drinking English tea in a French-style cafe reading Russian literature … in Melbourne.
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A trip to the Dandenong Ranges has become a regular part of our life here in Melbourne. When the city starts to feel like it’s closing in, we head for the hills. Literally. Being amongst the trees brings an immediate feeling of peace. One of the gardens we visit when we’re in the area is the Alfred Nicholas Gardens.
At the bottom of the garden (and the bottom of a hill) is a lake. On the lake is an island. Linking the island and the shore are a series of bridges. On this bridge is my husband Tim. In the distance is another man, a stranger, who told Tim as he walked past that he had good taste in shirts.
I thought the symmetry was pretty neat.
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A trip to the Dandenong Ranges and the William Ricketts Sanctuary. This is a tranquil and beautiful place, full of sculptures emerging from rocks and trees.
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Opal Ocean were playing in the Bourke St mall yesterday, and I thought I’d see them from a slightly different perspective.
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Debbie, my sister, has come to visit for a few days. Today we went to Rippon Lea – a National Trust house in the Melbourne suburb of Rippon Lea.
Here’s Deb …
And here’s Rippon Lea …
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I spotted Jordy – unsurprisingly, a magician – wearing this in the mall today. I take no responsibility for the milkshake song getting stuck in your head!
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Outside Melbourne Town Hall is a garden. In the garden is a sunflower.
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There are some who refuse to be trapped in the swirling shadows …
There are others that have no choice.
Musings from the cold 