Winter has definitely been on the way for some weeks now. Cold days, cold nights, wind and rain and we’ve been getting the occcasional gorgeous Autumn day here and there. These are Autumn leaves from our Liquidamber tree in our garden. As you read this post today, we’re busy getting ready for our daughter’s wedding…
Author: Kathie
Flinders Street Station
Finally, after having breakfast with my friends, they walked me back to the train station. Many will have heard of Flinders Street station, and on a sunny morning like this one, its colours certainly did it proud. Underneath is a shot inside the station while I waited the arrival of my train. Tomorrow my daughter…
More views in the city
What amazed me was the number of cyclists in the city at that time of the morning. My husband tells me he read that it’s over 7,000 that ride into the city daily. I know I saw hundreds just in the short time I was wondering around. I liked this colourful alley as I walked…
Federation Bells
Something I hadn’t known about was the Federation Bells. I could hear bells playing not far from where I was walking along the river so went in search. What I found was quite a surprise – bells upside down on poles playing by themselves. You can read about them here. They play at different times…
Birdlife on the river
What’s a river if it hasn’t got birdlife? Seagulls (one has lost a foot), Pied Cormorant and a goose that I think was lost. It was honking forlornly on the river and I watched it as it passed under the bridge. I wonder where it came from? It didn’t seem to belong there.