I shall be blogging backwards chronologically and pray that my next trip will not catch up with it, considering that it’s going to happen in 2 weeks’ time and the snail’s pace that I’m blogging. Well, I’ll do as much as I can.
This was my most recent trip to Melbourne city and the surrounding areas – Mt. Dandenung, Mornington Peninsula. The first few days was an organised tour, which I viewed as rather disastrous as they brought us to the most uninteresting places (I suspect it was to while time away). Not only that, it had a terribly planned schedule which made us miss the fairy penguins waddling up the shore and a tour of the chocolate factory. I have no idea which tour agency it is, or I would have named them here! Yes I would have! The next 3 days were an extension from the original trip (why only 3 days? so that we can all go back to work and not idle our days away. )
As soon as we touched down, we were brought to the Fitzroy Garden in Melbourne city. We were here really early (overnight flight) so they brought us urban folks to a Garden. Considering that it was winter, as expected, it was decidedly bare. Frankly, there wasn’t much to see. But since we were there, I may as well snap some photos, right?? Given a choice, I wouldn’t have planned this into my own itinerary.
A 30 mins walk would have been enough to take in the greenery, little cottage and an absolutely non-impressive pond with just 2 ducks. The tour guide was coo-ing over the pond and I simply didn’t see anything fantastic about the algae lined water body and the 2 residents of it.
Still, it was possible to take some decent photos with the beautiful blue sky, which was rather rare and quaint little pieces along the path. Check out the little cute, golden fist at the bottom of the post box. Ah!! The details that delight!
This was a photo I caught while I was on the bus. It passed by a row of Falungong believers who were actively publicising their religion. For all that I have read about them in the newspapers, this was the closest I have ever been to them.