Fly Ted Down Under Journeys through the land of Oz

Marvelous Melbourne

AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 4 June 2011 | Views [497]

The Royal Botanic Gardens from above, one of the pride and joys of Melbournians. It is 36 hectares of landscaped, sculpted gardens, the first in Australia and often recognised as the finest. The building in the middle is Government House, home of the Governor (aka Lieutenant-Governor) of Victoria. The Shrine of Remembrance is on the right-hand edge of the park. A bit further back on the right is Fawkner Park, also very nice; I stayed for a week at a hostel in between the Shrine and Fawkner Park.

The view south across Port Phillip Bay towards the Mornington Peninsula and Sorrento, where I was a couple weeks earlier on the way to Queenscliff and the Great Ocean Road. St. Kilda is the group of the buildings at the edge of the bay, and Albert Park with its lake is in the middle, home of the Australian Grand Prix (around the lake).

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Eureka Tower's “extra” attraction, “The Edge,” which is a glass cube that rolls out from inside the building to hang in the air, almost 1,000 feet above the street. Then the floor switches from opaque to clear glass, similar to the Skyway cable car in the Blue Mountains. This ride though costs an extra $20.

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