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Saturday, September 21, 2013
Friday, September 20, 2013
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Twelve Apostles - Limestone At Its Best
The Twelve Apostles are probably one of the most interesting formations of limestone stacks in the world. These are stacks formed from erosion of cliffs. These are formations that can be found along a stretch of the Great Ocean Road.
Monday, September 16, 2013
Footy With The AFL Grand Final Parade
Australia is a football crazy nation. I was just going around the city as usual on a Friday afternoon and I noticed that the roads all around federation square are filled with people and traffic has been diverted. I had never seen so many people in Melbourne till this day.
Federation Square Closed!!!
Turns out the AFL or the footy final that was to happen that weekend always precedes with a parade of the players and mascots etc. There was hardly any place to stand for me and I had to go pretty far to get a decent view of what's going on. This was pretty well planned though. I had seen notices all over the CBD , notifying that tram services will be affected by this.
Stalls and Stalls Everywhere
The entire of federation square had different stalls for things ranging from face painting to a kids section for playing football. I would have got my face painted if I had any idea about Australian football. Should have done my research on that first. I also wanted to buy a football for myself but I guess that can wait till I learn a bit about the game.
The large screen at Federation Square was showing the parade live too. It would have fun if I could come on that screen too... oh wait I have :)
This is a structure that was quite mind blowing. I had seen this under construction a couple of days earlier and it made no sense at that time. I could just see a couple of Australian footballs hanging. Now it all made sense. Making a structure like this just for the parade was something hard to grasp for me. But then Australians do take their sports seriously.
Paparazzi
The Parade
The Parade Included mascots, bands and players . The crowd was a spectacle to watch. Since I didn't really know any of the players the mascots and bands were more interesting to me. But obviously the crowd was there for the players .
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Princes Walk The Best View Of Melbourne
Right behind Federation Square there is Princes Walk. You can find joggers, and tourists here just enjoying the beauty of of the city by the Yarra river.
Its a kids world
There is a building under renovation that's supposed to be a children's attraction. I am not quite sure what it is but there well some kids playing outside anyway.

Art
As everywhere in Melbourne this place too has some art. This is certainly some aboriginal art and some regular weird structures. They look beautiful but then don't make much sense. I guess that's the point of some art.
It must be hell of a life to live around here and come for a jog by the river , watching ducklings learn to swim and beautiful trees and occasional kayaks on the river. Undoubtedly Melbourne has one of the best quality of life.





There is an amazing of view of the city from Princes Walk and the walk in itself is very beautiful. The arrangement of trees and the river flowing beside it. It all adds up to create an amazing and yet simple place.





View from Princes Walk
There is an amazing of view of the city from Princes Walk and the walk in itself is very beautiful. The arrangement of trees and the river flowing beside it. It all adds up to create an amazing and yet simple place.
Southbank Melbourne
Southbank is the neighboring area of the CBD in Melbourne. The Yarra river provides a quite beautiful addition to the beauty of this city. And quite complimentary to that , Melbourne is the largest settlement that the Yarra River flows through. There are several Bridges on the Yarra River. A very popular one being the Southbank Footbridge.
South bank Footbridge
Its quite interestingly designed , in spite of the fact that it is only used by pedestrians . The bridge has a pub under it is quite an experience to have a drink in the middle of the Yarra river.
Love Locks
Melbourne is one of the places where you can find Love Locks on the bridges . The messages are a bit hard to read but sometimes well worth it.
Art and Artists
There are artists playing music or performing all around Southbank. There is the famous Ophelia by Deborah Halpern right beside the Southbank Footbridge too.Flinders Street Station The Central Railway Station Of Melbourne
Flinders Street Station is the Central Railway Station of Melbourne located right beside Federation Square.
This is the place where you can see a crowd of people on the streets. Unlike the usually empty streets of Melbourne. This is one of the Few places in Melbourne where the signal leads to a pedestrian scramble.
If someone tells you in Melbourne "I'll meet you under the clocks" then it simply means under the clocks in the station displaying the time for the next trains bound for different places. "I'll meet you on the steps" means the fleet of stairs leading to the station. You can usually find a quite interesting and diverse crowd there. Its probably the best place to experience the diversity of Melbourne.
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