Maryborough, Vic A few more photographs of this impressive railway station. Sometimes we visit a town and rush to check out the railway station only to be disappointed. There’ll be little more than a ‘modern’ metal shelter and what may … Continue reading Maryborough Railway Station
Maryborough, Vic, Feb 2022 Erected in 1905 to celebrate the town’s golden jubilee this ornate band rotunda stands in Princes Park, Maryborough, Vic. The particularly ornate cast ironwork caught my eye and is recorded as being Late Victorian style. It’s … Continue reading Maryborough Golden Jubilee Band Rotunda
Port Douglas, Qld We’re often to be seen piling out of the car to ‘check out’ a country cemetery. So much of a town’s history can be found in those time-worn tombstones. Often though, leaving us with more questions than … Continue reading Cemeteries, an endless curiosity
One of the good things to come out of this pandemic has been gaining a better understanding of where we live. The times when the lockdown restrictions bit hard and we could only walk in ever-increasing circles around our own … Continue reading Langwarrin Flora and Fauna Reserve
January 2022 A small overgrown pocket park in suburban Frankston, Vic is all that is left of the location of ‘the first international gathering of scouts outside of the United Kingdom and the only Jamboree attended by the founder of … Continue reading Jamboree Park
January 2022 Cable Station Walk is the name for a set of stairs scaling the cliff at Flinders. Though not the actual location of the original pathway it still gives a fair idea of the climb. In 1869 a submarine … Continue reading Cable Station Walk, Flinders
January 2022 Walter Burley Griffin is a household name in Australia as he was the landscape architect who planned the Nation’s capital Canberra. Most Australians when visiting Canberra, curse Burley Griffin for the circular layout of the city. A layout … Continue reading Bananas in Reverse are a Pain in the Neck
1 Rendlesham Avenue, Mt Eliza Back in 1957, the then owners of this house had a house guest. An English-born aeronautical engineer and prolific writer who had moved to Melbourne after the war. He penned a novel during his stay … Continue reading When Hollywood Came to Town
January 2022 38 Hectares (94 acres) of swampland on the south bank of the Yarra River was set aside in 1846 for the development of what was to become the green heart of the city. Under the directorship of Ferdinand … Continue reading Glimpses of Melbourne – Royal Botanic Gardens
January 2022 Forty Kilometres south of Melbourne CBD the oldest house in the suburb of Frankston was built in 1855 for the Liardet family. Surrounded by gardens it is a French-style farmhouse that would once have had views of Port … Continue reading Ballam Park Homestead
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