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This is my favourite time of year. Still some warm days, but cooler nights, the leaves are turning colour and everything looks lovely. We have green, yellow, gold, orange, red, brown and many other variations in between.
We’ve really had very up and down weather over the past few weeks. 1st December traditionally marks the beginning of Summer here and yet in the latter half of October and beginning of November we saw above normal temperatures and extreme heat. Summer seemed to hit with a vengeance and in fact in some parts of our country there are bushfires already burning.
And then this past week we’ve had lots of rain – in one day we got what we would normally get in a month for this time of year and I’m sure we probably did again yesterday and today too. In fact perfect weather for ducks. Must explain why my husband and I had ducks in the yard of our new home yesterday.
Melbourne has been hosting the “Around the Bay in a Day” bike ride for 17 years. It’s a great fundraiser while promoting fitness. Those participating in the race can choose from 50km to 250km and distances in between.
My husband did this ride a few years ago. It’s always held in October each year and always gets a lot of participants. Below is a small selection of the photos I took this morning but you can see more at my photo gallery.
With my impending shift to the foot of the Dandenong Ranges I’ve begun looking to see ‘what’s on’ to explore and see – and take my camera to! I discovered the beautiful Tulip Festival in Silvan, not 5 mins away from my daughter’s home in Monbulk, so I picked her up on Friday morning and we went for an explore. It didn’t disappoint and I got some great pics.
Whet your appetite? You can see more here.
The Royal Melbourne Show has been running for the past week. It’s currently school holidays here in Victoria so the show is always a popular place to go.
As my own children have grown we don’t go to the show very often but I decided it would be a good place for some photo opportunities – anything to take my camera out!
So here’s a few shots from my time at the show which is at the Showgrounds, Flemington.
My name is Kathie and I'm an avid blogger. I also write books. You can visit more of my blogs in the blogroll below.
The original blog for this is at Blogger but I've now purchased the domain and shifted it to Wordpress on my own server.
If you're from outside of Australia I hope this blog will give you some insight to life in Melbourne, Australia - one of the best cities in the world to visit!
The photo above was taken from a window high up in the Crown Towers and overlooks the Yarra River towards the Flinders Street Station.
My name is Kathie and I'm an avid blogger. I also write books. You can visit more of my blogs in the blogroll below.
The original blog for this is at Blogger but I've now purchased the domain and shifted it to Wordpress on my own server.
If you're from outside of Australia I hope this blog will give you some insight to life in Melbourne, Australia - one of the best cities in the world to visit!
The photo above was taken from a window high up in the Crown Towers and overlooks the Yarra River towards the Flinders Street Station.
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