Autumn in Melbourne is spectacular.  At this time of year the nights are starting to get a lot colder but some days are still beautiful – yesterday was!  And if you take a drive in the hills you’ll be met with the most beautiful views of Autumn colours.

Here in Selby we have our own display in our garden but I love to drive up the country roads and periodically stop to get out of my car and take a photo – my camera is always with me.

These photos are just a small sample of what our garden looks like now. This is in the area we call ‘The Park’.

And this is a driveway of a place I drive by whenever going to visit our eldest daughter – I couldn’t resist stopping to take photos.  Isn’t it gorgeous?

You don’t have to be a visitor to be wanting to do something different in Melbourne. You may even be a resident, or someone who is here fairly regularly for business or other purposes.

Recently I learnt about andrenalin.com.au which lists a number of things you can do in Melbourne. Some of them look pretty radical to me and I think I’m happy to do something more tame.  But for the more adventurous it may be just what they’re looking for.

I would be keen to do the Hot Air Balloon or the helicopter scenic flight. Haven’t been on either of those yet and as a keen photographer I know I’d get some awesome shots!

Note, too, that you can purchase gift vouchers, so if you’re looking for something different to give, that might be worth exploring too.

If you’ve been on one of these adventures, why not share about it on the comments section here so others can read about it?

Well, my husband and I have been living in the Dandenongs now for just over 3 months.  This is such a pretty part of Victoria, around 40kms south east of the city.

My absence has purely been because of our packing/shifting/unpacking and getting used to new surroundings. I have been taking tons of photos and plan to share more on our lovely city with you soon.

Just had a guy who said he was from AGL and showed me a badge. He wanted to replace my globes for free energy saving ones – I had heard there is such a promotion. But who’s going to let a stranger in the house to replace their globes for them? I’d have to spend time watching and waiting.  I told him he could leave the globes but he said he’s supposed to take the old ones away with him.  I told him ‘no’, I didn’t want him in my house.

I sent a message to a forum I run and immediately had others come back with information. One said it was a scam, a couple of others said they’d had men coming to their doors too but they turned them away.  One in another state said her electricity company wrote to them to advise this was going to take place.

I elected to ring AGL and query them whether they had someone coming around the streets of where I live and if not, I would call the police.

I couldn’t believe the response of their call operator.  She said they do have staff coming out to do this and they carry ID badges.  I told her he did flash one but I didn’t see it much and didn’t feel comfortable about letting a stranger in my house – especially since we had not been previously notified. She just said it was my perogative and I didn’t have to have him in. She showed no concern whatsoever about my need for confirmation or safety in the home.

Is this a reflection of the company itself? I hope not.  Given that it’s easy to create fake badges and flash one in front of people that was not sufficient evidence to me.  At least the company could have sent us a letter advising this was going to take place and when.

There’s a fast food advertisement being played on TV at the moment where a young man buys two meals at a really cheap price and then when he sets the meals down in front of his mate his mate tells him he only has $5.00. The first young man responds ‘that will have to do’ and pockets the money.

This advert is very poor – it’s teaching young people (and those others easily led astray) that it is ok to be dishonest and rip off people, including your mate.

I consider this to be very poor advertising and in bad taste – pardon the pun!