Going forward
...Looking back
On the breakwallI read somewhere that the breakwall was built to create a harbour for the sailing events at the 1956 Olympics.
The end the breakwall is home to some criters, the Little Penguinand the Native Water Rat.
While I was looking at the sign above I overheard the following
"how cute"
"oh yuk, it's a rat, oooo!"
You just can't please some people. As far as rats go it is pretty cute.
"how cute"
"oh yuk, it's a rat, oooo!"
You just can't please some people. As far as rats go it is pretty cute.
Looking towards the city skyline
going down wind...I sat on a rock for a few minutes waiting for the yacht to get closer so I could take the photo. After it passed I headed back towards the shore.
Say aloha to Captain Cook.
Say aloha to Captain Cook.I don't know why, but this statue seems somehow out of place here.
I then walked along the Esplanade to the Palais and Luna Park.
The old Palais looks really run down.
And again somehow out of place here.
I then walked along the Esplanade to the Palais and Luna Park.
The old Palais looks really run down.And again somehow out of place here.
The show that was on this day was a live version of the childrens TV show Yo Gabba Gabba. I have no Idea who they are or what they do, but it seemed pretty popular with the kids.
Then I saw this restored fire truck, which a maxi taxi kindly decided to park in front of just as I was about to take a photo...
Never mind double parking illegally blocking entry to the street,
or the space a few metres down the road where you could safely unload,
or the person standing in the middle of a traffic island with a camera clearly trying to
take a photo of something...
After a few minutes he settled his fare and finally drove off after asking me if I needed a taxi. I was after all standing on a traffic island to take this photo.
click
Around the back where all the hoses and attachments go.
Then I saw this restored fire truck, which a maxi taxi kindly decided to park in front of just as I was about to take a photo...
Never mind double parking illegally blocking entry to the street,or the space a few metres down the road where you could safely unload,
or the person standing in the middle of a traffic island with a camera clearly trying to
take a photo of something...
clickAround the back where all the hoses and attachments go.
I guess you could call this the money shot if therewere such a thing as fire engine porn.
AFter getting sick of St Kilda I travelled back to the city on a tram via St Kilda road. I don't know why but I am always surprised that this route usually does not take any longer than the light rail to get to the city. I got off the tram at Lonsdale Street and slowly made my way down to Southbank where I was due to meet my mother.
Southbank Footbridge
Eureka! Tower
Looking back towards Flinders Street Station
After theis I met my mother who had been to the opera and we ate dinner in the Foodcourt at Southbank before catching the train home.
That was my day on the 30th of May 2009
Southbank FootbridgeAm I the only preson who does not like the design of this footbridge? Not in looks, but in the way it handles pedestrian traffic. There is no clear path across, you spend the whole time trying not to walk into the handrails and dodging people coming the other who are also trying not to walk into the hand rails. All because of the way the bridge zig zags. Not to mention that there are always tourists taking photos, not that that is a bad thing, but because of the design of the bridge they get in the way. My other gripe is the narrow subway under Flinders Street Station that the bridge feeds into, it is all rather uncomfortable. And the often terrible buskers impede the flow of traffic.
Eureka! Tower
Looking back towards Flinders Street StationAfter theis I met my mother who had been to the opera and we ate dinner in the Foodcourt at Southbank before catching the train home.
That was my day on the 30th of May 2009
