Melbourne War Memorial (cont'd)

A War Memorial isn't a good war memorial without the perpetual flame. I like how this is set up. And by the way, whilst the days were for the most part beautiful winter/spring days, it was FLIPPIN cold!! So the heat from the flame was actually very welcome.

This building sits up on the hill. Pride and place. And the humility and humbleness I spoke of earlier starts to really get you the closer you get to it.

I thought this was just a cool touch. The patches of grass in between the paving stones.

"Let all men know that this is holy ground. This shrine established in the hearts of men as on the solid earth commemorates a people's fortitude and sacrifice. Ye therefore that come after give rememberance."

Melbourne War Memorial

On a recent business trip to Melbourne, I found myself with a little freetime to explore the area around Dorcas St (where I was staying at the Quest! - Very nice accomodation btw!!)


PS. That's the big tall one in the middle! Niiice

I discovered the Melbourne War Memorial. Or Victorian - not quite sure what it's called, probably Victorian...



ANYWHO, I was extremely impressed. And as I've taken a leaf out of freefalling's photograph book, I had my camera with me on this trip so I went adventuring.

Here's just a taste of what it was like, the true feeling of humility and humbleness can't be given in mere pictures or words. You'd have to be there to feel it.







There were a few of these trees in the parklands area and they just stood out so strikingly against the late afternoon sky I couldn't resist.














At the base of pretty much every single established tree in this memorial gardens has a plaque of some kind with a commemorative plate on it. Nearly each one I saw had a poppy next to it or in it's branches or something of the like.









Then there were the park benches. I like this one cos it recognises the ladies.





I came to a conclusion during my walk....I hate war....

Us 'n' Pop

The last time my dad came down was quite a while ago, and we wanted to get a memory of it so out came my camera. While the little girls were quite happy to take a photo in pop's arms, Leilani decided she had to have a live action photo! ;) So while they danced I snapped away!! hehe. Enjoy!

A Xmas Pic Just Cos

I know it's way past Christmas but I thought I'd put this on there for all who wanna see it.

Southbank

So we took the kids to Southbank last weekend. It was a lovely day, the sun was shining but wasn't ridiculously hot, there was a soft breeze and the markets were busy but not crowded.


While we stayed away from the markets as much as we could, we took the girls through what used to be called Gondwana land, but now is just a nature walk.


A trip to Southbank isn't complete without going to the gazebo left from Expo '88. It stood in this exact spot during that fantastic gathering of world exhibitions. I meant to get a pic of the plaque telling us all about it. Will have to do that next time we go in.

As you can see the carving in this thing is pretty impressive. It goes all the way around and all through the middle and the pews that are inside have it on them too. Very cool and rather awe inspiring.

The girls had a lot of fun. Cos of course we took them in on the train so the whole day was a great big adventure for them!

The arbour was looking fantastic with so many of the bouganvillea's in wonderful full bloom. Walking under it was so uplifting and fresh.

Is that amazing or what?? And conveniently enough, there was a perfect moment as my camera snapped that there was not a soul walking in this area.

Still Alive and Kicking

Hey there...yea...to those limited few who visit and read my blog...I'm still alive and kicking.

Just more than a little bit bogged (not blogged) down by reality and life and a new job description and all sorts of other mundane things.

I'll get myself sorted sooner or later and be a more regular blogger.

In the meantime (again) I'll share some pics and memories as soon as I make them all a little smaller...I just realised that they're all around the 4mb mark....a little big for casual blog viewing...

Not Dead Yet....

Yea so, I'm still here...just busy with work and stuff. So I thought I'd throw in a couple of Christmas pics for your eyes to enjoy.



These are photo's of a display that I did for my work place. I was pretty darn proud of it too.