New Zealand – Australia Part 6

The Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne.

A really big Moreton Bay Fig.

The Captain James Cook cabin.

Pretty place.

Model Tudor village given to Melbourne by an English village

in appreciation for food sent during WWII.

Then a ride along the coast.

The Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron

Coffee and cakes!

Luna Park.

We stopped at the Shrine of Remembrance.

A nice view looking back at the city skyline.

The view from the top of gardens nearby.

An old observatory.

Art.

And flowers.

A white oak.

Long-leaf asters.

The city has a mix of old and new.

Dinner is on a tram car. It moves back and forth over a part of the city.

Dinner was fabulous and the service even better.

We took a Yarra Valley wine tour the next morning. Wine country.

Chandon was our first stop.

Lots of growing grapes set in pretty countryside.

Waiting for the glasses to fill.

Just the four of us on this tour.

All in a row.

Each winery was nicely landscaped.

We had lunch at Yering Winery. With wine of course.

Wild kangaroos along the road.

The next morning we queued up for our flight to Alice Springs.

Dry region.

Homes seemed larger.

The town is small. Had to go in here.

The small mall had food.

Aboriginal art for sale.

Places nearby.

Homes commonly had hot water systems on their roofs.