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Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

The location and surrounds of Sydney’s botanic gardens make it well worth seeing but after a full day walking around each I have to say that Melbourne’s Royal Botanic gardens are in my opinion more interesting and picturesque. This is mainly because they have more lakes and ponds. Above is the main pond which has a huge number of eels, obviously you can’t really see that with this wide angle photograph. In the background you can see some of the main / larger buildings in the centre of Melbourne.

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City Circle Tram, Melbourne

City Circle Tram, Melbourne

Melbourne has one of the most impressive tramway networks of any city I have been too. With out 150 miles of track, nearly 500 trams and 1763 tram stops across the city you see why this is the largest urban tramway network in the world. The first trams were pulled up and down the streets of the city in 1884 by horse, just five years later they moved to electric trams. Above is a photograph of the City Circle tram, a free route running around the central business district. As you can see this route operates some of the oldest, heritage class trams.

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Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne

Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne

Located in the Kings Domain the Shrine of Remembrance was built as a memorial to the men and women of Victoria who served in the First World War and today is a memorial to all Australians who have served in war. It was unveiled in November 1934 and is (as you can probably guess) one of the largest war memorials in Australia. I wasn’t expecting to see it but came across it whilst walking through the Royal Botanical Gardens.

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Plant Craft Cottage

Plant Craft Cottage

In Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens I came across what seemed to be a secret garden hidden off the main path. This cottage was built in 1850 to house the people who looked after the gardens. It is a traditional wooden 19th century home that you see a lot of in and around Melbourne. I thought that the garden in the foreground was worth including as the plants seem to frame the cottage nicely.