Panorama of MelbournePhotographer: Row, 251 Bourke Street. Courtesy State Library Victoria (SLV)The photograph can be enlarged or downloaded via this link https://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/111604 The image above is an amazing rooftop panorama of Melbourne in 1920, taken from somewhere near (or possibly in the tower of) the General Post Office at the north east corner of Bourke … Continue reading A Panoramic Trip around Melbourne 1920
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In My Garden – Birds (Native and Otherwise)
I live near the middle of a city covering an area of nearly 10,000 km2 of suburban sprawl, asphalt roads and footpaths - in the tatty northern suburbs of Melbourne, 200 metres from Bell Street, a major traffic sewer. Yet despite the concrete, asphalt and spindly street trees, nature still makes her presence felt. You … Continue reading In My Garden – Birds (Native and Otherwise)