Trevor's Travels

Melbourne, Victoria

No Comments »25th April, 2008; Category: Holidays, Melbourne, Victoria

Melbourne CBD

Our holiday in Victoria

September 2007

After leaving Cranbourne Botanic Gardens we headed for Melbourne along the South Eastern Freeway.

Mistake.

Big, huge, terrible mistake.

Melbourne on a Friday evening can be gridlocked at the best of times. Throw in an AFL (Aussie Rules Football) Preliminary Final at the Melbourne Cricket ground and the whole city comes to halt. After several frustrating hours we eventually emerged at the northern end of the city and it was then plain sailing all the way to Gisborne where we were staying with friends of ours.

Wildflowers of Cranbourne Botanic Gardens

No Comments »1st March, 2008; Category: Botanic Gardens, Holidays, Plants, Victoria

Wildflowers in Cranbourne Botanic Gardens

Our holiday in Victoria

September 2007

Cranbourne Botanic Gardens are about an hour drive south east of Melbourne (if there is no traffic hold up on the freeway). This was one of the main reasons we travelled along the southern coast of eastern Victoria. We had visited these gardens several times before, but not for many years. As it turned out, we only had about two hours there but we did manage to go for a walk through the bush area of the gardens. We didn’t have time to visit the new planted and landscaped area. That will have to wait until our next visit.

During this walk we managed to see a nice selection of native Australian plants. It was a little disappointing that few were in flower. This is probably because of the dry winter and the early timing of our visit. If we had delayed our visit by three to four weeks much more would have been in flower. All this means is that another visit sometime is a must.

Tall Greenhood orchid in the Cranbourne Botanic Gardens

Bandicoots in Cranbourne Botanic Gardens

No Comments »27th February, 2008; Category: Animals, Botanic Gardens, Holidays, Parks and Gardens, Victoria

Sign in the Cranbourne Botanic Gardens, Victoria

Our holiday in Victoria

September 2007

On a previous visit some years ago to the Cranbourne Botanic Gardens south east of Melbourne we were delighted to see a Southern Brown Bandicoot near the picnic area. On this visit I was hopeful of seeing one again, this time with my camera at the ready. Last time we were so excited at seeing this lovely nocturnal animal out in the bright sunshine that we forgot to take a photo – despite having the camera in my hand!

I was not disappointed. In fact, we saw several bandicoots during our walk. On returning to the car we were pleased to have one hopping around our feet while we had a drink and something to eat. In went under and around the car and our feet as if we were not there. I had to be careful backing the car out of its parking spot for fear of running it over.

Southern Brown Bandicoot, Cranbourne Botanic Gardens

One Million Views of our Photo Gallery

No Comments »24th February, 2008; Category: Photos

Wow!

One million views on our photo gallery!

That is quite a milestone.

For people who are new to this blog you may not know about my family photo gallery. Over 1700 photos on a wide range of themes and subjects appear on our photo gallery. Over a thousand of them were taken by me, some by my wife and the remainder by my son. He is quickly catching up with me, due mainly to the fact that he is currently on holiday in South America giving his new camera a really good workout.

Some of the subjects covered in our gallery include:

birds
animals
flowers
Australia all over
insects
Nepal
Thailand
North and South America
Hong Kong
architecture
parks and gardens
scenery

… and much, much more.

Why not visit the gallery now? Click here.

Swamp Wallaby in the Cranbourne Botanic Gardens

No Comments »21st February, 2008; Category: Animals, Botanic Gardens, Holidays, Parks and Gardens, Victoria

Our holiday in Victoria

September 2007

On our walk in the Cranbourne Botanic Gardens south east of Melbourne we were delighted to get good views of a Swamp Wallaby. It seemed a little shy about coming out into the open which made getting a good photo hard. I also found it a little distracting trying to get this photo; there were so many birds around me also vying for my attention and the focus of my camera.

Swamp Wallaby in Cranbourne Botanic Gardens, Victoria

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