The Exhibition Fountain, designed for the 1880 Exhibition by sculptor Joseph Hochgurtel
The Carlton Gardens is a World Heritage Site of 26-hectare
site with Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Museum and Imax Cinema, tennis
courts and an award-winning children's playground. It is situated on the
northeastern edge of the Central Business District in the suburb of Carlton,
Melbourne
The rectangular site is bound by Victoria Street,
Rathdowne Street, Carlton Street, and Nicholson Street. From the Exhibition
building the gardens gently slope down to the southwest and northeast.
The gardens are an example of Victorian landscape design
with sweeping lawns and varied European and Australian tree plantings
consisting of deciduous English oaks, White Poplar, plane trees, elms,
conifers, cedars, turkey oaks, Araucarias and evergreens such as Moreton Bay
figs, combined with flower beds of annuals and shrubs.
A network of tree-lined paths provides formal avenues for
highlighting the fountains and architecture of the Exhibition building.
we were sitting here just the two of us, until I decided to share my bread...
took the tram down town for dinner
dinner at Pho 7
sharing with the birds, something we should not do 😟
getting back to our "home" and stopping by at nearest Sevel near here
got me some essentials for snacking and tomorrow's breakfast
thank you all for stopping by and viewing the post...
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