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Sundry sights

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 This is more or less a collection of snaps which I think interesting, but not enough to put in a free standing post.  (I have also added a few bits and pieces to the August Music Post .) The first few images are of Como: I was first aware of this place when I drove my VW from Adelaide to Melbourne in 1970, delivering a friend to the Airport.  The only tourist attraction we could find mentioned was this place, which didn't appeal to us.  I can't remember how we filled in the first day, but do remember the drive home, due to snow starting at Bacchus Marsh and finishing about Horsham.  I refueled at Bordertown, with snow still on the front of the car: the guy who pumped the fuel (they still did it then) said he'd never seen snow so thought he'd drive for a look when he knocked off in the afternoon (only 150 kms). Two pine trees: the pencil pine is probably a Cook Pine and the other possibly Bunya Pine. A couple of T'rak bungalows. This one dated from 1913 and had ...
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Mentone and nearby

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 In my last post I mentioned getting my binoculars back from the zoo. I subsequently found that they had a problem focussing, such that they needed to visit binocular hospital.  For Swarovski, in Melbourne, that means Mentone Optical so we headed off there down the Nepean Highway.  Frances had found an Historic Walk around Mentone so we planned to do that once the patient had been ministered to.  The material for the walk included: "Parking is located at Mentone Railway Station and at the rear of Mentone Shopping Centre behind Mentone Parade " What the note didn't say was that nearly all the parking at the station and nearby would be taken, presumably by commuters and people going to the school!  We found a spot in a side street about 400m from the opticians (see X in map below).  Our approximate route is the yellow line. At the small station we noticed a memorial horse trough telling a sad story.  The trough was relocated here in 1990: one of the hors...
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A couple of additional places

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 On Sunday 10th August we took #2 grand-daughter to the Melbourne Zoo.  It was a very pleasant outing and I was very pleased with how well #2 new her way around the Zoo.  I could have added lots of birds (eg Noisy Pitta, Glossy Ibis, Black-necked Stork, Regent Honeyeater, Blue and Yellow Macaw) were it ot for the convention that birds in cages don't count! I didn't take photos until we got to the Meerkat enclosure, where they were irresistible.  They were very close and I didn't need my binoculars to see them! Heading back into the CBD Frances spotted a Pam-the-bird work we hadn't previously noticed.  Again, didn't need binoculars so see it. The Monday morning had clear skies with the sun reflecting off windows in the City. Didn't need bins for that either but thought I might on our planned outing to Burnley Gardens.  The problem was I couldn't find them.  We both searched the apartment for about 30 minutes, with no luck.  Frances suggested that I...
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