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| The city of Melbourne from the Shrine of Remembrance |
Being a free day, we decided to do another walking tour. This time, to places we failed to cover on the first
day, and do a little souvenir shopping.
Since our hotel is centrally located, we decided to visit this place first, the Parliament House, as it was just a stone's throw away from our hotel. It is the seat of Victoria's Parliament since 1855, located along Spring St .
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| Parliament House |
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Just a little across the Parliament House, you will see these two gorgeous buildings: The Princess Theater and Hotel Windsor. A throwback to anything European-looking.
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| Princess Theater - one of Melbourne's iconic landmark |
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| Hotel Windsor established in 1883 is one of Melbourne's grandest luxury hotel |
As you walk towards
St. Patrick's Cathedral and Fitzroy Gardens, you will see this at a small triangle piece of land called
Gordon Reserve, between Spring St and MacArthur St. The monument carries the verse of Australia's, Adam Lindsay Gordon:
Life is mainly froth and bubble
Two things stand like stone —
Kindness in another’s trouble.
Courage in your own
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| An Australian poet, jockey and politician |
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| Gothic-looking St Patrick's Cathedral -- the seat of the Archbishop of Melbourne |
A few meters away from St. Patrick's Cathedral is Fitzroy Gardens, a 26-hectare Victorian Era landscaped garden. Beautiful, peaceful, and calm atmosphere, it has several nooks and crannies worthy to take a seat, read a book, relax or just plain watch life pass you by.
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| Fitzroy Gardens |
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| "Come have a sit". The Conservatory in the background |
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| English Elm Trees lining a pathway "Autumn colors is love!" |
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| A pathway at Fitzroy Gardens |
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| Model Tudor Village |
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| The Fairy Tree |
