Harcourt Rail Bridge Victoria

The Railway Bridge, over Barker's Creek, near Harcourt in Victoria, this bridge was constructed of Harcourt granite in 1859-1861. It is a picturesque three arched bridge on the Bendigo to Castlemain  rail line is still in excellent condition and is on the Victorian Heritage Register.  

We called into Kallista on the way home and blended in with the bus loads of tourists, who were feeding the wild birds there. So I took the opportunity to take some close up photos of Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Crimson Rosella, Long Billed Corella.

 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

 Crimson Rosella

Long Billed Corella

Sunset Tooradin Victoria

I just love the sunsets at this time of the year, it is cold and wet but the sunsets on cloudy nights are beautiful.

Flinders Street Station Melbourne

The Heritage listed Flinders Street Station is a railway station situated on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets in Melbourne, Australia. One of Melbourne's most recognisable landmarks and one of the city's much loved cultural icons. 'Under the Clocks' is a favourite Melbourne meeting place, hence the phrase "meet me under the clocks"

Flinders Street Station Melbourne

No Trains Buangor Victoria

The trains don't stop here any more!!

The Buangor railway station now sadly sits in a state of dis-repair, with it's broken windows, the peeling paint, missing wall boards, the guttering that is falling off.... The rail line first came through around 1875 but I'm not sure if the station building is of that circa..

Rainbow Lorikeets

These two love birds were checking out some new homes with a view to be coming trendy new age inner city dwellers.. We were parked directly under the tree they were inspecting and didn't they let me know I was invading their privacy.. It was quite a surprise to see this type of bird looking for somewhere to nest almost in the heart of the city of Melbourne... 

Melbourne's first Night Noodle Market

Melbourne's first Night Noodle Market being held in the Alexandra Gardens November 18-30 it's open weekdays from 5pm and weekends from 4pm admission is free.

We decided to go in Saturday night 23.11.2013 and have a look, we left home at 5pm and although busy around inner Melbourne we found a car park easily and caught a tram to  Alexandra Gardens. 

Well if the crowds were anything to go by the first night market will be a great success with food from countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, China, India, Philippines. However we found that the queues for the more better know eateries were very long stretching from one side of the area to the other, so the wait would have been an hour or longer to be served. We opted for Aangan Indian stall because the queue was a lot smaller, but I have to say the the food was excellent and we felt it was good value for money. Overall we enjoyed the experience..