Desert and Black Boys Cranbourne Botanical Gardens

Looking back to the Visitors Centre from the Desert Garden "Black Boys" or Grass Trees Eucalyptus gardens on each side of the path with a dry stony creek bed between us and the red centre

CLICK ON PIC FOR A BIG PHOTO - Daveys Bay Mt Eliza Mornington Beach

We began our walk on the cliff tops after parking near the top of stairs. We first went right to Daveys bay then left towards Canadian bay around Penguin Point. After this walk drove around the Canadian Bay area looking at all the mix of old and new large houses, many with great views over the Bay. I was interested to see what remained of the hospital where children with polio and TB spent months at a time getting a lot of physiotherapy in the days before Salk Vaccine - now a geriatric hospital. We passed a Masserati and then had to stop for a puppy sitting on the road - he was retrieved by his 10 year old owner. We got lunch in Mount Eliza Village and drove on to Mills Beach just near Mornington where we found sheltered and sunny spots to sit and read all the Sunday newspapers. These stairs were too steep for me to get back up the way my angina is. Cliffs between Davey and Canadian Bays Path around to Daveys Bay Massive houses looking over Daveys Bay Desbrowe-Annear or Arts and Crafts or Tudor style house. Davey Bay Yacht Club access denied to beach!

Looking towards Frankston from Daveys Bay New House and high wall beside path back to the stairs. View back towards stairs from Penguin Point Penguin Point Penguin Point looking towards Melbourne Canadian Bay from Northern end

NSW Wentworth Jail Saltbush Darling meets the Murray

Saltbush in NSW along the Murray on road to Wentworth- the road from there to Renmark was closed due to rain but the view was flatter than this! Tractors were used to build a levee to prevent a big flood of Wentworth in 1956 Aboriginals cut out a canoe from this tree many years ago. Built 1879

Historical Architecture in Eaglehawk and Bendigo Gold mine town

Eaglehawk buildings have very spectacular polychrome brickwork with unusual patterns and specially moulded bricks. Whilst there is much nineteenth century polychrome brickwork throughout the state of Victoria, some of these designs are not reproduced elsewhere in the state. This was on the way home when we saw the sun too! Gold mine poppet head Bendigo Assay house just behind the bank to weigh the gold c1862

Bendigo Antique Trams or Trolley Cars

Golden Dragon museum and Chinese Garden Bendigo

The Chinese Gardens based on the Imperial Palace in Beijing, includes a Buddhist Temple, the Guan Yin Miao - Temple of The Goddess of Mercy. Inside the temple is a statue of Kuan Yin, the goddess of mercy who holds a fly - whisk a symbol of authority and a pearl a symbol of purity and knowledge. Golden Dragon Museum : the dragon -Sun Loong - is believed to be the world's oldest surviving imperial Chinese dragon in the world. It is over 110 years old and the longest - over 100 metres. Chinese Bedroom - The museum depicts the cultural history of the Chinese in Bendigo since the gold rush in 1850s The Chinese herbalist at work Chinese Laundry