Sunday, April 23, 2006

Hoddles Creek - Autumn in the Dandenongs near Melbourne

We travelled from Launching Place through lovley winding roads through the hills with bush and farms to the end of a road where we found Karen's wonderful large garden at Hoddles Creek, in the Dandenongs - part of The Open Garden Scheme. There was a heated patio with devonshire teas - welcome as this was a very cold day. The huge landscaped garden with many roses also had ponds, "rooms" and a small football field was surrounded by rainforest complete with tree ferns. There were many native birds too including a Yellow Breasted Robin and an unusual honeyeater I could not identify.

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

James Richmond percussion player in Berlin and Melbourne

James Richmond is currently playing percussion with the NAKED RAVEN contemporary music group in Berlin. He is also a great web site designer and has created this stunning internet site with his CV and audio samples and some more photographs like this one - as they perform around Europe.

Sunday, April 09, 2006

Arts and Crafts House and others Ivanhoe

This is a slightly altered house by Harold Desbrowe Annear 1903 in Eaglemont.

Ravenswood Registered Historic House no. 199

'Ravenswood' at 40 Beauview Parade in the Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe. This house is an Italianate Renaissance-style built in 1890-91. It has a two-storey colonnade of Corinthian columns, Tuscan pilasters, a single-storey pedimented porch, balustrades, parapets, cornices and festoons. It is set in large sloping garden with a huge hundred year old fig tree, and other large trees and superb view to the City.