The penultimate bulletin on our 2023/2024 trip to Australia. In this episode we venture to Melbourne Zoo and Point Leo.
Yes, the mighty giraffe. There’s a bunch of them in Melbourne Zoo and they appeared to be in really excellent condition. Very attractive mammals. This post follows a series, being, Australia 2024: Melbs, Australia 2024: Point Lonsdale and Points Beyond and Australia in B&W. All part of the Australia 2023 suite, because I went home for Christmas.
This post is part of a series:
Australia 2024: Melbs
Australia 2024: Point Lonsdale and Points Beyond
Australia in B&W
Australia 2023: Last Days
I have already posted a series of articles about the 2023/2024 trip to Australia (Australia 2024: Melbs, Australia 2024: Point Lonsdale and Points Beyond and Australia 2024: Zoo & Art) and they probably give lots more context but frequent visitors will know that I am partial to film photography with classic Minolta manual SLRs. I shot a couple of rolls of Kenmare PAN1oo while I was there, so let’s have a look.
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Yep, you are right. That’s me at the Marconi memorial at Point Lonsdale. No mistaking it. I’m at the very spot where, on the 12th of July, 1906, the first wireless overseas (to Tasmania) messages were sent by staff of the Marconi company. Point Lonsdale may be a posh neighbourhood but this is a public monument. You don’t even need to pay.
This post is one of a series:
Australia 2024: Melbs
Australia in B&W
Australia 2024: Zoo & Art
Australia 2023: Last Days
Against all odds, we spent Christmas 2023 in Australia. Thanks to an embarrassment of air-miles and generous parents I knocked off work and got on a plane December 20th.
This post is part of a series. Go see:
Australia 2024: Point Lonsdale and Points Beyond
Australia in B&W
Australia 2024: Zoo & Art
Australia 2023: Last Days
First photo, of course, is of my bags getting loaded. Always handy in case you lose one. We did, on arrival, but it turns out I just didn’t recognize it when it was upside-down on the carrousel. It wasn’t this one.
Continue reading “Australia 2024: Melbs”For Halloween this year I wanted to have a bonfire in the backyard with the kids for the twin purposes of roasting marshmallows and disposing of all the garden rubbish that’s been piling up — mowed the lawn and everything.
Needless to say, it rained, this being Bangkok. Luckily I have a Thai-style woodstove that I use when the gas runs out.
