travel
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Docklands at Night
I’m continuing my little series on Melbourne after dark. The city really comes alive at night — it’s colourful, charming, and always interesting to wander through. In winter, darkness arrives pretty early too, so by 6 pm it already feels… Continue reading
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Platypus Lake
In the Dandenong Ranges there’s a little town called Belgrave. It’s a cosy, good-looking place, mostly home to people who are a bit better off than average. But this time I’m not writing about Belgrave itself — it’s about one… Continue reading
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Elizabeth Street
I’d like to share another wander around central Melbourne. The CBD’s actually pretty small — about one and a half by two kilometres. I headed out to test some new lenses for my Panasonic, including a fisheye. The fisheye really… Continue reading
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Modern Architecture
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского I’ve gotta admit straight up — I’m not a fan of modern Melbourne architecture. I’ve been living in Melbourne since 2001, and heaps of buildings that locals now just take for granted… Continue reading
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The Nobbies
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского I’ve got a bit of a problem when it comes to heading out into nature for photography — I’ve basically been everywhere already, at least around Melbourne. No exaggeration: if you close… Continue reading
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The Garden and The City
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского Just east of Melbourne, pretty much on the edge of the city, there’s a small mountain range called the Dandenong Ranges (don’t confuse it with the suburb of Dandenong — that’s somewhere… Continue reading
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Mildura Holiday – the Gaol and the Cruise
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского This is it — finally the last post about our Mildura trip. I’ve been writing about this trip for a whole month now, and this is post number seven. You’d think we… Continue reading
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Mildura holiday – Oddities of Nature
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского My European readers looked at these photos and went, “So what? We’ve seen frozen lakes in winter before!” And fair enough — at first glance it really does look like a pretty… Continue reading
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Mildura
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского The trip to Mildura left me with a stack of impressions. I’ve already written about the roads, the dried-up lakes, the dunes, and even the town of Castlemaine. What I haven’t written… Continue reading
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Walls of China
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского In Australian English there’s a word ‘mallee’. It refers both to a type of landscape and to the vegetation. Basically, mallee means low-growing eucalyptus trees that cover vast semi-arid plains, along with… Continue reading
