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Features > Melbourne, Australia (Apr 2009) > Trains, Libraries & Shrines


Sections - Puffing Billy/Winery | Sanctuary/Shrine | Botanical Gardens/Victoria State Library


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A photo of Eureka Tower the highest residential tower in the world at the moment with 91 floors total.


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What a lovely day in the royal gardens...


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More water would help, but I suppose there's not much to be done about that (although you'd think maybe everybody could volunteer to take a shower 30 seconds faster one day and it'd be ok to fill up the pond...


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Skyline of Melbourne as the sun nears the horizon


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These are FREE grills (from what we could tell) - you just bring your food and clean up when done, but the gas/grill/etc are free (but I suppose there's enough energy production in Australia perhaps this is a nice public feature)


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I think this is the new yet-to-be-named Rectangular Stadium of Melbourne


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Daniel demonstrates good posture


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It must be tough to coach, use the megaphone, and bicycle on the path all at the same time


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This mermaid is sad because there's no more WATER there...


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Just to be clear, this is no road


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Hello - I hope you're having a good day - beware of cars!


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Flinders Street Station is very with more than 100,000 people passing through each weekday, the clocks in front now automatic, back in the day were adjusted using a long pole throughout the day requiring 900 adjustments per day


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A nice church diagonal from the Flinders Street Station


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Now really, are these fire evacuation instructions Christian? Help people only if it's safe otherwise close the door on them and call the fire brigade?


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Melbourne Visitor Centre and Flinders Street Station


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The BMW auditorium (or something like that) in Federation Square


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Nice standardized grip/alert dots before steps/etc


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The visitor centre was very well staffed/organized


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A view of the reading room/dome of the State Library of Victoria, where we took a tour


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A whole room for playing chess...


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Our tour guide points out one of the oldest artifacts in the library's collection, a small tablet from Mesopotamia


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The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, 1st edition...not the best idea to stamp it as property of the library in 1914 though I think...


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The advent of the paperback age was represented by these Penguin Books


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There are shelves along the walls of the open central dome area but these are for looks only/not used


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I found BATMAN'S HOUSE! Actually it's a diagram of John Batman's residence who in 1835 founded the Melbourne/Victoria area (although at the time he wanted to call the village Batmania)


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Who knew that so many mice could be caught in one night - I wonder how big the cats were...


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The famous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly's suit of armor


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A portrait of Mr. Tulk the first librarian on site


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Aboringinee school


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1956 Melbourne Olympic memorabilia


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Mr. Tulk has a hip cafe attached to the library

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