UP, UP & AWAY

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

SOUTHERN CROSS STATION

Southern Cross Station is the most important rail terminal in Victoria and has been redeveloped into a world-class public transport interchange, with fast rail connections to regional Victorian centres and new facilities for rail, taxi and bus passengers. Now more than just a railway station, Southern Cross Station is a combination railway, shopping centre and bus terminal. The shopping centre includes supermarkets, DFO - Direct Factory Outlet and over 100 other shops, bars and restaurants.

On Spencer Street between Collins and La Trobe Streets at the western boundary of the central business district, it is the hub of the state's regional railway network, serving as a terminus for long-distance V/Line trains. It also serves the twice-daily Countrylink XPT service to Sydney, and The Overland to Adelaide three times per week. It has a bus station with 24-hour Skybus service to Melbourne airport.

Southern Cross is one of five stations forming the City Loop, a mostly underground railway that encircles the CBD. Southern Cross and Flinders Street are the only stations in the Loop that are above ground.

This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme

WATCHING THE WORLD GO BY

A neighbour's cat enjoying the Spring sunshine behind the safety of window glass.

This post is part of the Saturday Critters meme

SUNSET REFLECTIONS

The sunset is reflected on the façade of the ANZ headquarters in South Wharf in Melbourne.

This post is part of the Skywatch Friday meme

ROSE TIME

An unknown wild-type rose hybrid blooming at the moment. It is very prolific and makes quite an impression, however, it's not fragrant and looks a little messy when it finishes blooming, needing a good prune, which may encourage a few more flowers to bloom.

This post is part of the Floral Friday Fotos meme

PLANE TREES

Many Melbourne streets are lined by plane trees, an imported exotic species, which reminded the old colonists of home (London is also famed for its plane trees). Here they cause some trouble because of their spreading roots, branches that entangle into power lines and a big mess in Autumn (dead leaves) and Spring (thousands of seed balls dispersing). However, here in late Spring and in Summer later on, they are beautiful and green...

This post is part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Nature Notes meme

IN GIPPSLAND

Gippsland is a rural region that makes up the southeastern part of Victoria, Australia, mostly comprising the coastal plains to the rainward (southern) side of the Victorian Alps (the southernmost section of the Great Dividing Range). It covers an elongated area of 41,556 km2 located further east of the Shire of Cardinia (Melbourne's outermost southeastern suburbs) between Dandenong Ranges and Mornington Peninsula, and is bounded to the north by the mountain ranges and plateaus/highlands of the High Country (which separate it from Hume region in Victoria's northeast), to the southwest by the Western Port Bay, to the south and east by the Bass Strait and the Tasman Sea, and to the east and northeast by the Black-Allan Line (the easternmost section of the Victoria/New South Wales state border).

It is a convenient region close to Melbourne for a day-trip, but not only. There are many attractive spots to see and many wonderful small towns to see and spots of  historical interest to visit.

This post is part of the Travel Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme.

LONELINESS

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

WHERE'S WALLY?

At the Camberwell Sunday Market, of course!

This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme.

GOLDFISH

This post is part of the Saturday Critters meme.