Stop One: Melbourne Part 2

This last post on our Melbourne stay is about the Royal Botanical Gardens. When we were planning our day, Dave said something about spending a couple hours here. Well, we spent much more than that. To get to the RBG we walked by the Shrine of Rememberance. This was built as a memorial to the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I and is now a memorial to all Australians who have served in war.

Shrine of Remembrance
Shrine of Remembrance

This was a cold day for summer in Melbourne so there were very few tourists here or at the gardens.

Closeup of the shrine
Closeup of the shrine

The landscape surrounding the shrine was also beautiful. Here’s one of those tourist photos. You know it was cold when Dave wears a jacket!

shrine2

Now let’s go to the gardens. There is so much to show.

Royal Botanical Garden
Royal Botanical Gardens

This gate was located in the Children’s Garden – one of our favorite spots.

Cute gate to Children's garden

The memory flags were really pretty neat. In a class they held earlier, adults wrote their memories of gardens when they were children.

But there’s more.

I loved this brick walkway.

Brick walkway in herb garden
Brick walkway in herb garden

The herb garden was lovely.

Herb Garden
Herb Garden

And of course, we had to stop in the gift shop before leaving to catch the tram. This was hanging on one of the walls. In case you can’t tell by the picture, this was in fabric. Oh, my!

Wall hanging in the gift shop.
Wall hanging in the gift shop.

Oh, I almost forgot. Halfway through our visit we walked across the street for lunch at Cafe Domain. When we finished Dave had an espresso in this lovely cup. He said it reminded him of Italy.

Espresso at Cafe Domain
Espresso at Cafe Domain

Well, that’s it for Melbourne. I can’t believe we’ve been home almost two weeks already!!