January 30, 2010

West Gate Park, Melbourne

We went for a walk in the West Gate Park last week. The park is rather interesting with birds and Australian indigenous trees and shrubs. There are also  a few sculptures.

West Gate Park Sculpture © Evelyn Howard 2010 

A sculpture against the blue sky

Birds © Evelyn Howard 2010 

Birds © Evelyn Howard 2010

Birds having a nice quite time on their own little island in the middle of a pond

West Gate Bridge © Evelyn Howard 2010

The park runs along the banks of the Yarra River under the Westgate Bridge (above). The bridge  joins Melbourne's western suburbs to the CBD, and is used by by thousands of commuters daily.

West Gate Bridge © Evelyn Howard 2010

Railway track which is no longer used

Recycle cartons © Evelyn Howard 2010

Good to see that the park is recycling used cartons

Flowers © Evelyn Howard 2010

Yellow Flowers © Evelyn Howard 2010

Finally, a couple of photos of flowers taken during our walk.

ScenicSunday Thank you for joining me :).

Enjoy your weekend.

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9 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Wonderful photos, Evelyn. The birds are cool, especially the Stilt. The last photo of the yellow flower is just beautiful!

Benikos place said...

Wonderfull shots, thanks for sharing :))

Louis la Vache said...

The windmill in the first photo reminds «Louis» of his childhood in the Texas Panhandle. The windmills not only drew water, but generated electricity.

Re your question at San Francisco Bay Daily Photo, many of the images «Louis» posts are taken from his balcony. Chez la Vache is on the 14th floor and looks out on San Francisco Bay. We can see the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge; Treasure Island, Yerba Buena Island, Alcatraz Island and Angel Island; part of Marin County and part of Richmond Harbor. Other than that, we don't see much... ;-)

Elaine Yim said...

This is a nice place for a walk.

diane b said...

I would love to do that walk it looks so pretty. Great shots. I can remember when the westgate bridge collapsed when they were building it.
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Randi said...

Lovely shots. I would love to take a walk there just now!

cat said...

Lots of beautiful scenic photos:)

Lindz said...

I've never been to Melbourne and I would love to walk there too... lovely photos.

Victoria Tsavdaridou said...

Beautiful photos, birds look great!!! Thanks for sharing

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