Today we had an 8:00 flight (1 hour and 20 minutes) from Adelaide to Melbourne, the capital of the state of Victoria. We purchased SkyBus tickets to take us to the city, and rode in front of the top deck of a double-decker bus.
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| Melbourne International Gateway aka The Cheese Stick (2000, by Denton Corker Marshall firm) (KSS) |
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| CityLink Sound Tube (1995-1999, by Denton Corker Marshall firm) does not actually have sound, but lights were added in 2018 to the "portal" to the city (KSS) |
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| Melbourne Star Observation Wheel (replaced 2013) is 120-m/390' tall, but has been closed since the pandemic |
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| Footscray Road walking and cycling bridge (2025) |
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| Our apartment was ready for us to check in |
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| Apartment bedroom |
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| Apartment bathroom |
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| View from the Aura Serviced Apartment of Still in Melbourne (2025, by Kitt Bennett and Mayonaize), rooftop artwork |
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| Across the street was Fat Boy's Philly's |
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| Pretty authentic Philly Cheesesteak with Cheez Whiz (KSS) |
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| Signage even includes "Amoroso Roll" (KSS) |
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| Melbourne Metro trains have a blue fractal design |
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| Flinders Street Railway Station (1902-1910, by James Fawcett and H P C Ashworth in Edwardian style); Melbourne has seven such railway stations in the Central Business District/CBD |
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| Tram Route 35/Circle City Tram uses historic W-class trams (W7-1010) in a clockwise circle in the fare free zone; we started in a counterclockwise direction, thus we could use other tram lines still in the fare free zone (KSS) |
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| St Paul's Cathedral (1880-1891, by William Butterfield in Gothic Revival style) |
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| In front of the cathedral is a statue (1925, by Charles Web Gilbert and F Barbedienne) of Captain Matthew Flinders standing on the prow of a ship being dragged ashore by two seamen; Flinders is known for charting the entire coast of Australia, and for using the name Australia rather than New Holland |
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| Loropetalum chinense/Fringe Flower |
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| In the narthex of St Paul's Cathedral is a replica Persian tile of a 8-pointed star found in two churches of the Anglican Diocese of Iran |
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| The St Pau's Gift Shop had miniature paper models of trams; the one on the left is Melbourne |
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| Trinity Labyrinth takes you to three centres |
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| The flooring is encaustic tile from the English firm of Maw & Company, which are more durable because the color is within the tile |
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| The dado/lower wall is made of polychromy tiles where the colors are painted or glazed on the tile; the church guard noted our interest in the tiles and took us to this section of the wall to see if we could spot the anomaly |
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| Polychromy tile detail (KSS) |
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| Padded kneelers are hung on hooks |
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| Communion rail |
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| Reredo/altar screen is also an example of High Victorian Gothic polychromy |
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| The pulpit was said to have the image of a former Mayor of Melbourne's daughter who died in infancy |
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| The pipes of the organ are painted |
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| St Paul's Cathedral nave (KSS) |
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| Across Swanston Street from the cathedral is the Young & Jackson Hotel (c 1853-1854 as bluestone warehouses) |
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| Across Flinders Street from the cathedral is the Australian Centre for the Moving Image/ACMI (2002) with the fractal design iconic to Melbourne; a fractal is a never-ending pattern such as reptile skin |
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| Federation Square (2002) with ACMI on the left |
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| On the right/south side of Federation Square is the Koorie Heritage Trust |
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| Federation Square cobblestones and Kimberley sandstone tiles inscribed with facts and poems |
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| Students wearing hijabs |
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