Pop Up Patch

When you live in a city of over 3 million people there is always something interesting to see or do. People come up with crazy ideas - and some of them work!

I came across this Pop Up Patch on the open top floor of a carpark in the city centre. They have built raised garden beds and you can rent them. They supply the seeds and the water and you nurse them and watch them grow and then take the veggies home to eat! It will be there for a year and then they will move on...

Christmas in Melbourne 2012

As everywhere, the holiday season gets an early start in Melbourne. The tree was up in City Square and ready for the lighting ceremony on December 1st. The street decorations were up earlier.

The small city museum in the city centre has a lovely display of local buildings every year - all made of gingerbread and sugar icing. Any snow or ice depicted is just imaginary! It's a rare event when any snow falls here, though hail storms occur now and then. Anyhow, it's almost summer! 

The stadium, complete with lights.

The Arts Centre with the Sunday Market stalls

Luna Park