Tag Archives: gardens

Top 10 School Holiday Activities – Easter

Here are my top 10 school holiday activities for Easter.  If you click on the name of the attraction, it will link to my review of it, a map, website and pricing details.  Activities 1-6 are outdoor activities as the weather is predicted to be mostly sunny this week.  However, just in case there are [...]

Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne

I used to think native Australian gardens were UGLY!!  I would imagine a few mounds of dry grass, some grey bushes and a sad looking tea tree.  However, I’ve got a very different picture in my head since visiting the Australian Garden in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Cranbourne. Australian gardens can be colourful, dramatic [...]

Shirt & Skirt Market

The Shirt & Skirt Market does Melbourne proud as Australia’s fashion capital.  It is full of hip clothing, jewellery and other accessories.  The stallholders are usually the designers of the clothes, and sometimes they have also sewn them.  These are Melbourne’s newest designers.  The Market is an opportunity to discover them before they are discovered [...]

Fitzroy Gardens

The Fitzroy Gardens are one of Melbourne’s most attractive features.  The Gardens are a relaxing green haven – filled with trees, ponds and walking paths.  On a rainy day, you can sit on a wooden bench in the Conservatory amongst the rows of colourful flowers.  Powerful women surround the Conservatory – the Diana & the [...]

Royal Botanic Gardens

The kids are frisky, the dog needs a walk, and you need a holiday.  What to do: head to Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens.  They are large enough for the whole family, and there is a fenced Children’s Garden.  Slip into the nearby Botanical Café if you can (more peaceful than the lakeside Terrace Tea Rooms [...]