To St. Kilda Beach

One of the selling points (or subletting points) of our current place was its being a few blocks from the beach. Yesterday, we walked south along the beach to the edge of the St. Kilda area.

This is Colin trying to look like a palm tree:


When the sun came out, the colors were beautiful. A few degrees warmer and it would have been fantastic beach picnic weather, though they seem to prohibit public drinking after 8pm. Very civilized.

This is not the beach-beach - it's the edge of the bay, which only has a small passage to the ocean, but there is a very nice walking path all along the beach. The waves are pretty calm, so serious surfers must have to go further south. (We did see one person wading in the water - brave soul!)

The guidebook said there was an old amusement park here called 'Luna Park' - based on the Coney Island one. Here is the explanation:


This is an artsy shot of their wooden roller coaster...in surroundings very different from those of its namesake:


Walking back through the St. Kilda neighborhood, we saw a very pretty house. Many of the older houses we've seen so far around the city have similar wrought-iron detailing, but most are smaller than this one.


And... our first encounter with weird fauna:

These were seen in the pond at the large nearby park (our substitute Prospect Park) called Albert Park. So far, no kangaroo or koala sightings, unfortunately. But don't worry, we'll make a post when we do!