Our Victorian Adventure

Visit with my Nana
Despite her recent pacemaker implant and colon cancer diagnosis, my Nana has more energy and drive than a solar flare. She did seem to fade a little in the afternoon more than on previous occasions but then she is 81!

Nana is a master gardener so I was sure to pick up some tips. We dug up Daisy's, painted pots, planted vegetables and Caitie helped by painting the Flamingo (as well as Nana's shoes which she was not pleased about!).

Season Heritage Melbourne

After lots of cleaning and gardening we decided to treat ourselves with a stop in town for a few days of culture and shopping.


We stayed on St Kilda Road in the lovely Seasons Heritage which turned out to be an ideal location, central to everything. The modern facilities and two free bottles of Sparkling wine were pretty nice too!

Vintage at The MCEC
Furs, top hats and champagne. That's my kind of shopping! 

Bonaparte Conquers Melbourne
What a fabulous exhibit. Normally only seen in London, New York or Paris we were so lucky to catch this on its second last day at The National Gallery of Victoria.

Exhausted by the conquers of Monsieur Bonaparte, the tinkerings of his Josephine and the adventures of comte de Lapérouse we decided we needed a break. We partook in a scrumptious morning tea in the Gallery's Tea Room.

Here we noted the large number of over 50's drinking wine and champagne and it wasn't even lunchtime!

We had a quick look at The Beilby glass before heading off for some Melbourne shopping.

Find out about our shopping adventure and visit to St Kilda here...

Visit To Melbourne, Victoria

Patrick and I flew to Melbourne to help my mum pack up her house and then drive her to Sydney where she will now be living.


We wanted to stop by The National Gallery of Victoria so that we could see the Goblet decorated by William Beilby around 1765. From Southern Cross to Flinders Station, we could not help but remark how Melbourne appeared to us as amalgamation of Edinburgh, Washington and New York. A fusion of classic architecture and modern materpieces. Alas, the weather definitely reminded us of Portland!

We spent hours looking for the glass but were distracted by masterpieces by the likes of Monet to the marvels of contemporary works by Ipousteguy. We finally found the Beilby glass enameled by the legendary William Beilby.