Cremorne Street, Richmond
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Ace things about Melbourne
- * Brunswick Street
- * Chapel Street Bazaar.
- * It has a lane named after rock band AC/DC and a swimming pool named after a Prime Minister who is believed to have drowned at sea
- * Its vibrant multiculturalism
- * Royal Botanic Gardens.
- * Shady Caroline Street in South Yarra
- * The disco balls hanging above Rankins Lane in the city
- * The domed reading room of the State Library.
- * The eucalyptus trees and old lamps beside the river near Fed Square.
- * The huge mural spanning the length of the side wall of Dimmey's discount department store in Green Street Richmond
- * The laneways, especially Degraves Street and Centre Place.
- * The old terrace houses in the inner suburbs.
- * The Royal and Block Arcades.
- * The street art (commissioned and otherwise).
- * The Victorian architecture, especially the interior of 333 Collins Street, the Olderfleet Building and the Melbourne Safe Deposit Building on Queen Street
- * The view of the city at night from the Swan Street Bridge.
- * The Windsor end of Chapel Street
- * There's always a festival or major event happening.
I was watching the clock as Paul Kelly was singing 'leaps and bounds' on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteAlso I drove past the Amcor site near the yarra river and Chandler Highway and it is up for sale. Massive site close to the city.
Not so industrial when it was originally a fun park way back when.
ReplyDeleteTwas known as Cremorne Gardens with it's own train station, etc.
LOL @ DB, was thinking the same thing when he was singing Leaps and Bounds ;)
Hey db. I was thinking about the clock when I heard him singing Leaps and Bounds on the radio and how it was such an appropriate setting.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a huge site. I didn't realise Amcor was moving out (or had already).
Hi Jayne. I actually went down Cremorne Street looking for what a new sign on Swan Street pointing to what was the "Cremorne Pleasure Gardens" (because why would you not want to visit a site dubbed Pleasure Gardens?). But when you walk down there, there's nothing else to signify where these gardens actually were, which I thought was a bit stupid (or maybe I'm blind). So thanks for the link! I'll have a sticky later (when I'm not meant to be working).
Jayne, I'm back! Thanks for that link. How fascinating! The gardens sound like they were pretty special. There is a big brass plaque on a building down there now commemorating Australia's first hot air balloon flight, but not much else to hint at the street's days as home to the "pleasure gardens".
ReplyDeleteHey Jayne, That is amazing history regarding the gardens.
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