CBD of MEL

After living in Melbourne for a couple of months now, I decided that it was time to get out and see the city.  I found a beautiful park that wasn't too far from work.  The park was a war memorial.  I heard that Australia was planning to give up everything north of Sydney during WWII and was only planning to defend the south.  I actually probably would have gone with the reverse choice (beautiful scenery in the north and lots of people in the south).  Also, next to the memorial is the Royal Botanical Gardens.  They are definitely worth a visit... even for someone that doesn't get too excited about plants.  

The other great stop on my day in the city is ACDC lane, named after that Ausie band, AC/DC.  The lane was in a very random location and I walked the entire block of it.  It's interesting how politicians get much larger streets named after them, not that AC/DC is deserving.  With that in mind, most of the New Zealand mountains are named after politicians or their friends.  However, interestingly, no mountain has been named after Sir Edmund Hillary in NZ.  There is currently a debate to change one of the mountain names to honor Hillary, but apparently there is resistance to changing the name from long-ago politicians.