About Me

My photo
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
My experiences and adventures down under in this beautiful country on this great learning development opportunity through the exchange program at Parks Canada working at Parks Victoria in Melbourne Victoria, Australia. My assignment is working in the Healthy Parks Division, Heritage branch, to review the Parks Victoria Heritage Management Strategy. Please feel free to post comments, and ask questions! Cheers!

February 2010 - A Busy Month





February - A Busy Month!

Its hard to believe that we have been in Australia for three months already! My assignment at Parks Victoria is keeping me busy. Since my last entry I have had the opportunity to visit various historic places managed by Parks Victoria, participate in heritage management activities, and planning a heritage related session for the Healthy Parks, Healthy People Congress that is coming up in April.









Queen Victoria Night Market. On Wednesday night in the summer, this daily market stays open late with music stages and food venues. – I skipped the Emu, Croc and Roo BBQ in favour of the calamari and souvlaki!


Outside of work there is never a dull moment. In what was once called ‘Marvellous’ Melbourne, there is always something to do, whether it be festivals, music concerts or sporting events, this city seems to always be a buzz about something. Once traditional land of the Kulin Nation, it was an important meeting place and location for gathering for events and continues to reflect this today. We have been enjoying some wonderful ‘barbies’ hosted by Aussies, catching up with fellow exchangees, at the areas where they work and to watch and celebrate Canada in the Olympics.
















Watching the Australian Open, with others from all over the world at Federation Square.


I am fascinated by the dynamic nature of this city and its architectural history that tells the tale of a city paved with gold and that witnessed mining and land booms in the 1800’s and more recently the stock exchange boom of the 1980’s. I have been fortunate to explore the city grid and its buildings with the guidance of Chris, my PV colleague and supervisor, who knows Melbourne’s architectural history inside out and has been involved in and created many of its designs. Couldn’t ask for a better guide!!



















Victoria State Library - A beautiful historic building and public library in the heart of the city.


























Melbourne Central - major shopping plaza and train station in the heart of the city. This is a historic shot tower (where bullets were made) that has been covered up by this architectural design of a roof over the tower. Its quite amazing and everyone entering the shopping plaza gets to experience a piece of history!













St. Kilda Festival
a popular community festival held in the Melbourne suburb of St. Kilda. Traditionally held on the second Sunday in February, the festival is about showcasing live Australian music, family and children's entertainment, beach activities and much more all presented in a carnival atmosphere. The festival has run since 1980. In 2010, it attracted around 400,000 people.




























































No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)