St Kilda is an old sea-side holiday destination of Melbourne city. Tourists would travel all day by horse and buggy and coach to go to St Kilda and areas of Elwood for a holiday at the beach. It had many old residential mansions and private hotels that are now sub-divided into units. As an old area that was a thriving holiday resort and had a vibrant local business scene, it was lucky enough to create and retain a beautiful Botanic Garden that is still going strong today. It has a good range of mature trees and enough feeding opportunities to maintain a local and resident population of bird species. As usual one of my favourites is a small family of Tawny Frogmouths.
Rain Man, St Kilda Botanic Gardens
Red Flowering Gum, St Kilda Botanic Gardens
Tawny Forgmouths, in the native section of the gardens
Keeping an eye on the watchers…
Flowers around the Rose Garden Rotunda,
The Gap Year and Beyond 