This is my first time Down Under and I had to, I had to buy some Aboriginal souvenirs for family from here. I was recommended by the hotel staff that I pick up these souvenirs from Swanston Street.
From Federation Square, I walked down Swanston Street, checking out the amazing architecture on the right side of the road while window-shopping on the left.
St. Paul's Cathedral...
A statue of Captain Matthew Flinders outside the cathedral...
The spire of the cathedral stands tall!
My destination for souvenirs...
"Tasty Indian Restaurant" - Melbourne is teeming with Indians!
For AUD 6.50 eat all you can at ॐ Om Vegetarian!
Statues of Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, who were "pioneering" explorers of this continent. I wonder why they are called pioneering, especially when the indigenous Aboriginals were here first, they called this place home, before their homes were taken over...
Melbourne City Town Hall...
A modern Melbourne tram...
The facade of the town hall...
A horse on a pole!
The corner of Swanston and Bourke Streets has these life-size sculpture of three businessmen carrying lunchboxes. Sculpted by Alison Weaver, these statues are intended to be anonymous and to represent being 'trapped in the perpetual motion of consumerism'...
The statues are called "Three Businessmen Who Brought Their Own Lunch" and were commissioned in 1993 as part of the Swanston Street Art Works Program, and was a gift to the City of Melbourne from the Pacific island republic, Nauru, to celebrate the city's 150th anniversary...
No chance to see the platypus - the native Australian egg laying mammal, on this trip...
Stopping at McDonald's for a quick Aussie chicken 'n' pineapple burger. Very rarely do I like something fast-foodish, but I must admit it was juicy and delicious...
Back on Flinders Street...
Bank on the corner of Swanston and Flinders, the Young & Jackson Hotel, which is regarded as Melbo's iconic hotel...
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