I actually feel pretty safe walking around Melbourne at night. It seems a whole lot safer than the streets of the Kingdom which is probably quite naive of me but when you see families out walking around, there is a sense of calm & decency. (Coming from the murder capital of the world will do that for you!)

Night life along Southbank is busy, especially heading down towards the Crown Casino. We walked from the Hotel across the Princes Bridge where I was able to snap the first of the following shots.



With some very lucky timing, we reached the Casino foreshore in time to see the hourly fire display which leaps from pylons spread out every 25 metres or so along the riverbank.

Obviously, these photos are of this display, taken near one of these pylons with the Eureka building in the background. The pattern of flames which burst forth in sequence are spectacular & when the flames leap, you certainly feel the intense heat, even from where we were, which was roughly 20 feet away.


























This final one is looking back up the Yarra at the city on a warm spring night.



I know this little page is starting to get image intensive, so over the next while I'll add links for weekly archives & for a gallery showing bigger images than what's here & some photos which don't make a post but I want people to see!

More from my Melbourne expedition soon!