Monday, June 14, 2010

MY WORLD ~ St Arnaud, Victoria

St Arnaud, a sleepy little country town aware of its history
and with a sense of pride in its surroundings.
Main street in the heart of town.


Through a glass darkly, its erstwhile fire engine!

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In front of the fire station, the very solid red letter box and
across the road the lovely colonial Botanical Hotel looking across
some very well kept Botanical Grdens.


On a side street, another relic of times gone by, the watering
trough for horses and probably dogs as well.

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All in all, a charming township to pass through and stop at
the gardens on an alternate route between Adelaide and Melbourne.
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The world is full of interesting nooks. Click on the logo and see
for yourself.
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this great meme going.

28 comments:

  1. I love your photography. It's such a joy journeying into another part of the world.

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  2. What a charming and delightful, interesting place, Arija! Love your photos as always! Hope your week is off to a great start!

    Sylvia

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  3. Thank you for that mini-tour. These little places are so full of character and yet we never get to hear of them. It looks a lovely sleepy place.

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  4. Hi Arijia,
    meravigliosa la struttura esterna del Botanical Grdensl.
    Mi piacerebbe molto poterlo visitare :-))
    Buona giornata...

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  5. GD: Very cool captures of your world, I will post later.

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  6. What a picturesque little town and a fun place for the photographer. Great captures, Arija.

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  7. This quaint little town reminds me of Pilgrim's Rest in South Africa.

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  8. Arija, this looks like a quaint and charming little township as like from where I live. I recently placed some images on my facebook album, but could not figure how I might had them on my nature.bird blog, so have not shared. I hope you are feeling better, stronger~

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  9. Such an interesting place!
    I marvel about the water trough with the smaller one for dogs. I have never seen one that took care of the smaller creatures too.
    There are a few places in Vienna where restaurants have a Hunde-Tankstelle by the front door, any passing dog can have a drink there (no tips).

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  10. This is a particularly enchanting nook, thank you for sharing your travels.

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  11. the Botanical Hotel is beautiful! reminds me of a university here with similar architecture.

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  12. Great place and wonderful captures Arija.

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  13. What a beautiful little town. Thanks for the tour.

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  14. Beautiful shots of the town. Very charming place.

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  15. Funny, I thought the same thing as Gaelyn! A great little town keeping it's history alive. Looks like a good stop over spot.

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  16. What a beautiful and well preserved litle town. Great photos.

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  17. Hi Arija I don't know St Arnaud Victoria, it is a beautiful place for to live.

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  18. Great "sleepy little country town"!!
    Thanks for share.
    Luiz Ramos

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  19. Great post, very interesting and excellent photographs.

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  20. That looks like a charming town to visit. I love small towns that retain what makes them unique and that have a sense of history like this one does.

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  21. It looks like a most interesting place to live or visit.

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  22. Great photos!
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    The themes are:

    Monday - Creative Colors
    Tuesday - Macro
    Wednesday - 2 of a kind
    Thursday - Urban
    Friday - Sunset

    The winning photo for every theme/week gets their photo published on the website, check it out and ill be glad if you would join :)

    Have a good one!

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  23. Hallo Arija, die guten alten Zeiten. Ich hoffe man bewahrt die Vergangeheit und lebt darin gemütlich.

    Ja ich habe einige Kakteen. Es waren früher mit den Nachzuchten über 3000, heute sind mir ca 1000 geblieben.

    Gruss Hartmut

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  24. Hi Arija,
    St Arnaud looks like a charming trip back through time. I would love to see the gardens behind the old hotel. I hope you are feeling much better!

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  25. Very charming indeed Arija. I love visiting old towns. Thanks for sharing.
    B.

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  26. a lot of interesting details here. Thanks for that. :)

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