Minneapolis may have the cherry and spoon sculpture, but Melbourne has it beat with "Cow in a Tree"















Now that finals are over, I've had time to check out the city a bit more. Went to the National Gallery of Victoria to see an exhibit by a Japanese animator. Also went biking along the Lilydale-Warburton Trail, which travels along an old railroad line. The bottom photo shows one of the old station platforms. A decent trail, with no real hills (since it was an old railroad), but still a long ride - apparently went about 55 kilometers (34.2 miles). The full trail is 40 km each way, but it just got too late to make it to the end and back. And I was tired and sore enough from the 55 km.

Well, finals are now over. So now I have some time to check out the city and state a bit more.

Victoria and Tasmania are currently suffering from major bushfires. Melbourne was a bit hazy a few days because of the smoke. Although generally it's still clear.

Anyway, below are much delayed photos from the Polish fesival and G-20 Summit in Melbourne in November. As expected with any economic summit, there were some police clashes and property damage. Although most of the stores in the area were unaffected (except a few banks such as ANZ). And the event and protests had no real effect outside of a four block radius.