Yarra Valley Panoramic 1
Time for one last look at our circumnavigation of Australia. Next week is dedicated to the beauty of El Paso desert flowers and a spectacular sunset as seen from our backyard. Two weeks hence begins a series circumnavigating New Zealand — another series two years in the making. Until then, here are today’s Fun Photo Friday grand finale of Yarra Valley favorites:
Yarra Valley Panoramic 2
Yarra Valley Panoramic 3
Conductor Taking a Break
Crossing a Trestle
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This week and next Fun Photo Friday I’ll be presenting favorites of both Puffing Billy (hope you’re not sick of that yet) and Yarra Valley:
Peaceful Looking Yarra Valley
Ursula Sending a Letter to a Grandson
Puffing Billy Puffing Away
Yerring Farm Wines — An Old West Look from Down Under
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Puffing Billy pulling into Belgrave Station
After our Puffing Billy arrival into Belgrave Railway Station it was time to disembark and take a short stroll to our awaiting transportation into Australia’s Yarra Valley. As we exited the station, the lovely old vintage post “receiving pillar” below caught my eye. Note the nifty little brass “hand” handle near the bottom for opening it:
Vintage Post Office Receiving Pillar
And off we went. Along the way into the Yarra Valley (official Tourism Australia guide link here) we passed several vineyards. The one you see pictured below is from a winery I’ll present to you next week:
Yarra Valley vineyard (Yering Farm)
Our first stop on this segment of the trip was to a chocolate shop which I will present to you on Wednesday. From that shop’s grounds we got some beautiful scenes of the surrounding vineyards and orchards.
Yarra Valley panorama
Yarra Valley vineyards
Yarra Valley orchards
On Wednesday we’re going to explore the chocolate shop from which these photos were taken. Until then, I’ll just leave you with this bit of colorful statuary outside:
Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery
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