After three brilliant weeks in New Zealand two of my best friends and I were picked up by the third (best friend) and driven into Melbourne town for three days of high jinks and reminisce.
The journey into the heart of this city never fails to impress. Here, then are two of my favourite patterns on airport drive.
and some poles……………………….
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being mrscarmichael 
Like the sweeping curvy lines in the first image, and yellow cab is just the icing on the cake…
Yes, through a windscreen I hit the jackpot with the taxi.
very beautiful!
Thank you so much.
Thank you
cool patterns .. especially the first 🙂
yes, the first is a particular favourite. Thank you.
Nice capture on the first image.
Thank you so much. Glad I pulled the camera out.
Brilliant!
Thank you so much, Melanie.
I love these patterns. Well captured! 😀
Thanks, Dianne and from your , wider, neck of the woods as well.
Nice patterns for this week’s challenge. Thank you for visiting my blog and checking out my photos.
My pleasure and thanks right back at ya.
Very cool patterns. Did you drive and take the photo? I must admit I’m guilty of that a lot. 🙂 But it’s so tempting!
You are a very naughty Veronica! No, our friend collected us and I had shotgunned the front passenger seat 🙂
Special for this week….When did you take it?
In March on the final leg of my trip down under. Thank you for the special comment.
You’re welcome 🙂
I really like your first photo. The pattern is really gorgeous.
Yes, it’s the special one. I got another on the same drive of two bridge columns that I love. The city of Melbourne has made a big effort to get it’s first impression right.
very nice pics!!!
Thank you 🙂
Yes, like Veronica, I want to know who was driving?? LOL. I’ve done it myself too. I love that picture; what a great pattern to see upon arrival in a new city. 🙂
Yes, that city has got it right and fyi I have set Veronica straight…….a tad too daring for me.
Melbourne is my third favourite city in the world, behind Wellington and Edinburgh. San Francisco is in there somewhere too, but I don’t get to spend enough time there to nurture the love!
I now need to check that you are from Wellington……or are you just following me around the world?
Auckland; go to Welly about every three months. Hubby has been working between NZ and Melbourne for years so lots of trips there too. Fewer now that boy-child too old to be easily spirited out of school for holidays.
ah yes I know that time……I’m just coming out the other end and now we are sadly dog less as well, I intend to do a lot of flitting.
Nice, and I know what you mean about driving into town. When you drive into my hometown from the airport, you go through a tunnel and suddenly downtown opens up below and in front of you. Most impressive.
Beautiful skyscrape! There is a moment in Wellington where you come down a steep gorge, hang a wide right and, if the day is nice, get a first view if her harbour, city and housing perched on the hills. Lovely.
I love how you took these great photos from the car on the trip from the airport
And just to assure you as others are asking WAS NOT DRIVING! 🙂
Great shots!
Thank you, so glad I yanked my camera out.
Some great photos. I pass over the bridge you photographed regularly – my family calls it the “hair roller”, and there’s a big yellow “comb” just before you get to it as you’re coming from the airport. You’ve captured it beautifully!
Thank you, I’ve got a lovely one of the off-angle towers of a bridge further into town with a glowering sky as well. I love the roadside sculpture Melbourne has invested in too – saw plenty on my way down to the Mornington Peninsula.
Ah yes, that’s the Eastern Freeway. Some great sculptures all along its’ length – like the mini hotel and the one that looks like someone’s emptied a giant packet of mentos. Hope you enjoyed your trip.
Yes the mini hotel. I wasn’t warned in time to get a pic.
I pulled up to the mini-hotel once and told my kids we were staying the night. I thought it would be a hilarious prank but unfortunately they saw right through me and got more evidence that I’m a dork.
haha and only an Australian would say ‘dork’ to a total stranger. Lucky I’m from thereaways 🙂
I think you’re right about that yellow cab! I follow the lines of the roof down the curve to the cab.
occasionally I’m right about something 🙂
Hello, Mrs. C. Lovely patterns you have for us today. I hope you’re enjoying the weekend.
janet
Thank you re the patterns and the weekend has been swell. I am feeling slightly fragile after an outing last night however.
Can’t help you with that, but I hope it was worth it. 🙂
I always like a smart street.
These are wonderful. How many people must drive past/through these places and never see the patterns and design!
I would have been proud to have designed that tunnel but if I had it might fall down.
😉
You’re right, its all about the yellow cab!!! Great captures.
Thank you -a double rainbow might have improved the second one 🙂
I really like the perspective you’ve captured with these photos. Well done! They are amazing. I’m always taking photos out through the windscreen, (not while driving!!) and hope every time that the windscreen is clean enough.
My thoughts exactly. Luckily Melbourne friend is a bit odc in the cleaning department.
Or even OCD 🙂
That could be it!! 🙂
the street lamps line on route – very good!
Thanks, frizztext.
It’s good angel of view … nice!
Thank you 🙂
Mrs. Carmichael, you take good pictures.
well thank you, Ma’am.
Great shots! Amazing luck – and skill- with the cab. 🙂
Thanks so much and wasn’t I lucky?
nice view of patterns
Thank you, Amar.
Yes . . . noticing things like this is why I prefer not to be the driver!!!
Benefits to both at various times 🙂
Needs a special talent to be able to capture these beautiful images.. 🙂
You are way too kind 🙂
Nice patterns!
Actually, that’s on the same route into Melbourne as the Alice bridge.
I do believe you have an eye for the esoteric… shapely indeed! 😉
Having popped back to the esotericly shaped post in question, I now thank you.