Summer wonderland.

Colors abound in the parks of Melbourne. This dangling specimen was seen at the Conservatory in Fitzroy Gardens, a few blocks from the temporary residence Aradhna and I have been keeping in East Melbourne.
Outside the Conservatory ...
... and inside.
Along one of Fitzroy Gardens' many paths.
Shoppers crowd holiday-bedecked Bourke Street in Melbourne's CBD.
Santa maintains a lonely vigil in St Kilda.
Looking north towards Port Melbourne from St Kilda.