melbourne - royal botanic gardens

melbourne - royal botanic gardens

18 Feb 2013

I had a great time in Melbourne - lots of shopping and eating; catching up with friends and visiting the Art Gallery. Unfortunately, I came home from Melbourne, promptly lost my voice and spent the rest of the week feeling pretty crook. I had a very quiet weekend and as promised, I spent some time working on my photos.



The Hatton Hotel, where I stayed, has a roof top terrace so as soon as I checked in, I climbed the stairs to take a peek. It's a really modern space looking out over the rooftops of the city.




Here are some more photos.



The Royal Botanic Gardens in South Yarra are just a short walk from the Hatton Hotel. I entered the gardens by the ornate Nareeb gates.



It was a hot day in Melbourne so I was up really early so I could enjoy my walk through the gardens in the cool of the day. It's a pretty popular thing to do so I exchanged quite a few 'hellos' along the way.



The Melbourne Observatory.



A few vignettes from the gardens.



The beauty and serenity of the oak lawn.



Then it was back home to the Hatton Hotel.



I did a mini shop shoot when I was in town so I'll be back on Wednesday with some of my photos.

2016 edit - the Hatton Hotel has closed for business.

Bye for now,

Jillian

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the hatton hotel - melbourne

the hatton hotel - melbourne

11 Feb 2013

I've just returned home from a few days in Melbourne. I was a bit of a forgetful head when I packed and managed to leave my card reader at home. As  a result I've only had time to go through and pick out a few images for you but I promise to do a proper post on Melbourne next week.

Gosh it was a busy few days though. I did lots of shopping and I walked so much on the first day that my blisters developed blisters. I stayed at the Hatton Hotel in South Yarra near the Botanical Gardens.



I loved the building and took a stack of photos. The Hatton Hotel has a great roof terrace overlooking the city but I'll share those images with you next week.



The hotel reception area/breakfast room and bar.



I've just started writing a new food column for decor8 called 'Delicious Bites'. Each month I'll be sharing a recipe with Holly's readers and this month's recipe is for Plum Crumble Cake. I like to have fresh content on my blog so I'm not planning to repost the recipe here but I've attached a link to the recipe for you. 

I'll be back on Wednesday with a Valentine's day treat.

See you then,

Jillian

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