Australia memories 2

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The day started cold, and wet but that was okay for a morning bus tour of the city.
The old jail (sideways pic) built with bluestone.  Bluestone is extremely heavy lava rock that came from quarries.near Melbourne and prisoners were used for labor.

Many older buildings have decorative wrought iron that came came prefabricated from Emgland and was used as ballast for the ships.



I wish I had a straight picture of these two towets. One is a hoiel and the other is high-end residential apartments. 
The super penthouse was the highest priced apartment ever sold in Melbourne for 39 million. The owner also had a 3 million dollar car hoisted up 57 stories to the top by crane. He bought the McLaren Senna GTR in Italy and discovered the car was too wide for the streets and illegal. It's the centerpiece of his apartment. 

St Patrick's cathedral 


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