ballarat

On Friday  My friend  and myself went down to  Ballarat.  We  hoped on the bus at 8 30am and got into Ballarat at 940am. We  hoped off the bus and headed to Mc Donalds and caught up with my friends brother and my friends brother daughter who is 6moths old . After that we went over to optus and I got  a new phone and we head off to the Cinema to see   Guardians of the Galaxy. Which Is a awesome movie. The start of the movie is  a bit sad and  tear jerker, but the movie  overall was really good.

later on I will post a movie review.

After the movie we went over to good game and played some Magic of the Gathering. we played till 5pm . then we caught the train home.

pictures from around Maryborough

 last Wednesday it was a very sunny day here in Maryborough  so I decided to go out and take some pictures of places , trees and animals around Maryborough

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

_ this picture I took out the front of the Gelc building. It looks as tho spring has sprung early.

 

- this is a picture of Your mantra here in Maryborough, The reason why I took this picture is because I love the old building

- this is a picture of  The Bull & Mouth Hotel. Built in 1904 with grand features, a multi-million dollar project has recently been undertaken to restore its former glory.

-The first Maryborough Town Hall, built in 1858, lacked a large hall suitable for public functions, and in 1887 the decision was made to build a new Town Hall on vacant land in the Civic Square near the Post Office. The architect was George Johnson, possibly the most prolific designer of municipal buildings in late nineteenth century Victoria and noted for his designs for town halls in Melbourne, particularly Collingwood, Northcote and North Melbourne Town Halls, as well as many theatres and opera houses in Melbourne and other Australian cities. Tenders were called in March 1887, the successful quote being for ₤6454.5.0 by George Clayfield Senior. The foundation stone was laid in June 1887 and the new town hall opened with a grand ball in July 1888. In 1903 a memorial drinking fountain was erected in front of the building. Designed and made by George Daws, a Melbourne monumental mason, it commemorates Gerald Wilkinson, Maryborough's first war casualty, who was killed in action in 1901 during the Boer War. Films were screened at the Town Hall between 1908 and 1967. In 1939 a new entrance foyer for the hall and a Lower Town Hall were constructed, providing much needed public work during the depression. They were built by Steve Hunn for ₤5000, to plans by the Melbourne architect Harry J Little. Funds were made available by the sale of the Borough electrical supply to the SEC. In 1971 the administrative offices at the front of the building were vacated when new administrative offices were built opposite. The old offices are now used for council and community purposes.

-Maryborough Post Office Maryborough Post Office was built in 1876-77 as a combined court house and post office. The building was designed by architect JH Marsden of the Victorian Public Works Department and built by Peter Cunningham for a contract price of £8266 4s 3d. The post office is in the Italianate palazzo style and features two three arch colonnades and a clock tower. The clock was manufactured by Joseph Bros of Melbourne and the bell by IW Horwood of Castlemaine. In 1892 the post office took over whole building when a new court house was built next door. The Maryborough Post Office has a high degree of integrity and forms the central element in a precinct of public buildings which includes the court house, town hall and war memorial.

-Maryborough Court House is the fourth (and current) court house in the former gold town of Maryborough in central Victoria, where the first court opened as a Court of Mines in 1858. The present solid brick and painted render building is one of the largest court houses outside Melbourne. It was designed in the Federation Free Classical style by the Victorian Public Works Department architect Samuel Bindley in 1892. When the building opened in April 1893, it comprised a large central courtroom with surrounding offices for the judge, an associate, jury, sheriff, witnesses, barristers and solicitors, as well as rooms for robing, interviewing, paper storage, and a prisoner's cell that led directly to the dock. The public entered through the central arch of the portico at the front of the building, where entrances on both sides led into lobbies. This building retained a link with its predecessors in the township by incorporating the cedar bench and canopy of the third court house at Maryborough (1877-93). In the building's only major alteration, the front portico was partly enclosed in 1949 and the facade was reconstructed to convert the two side entrances to office space. The south wall of the courtroom was then breached to provide a new entrance. In general, the original appearance and integrity of the building has been maintained, although further additions in 1960 involved an intrusive brick toilet extension with a flat iron roof at the rear of the building. Major render repair and restoration work was undertaken in 1996.

here are some more pictures of old time buildings from around Maryborough

-this the  library and information  centre here in Maryborough

this is the old auction  mart here in Maryborough

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Phillips Gardens, located at the junction of Alma Street and Inkerman Street, date back to 1870 and feature a lake surrounded by lawns, trees and a wetland area which is a haven for birdlife.

more of my melbourne pictures

these are the photos of the sky deck in Melbourne :