patient horse and carriage...

street scene in Melbourne...
many glimpses of red seem to frame the horse and carriage...


horse and carriage
stir the spirit of
slower days


Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday Too



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Wednesday Waters

red rattler...

old train carriage used as a cafe at the Tyabb Art and Craft Village, Tyabb...
the old carriages used to be called red rattlers....hence the name...


the wheels may be still
but the memories
are still rolling



Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday Too


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Scenic Weekends
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Old Wheels

This couple has been a part of the annual Westernport Festival community parade for some years.
And still they draw lots of attention and admiration.
What this motorised carriage is actually named I really don't know.


Back in the parade
Keep old wheels of time turning
Proudly motoring


Linking to:
The Weekend in Black and White
The Human Condition


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Scenic Weekends - Links open TODAY!
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Monday Mellow Yellows

Shadowy Carriage

Carriage and shadows waiting to take passengers on a scenic ride through Melbourne streets


Take a new journey
Ride out of dappled shadows
Your carriage awaits


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2


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Scenic Weekends - Links opened yesterday!
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Monday Mellow Yellows

Carriage Shadows

Carriage setting out on a journey near Flinders Street Station, Melbourne.


Yesterday's shadows
Horses and wheels and carriage
Relaxed travelling


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Go For a Ride?

Horse and carriages - popular with tourists - are a familiar sight round inner Melbourne streets.


A horse and carriage
Once an ev'ry day item
Now a special treat


Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday 2

A Carriage Tale

At first the carriage sighed with
Grudging
Monday morning
Potential
Like simmering
Rebellion
Without the gumption to strike

Half-empty
Prison
And a little time to divert into
Alternative pleasantries

All too soon
The seats and aisles
Crammed with
Silent
Still life

(Actually
Pseudo "busyness" 
Indulging in
Electronic
Escapes)

But a seat
Unexpectedly
Vacated
Between the distillers of pleasantries and
Filled with
A studded revolution black vest
Armed with tattoos and
Helmeted with
Silky
Neonic
Green
Hair

Uncomfortable discord
Sizzled

The tattoos
Stroked the neonic greens
Constantly
As if being different was
A shifty business
While the pleasantries fried into
Medusa-like
Stony glares
Fixed
Straight ahead
Peripheral vision was
Negligible

Finally
The staged skit was
Broken

The neonics shuffled out at Parliament
Chewing gum
Fast

For the first time I saw her eyes
As she passed my window
They were large
And dark
And beautiful

But still life
Trained on

NOTE: Parliament is the name of an undergound train station in inner Melbourne


Linking to:
dVerse ~ The Art of Rebellion
Poets United ~ Poetry Pantry
Real Toads ~ Open Link Monday

Melbourne Carriage Tours

One of the horses on a horse-drawn carriage tour in Melbourne CBD.
There are many different horse and carriage styles plus the drivers often dress up too!
These carriage tours are available at weekends and all weekdays throughout the summer school holidays.
They may be boarded in Swanston Street and tour the city main streets.
More information on 12 companies operating these tours may be found HERE!
It costs about $100 carriage hire for half an hour's tour.

Sampling some old ways
Riding a horse drawn carriage
Yesterday's romance




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Top Memory

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Old couple in the Western Port Festival parade this weekend on the Mornington Peninsula.
They are re-living other years.
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Haiku Heights #31 ~ Memory
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One Single Impression #156 ~ Top
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Different costumes
Dressing up in other years
A top diversion
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Memory slumbers
Keys unlock yesterday's doors
Touching connections
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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Hosted by Andrée and SandyCarlson

Boneo Picnic Carriage

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A cute feature (the picnic carriage) in the Boneo Maze and Wetlands, Mornington Peninsula
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SOOC Sunday #110
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Unique picnic style
Relaxing horseless carriage
Fun experience
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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Hosted by Jan @ murrieta365.com

Wheels Friday #19 ~ Cobb and Co

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ An old colonial mail carriage on display at Melbourne Museum
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Old wheels rolling still
Cobb and Co icon of time
Memories live on
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Wheels Friday #19 ~ Cobb and Co
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WELCOME TO WHEELS FRIDAY
Here you may post ANYTHING related to WHEELS!
You may offer some explanation OR you may simply let us enjoy the view!

cars - vintage and modern - exterior or interior
trains/buses/trams
trucks
steering wheels
bikes - motorised or pushbikes
carts/wagons - vintage or modern
trolleys
paddlewheeler
inner mechanisms - e.g. wheels of a clock
whirlygigs
art/ornament based on wheels

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(LINKS will usually open Fridays at 2:05am Australian Eastern Standard Time)
*** PLEASE - Include your NAME + COUNTRY(initials will do!)
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ENJOY!

Memories of Old Wheels

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Carriage at the entrance to the Tyabb Art and Craft Village, Mornington Peninsula
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Sepia Scenes #47
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Tall wheels from old worlds
Open air views of landscapes
Just a memory
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