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Cruising the Yarra (6/27/23)

The Yarra River (once, per Wikipedia, the Yarra Yarra River) is a tidal river that flows through the heart of Melbourne. It is 150 miles long, flowing from the Yarra Ranges to Hobsons Bay. It continues to be used for container shipping, and the Port of Melbourne is the busiest on the continent.

Bob and I spent a non-active hour on the Yarra, cruising past much of the CBD to the port before returning. We used Melbourne River Cruises and were aboard the Yarra Queen, where we got to watch a captain in training. He did very well, although struggled a bit with the first docking.

The company offers a number of tours. We went down river past Southgate shopping/retail complex, Melbourne convention center, Crown Casino, World Trade Center, waterfront residences, and the port. We also went under a number of bridges (auto and pedestrian), some of which were quite low.

Below are photos of our excursion. First things first though as Bob found a big head statue!

Finally! It’s been awhile.
The other side. You’ll have to ask Bob if this counts as 2.

Okay, now for the cruise photos.

A photo from land of the Evan Walker Pedestrian Bridge
A bar built into the bridge!
Looking out towards the Yarra from inside the Southgate Complex
The Sandridge Bridge with wire art installations
representing the immigration process
The shorter white boat in front is the type of boat we were on
Heading off
Some of the interesting buildings in downtown
The Melbourne Aquarium
Looking ahead toward one of the low bridges we went under
Some of the waterfront housing.
One bedroom condos go for $500,000 Australian, per the captain.
Impressive Melbourne skyline
Another pic with some of the port containers/ships in view
One end of the Webb Pedestrian Bridge, modeled after an Aboriginal fish trap.

2 replies on “Cruising the Yarra (6/27/23)”

Hi guys ,you are certainly getting about down under.
Has Bob been keeping a tally as to how many BIG Heads he’s been photographed with ,I’ve lost count . As to wether this counts as two heads I guess it depends on which way you look at it ( back or front) 😂😂👍

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Hey Stan, Good to hear from you! Bob tells me he’s at 146 for big heads, counting the latest as 2, since he never knows if he’s coming or going.😉

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