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La mer hivernale 冬天看海

This winter hasn’t been too cold, and watching the sea can be a leisure when it’s not windy. 這裡的冬天不太冷,找一天沒刮大風的,看看海也可以是一種樂趣。 St. Kilda is one of the better known beaches in Melbourne. While it’s really not too difficult to find a better beach around Australia, what attract people to St. Kilda are the variety of shops and restaurants in the neighbourhood as well as the Luna Park amusement park by the sea. There are enough things to keep one occupied for a whole day. 墨爾本其中最為人熟悉的海灘是St. Kilda,在澳洲隨便找一個更好的海灘委實不難,但St. Kilda勝在充滿生氣,毗鄰海灘,特色商店和食肆比比皆是,也有個小型遊樂場Luna Park,到那裡打發一天是挺寫意的。 Lively decorations above the shops at St. Kilda (left) and on a railway bridge in the adjoining suburb Balaclava (right) St. Kilda的商店屋頂上(左)和鄰近Balaclava區火車橋上(右)生氣盎然的裝飾 The classic roller coaster that still requires manual control! (See the man standing in the middle of the train.) 仍需人手操作的經典過山車(留意列車中間站操作員 ) But in the middle of winter, most would have preferred the comforts of restaurants and shops. The amusement games i