South Wharf walk on Sunday May 25th 2014

 South Wharf walk on Sunday May 25th 2014:

We went for a long walk around Melbourne via St Kilda Road and  through South Gate to continue along South Bank towards South Wharf.  The weather was a sunny and warm autumn day.

We highly recommend the views over Melbourne if you have not done this walk.  It is terrific to see the way the wharves have been opened up with cafes, restaurants, shops and other activities. 

At the South Wharf is the new Hilton Hotel and the DFO shopping outlets.  We have driven there before and the parking is not cheap, though you do get a discount voucher when you purchase from one of the shops.  These discount vouchers reduce the parking fee.

There are new bridges that have really opened up the South Bank to the North Bank of Melbourne.  I would like some of the bridges to have a more prominent sign that names the bridge.  What we thought was the Jim Styne's Bridge, I think is the Seafarer's Bridge.  The Jim Styne's Bridge, I think, has not been completed as yet.

The whole Docklands region has really developed over the years. Do check out the views of Melbourne. What I loved was the blending of the old buildings with the new architecture.

The view back towards the Arts Centre Melbourne with the "Polly Woodside" in the foreground and the new "gold" tower being built next to Crown was terrific.

We walked back via the North Bank then went up Queens St and Collins St to revisit the Royal Court and the Royal Arcade.   You should have seen the queues of tourists waiting to go for afternoon tea at the Hopetown Tea Rooms.

We ventured up Collins St to our favourite coffee shop.  Sorry we are not saying which as it will then be impossible to get into.  But you know?  Many of our friends say it is not hard to find a good cup of coffee in Melbourne.  The pursuit of many Melbournians - is finding an even better coffee!

 

Confusing blogs with a website

Confusing blogs with a website May 5 2014:

Maybe I am confusing a blog with a website as I want so much on these blogs.  I would love to be able to archive each of the pages under the different headings.  For example, the posts that I write about Catherine Ryan Hyde on my RAYMOND'S BOOKS blog, I want to be able to file them under her tab.

 

Learning how to blog - insightful experience

Learning how to blog - May 4 2014:

Insightful experience

Learning how to blog and create a website has been an insightful experience.  It has helped me to become even clearer about who I am as a person.  We are more than words.  We can create a difference in this world. 
First we have to start with ourselves.  We always have the opportunity to improve but we must be ready to make the changes.
I have had to deal with so much change in my life over the years that I get offended when a few people "project" on me that I do not deal with change well.  That is crap I cope with change very well and people need to respect that not everyone reacts to change the way that they do - we all process change in a different way.

Thank you Google Help and Susan Adams May 3 2014

Thank you Google Help and Susan Adams tutorials May 3 2014:

Thank you Google Help Videos and to Susan Adams for your short videos to help me create my Blog.  I am persevering with trying to learn a new thing each day.

The Google Help Videos are short and very specific to different topics.  I do want to check out more of their videos to expand my skillset.  The challenge will now be to find an index or table of contents of their videos.

Susan Adams, thank you for your clarity of direction and calmness of manner.  The only thing that I wanted was occasionally you would click onto something, for example "COMPOSE" and you had to watch her every move for navigating.  Usually though, Susan's direction is very specific and tells you what to press or to type next.

Her website is worth checking out also.  I am really impressed that she has a section asking for improvements.  I will do that when I get more experience.

The aspect that I have been trying to resolve is the TAB locations and creating new pages etc.  I worked out that I kept creating a larger FOOTER in my page layout.  I do not know if changing it to a "Sitemap page" as a footer will work but I will give it a go.

 

Learning how to BLOG May 1 2014

Learning how to BLOG and how to create a WEBSITE May 1 2014

Today I have been teaching myself how to create a website.  I find it frustrating at times and I am lucky to have good contacts who can assist.  I do not like to ask people for assistance because they have the skill set as I do not like to take advantage of people.  I did research about a course at Holmesglen TAFE and it is very reasonably priced.  But then I thought , just persevere and try to learn from the different websites and videos on here.  I was very impressed with some short videos about Blogging for beginners by a JOHN555.  So thank you for your assistance.

I just wish that GOOGLE had more videos on creating a WEBSITE as I prefer the authorised versions as against the "community" support.  Do not get me wrong as I appreciate the "community" aspect of teaching.  But it is like "self service" with so many aspects of life these days.

I may do a course after trying it for myself.  I will record my journey and hopefully learn a thing or two!