This beautiful old building was just a block away from our IBIS Hotel.  It is the Historic Public Baths on Swanston Street.

The city trams passing by the Historic Public Baths Building

A full view of the Historic Public Baths Building

RMIT-The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology on Swanston Street

We passed by this building so many times when we were in Melbourne.  It was on the way to our hotel.  I kept wondering what it was.  It looked very artsy.  It turned out to be one of the buildings of RMIT in Melbourne's Central Business District.

Swanston Street is no doubt one of Melbourne's main streets and it is lined with interesting buildings, some of which are tourist sites.  One of them is the State Library of Victoria.

Inside the State Library of Victoria.  Absolutely impressive.

A print of "The Block Arcade" on Collins Street as part of an exhibit at the State Library of Victoria

Info on Melbourne's Block Arcade on display in the State Library of Victoria

A stained glass window on exhibit inside the State Library of Victoria

The State Library of Victoria was huge and its several floors had exhibits for public viewing.  The major exhibition they had at the time of our visit was entitled "As Modern as Tomorrow:  Photographers in Postwar Melbourne"

This clock hung inside the Melbourne Central Shopping Mall.  It was also in this mall where a branch of COLES supermarket was.  We often visited it to purchase food for breakfast and afternoon snacks.  we stored the food in the mini fridge in our hotel room and we were able to eat healthy.

This brick tower can also be found inside the Melbourne Central Shopping Mall.  One of the mall's features is its glass dome right above the tower.  This mall was huge and modern with lots of stores selling men's and women's fashions on several floors.

There is no doubt that Melbourne stands out as a city for the beautiful architecture and design of its buildings. Absolutely attractive buildings stand side by side each other, old and new ones.  It does look European in this regard just like what many Sydneysiders told us.

Another view of the Forum Theater which has a very moorish design.  It reminds me a bit of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain.

The Ian Potter Centre and NGV Australia in Federation Square

Since its opening in 2002, Federation Square has become a focal point of Melbourne.  It is the city's heartbeat.  It is home to major cultural attractions, world class events, a huge tourist office, and an array of restaurants.  Fed Square as it is affectionately called has been visited by more than 66 million people, with an average of 8 million visits each year.

Not wanting to waste any time, Marc and I decided to visit the Ian Potter Centre and NGV Australia right away since we were already there.  I fell in love with the exhibit of modern Aboriginal paintings so much, we visited the exhibition three times.  They were truly colorful.

Inside the huge exhibition room of Aboriginal artwork at the Ian Potter Centre and NGV Australia Museum

Here's one of the paintings I really, really liked.  Heck, I like them all.

After having seen artwork like these in the Australian National Maritime Museum and Australian Museum in Sydney, I am not sure anymore if these are grave markers or didgeridoos.  They look so much alike.

Aboriginal shields

In front of John Brack's painting called Collins Street, 5 pm

Here I am admiring more paintings by Australian artists

The famous Flinders Station

Taken on Federation Square with the Flinders Station in the background