骑行大洋路 - 1

吉朗（Geelong）是维多利亚州仅次于墨尔本的第二大城市，距离墨尔本90公里，坐Vline列车仅需一小时。在墨尔本的南十字星车站（Sounthern Cross Station）买了一张非高峰期票（Off peak ticket），只需要7.2澳元，就能到达吉朗。

现在能看到的吉朗火车站（照片中的红砖建筑）建于1877年，替代了1875年建成的老火车站。建筑风格为典型的维多利亚式，检票的铸铁柱廊则呈现哥特式风格。

Geelong is the second big city in Victoria state, by area after Melbourne which lies in the southeast with a 90km distance. It will cost one hour to take the Vline train from Melbourne to Geelong. The ticket is cheap as well, just 7.2 AUS Dollars.

The Geelong Station is an old house built in 1877. It replaced the old staion built in 1875. Its a Victorian style architecture and some parts were decorated with Gothic and Classic elements, such as the cast iron columns.

吉朗基督教堂是维多利亚州最古老的建筑之一。基督教的吉朗教区在1843年10月7日建立，甚至早于维州的主教区——墨尔本教区。教堂在1847年6月27日开放，1859年10月25日，主堂举行献礼。

这是维州唯一的一座由殖民地建筑师艾迪蒙德·布拉吉特（Edmund Blacket）设计的建筑，目前是澳大利亚国家遗产。

Christ Church Geelong is the oldest Anglican Church in Victoria, Australia, in continuous use on its original site. The parish pre-dates the Diocese of Melbourne and was founded on 7 October 1843, when the Bishop of Australia, William Grant Broughton, laid the foundation stone at the northeast corner of the present nave. The church was opened and dedicated on 27 June 1847, and the enlarged church was consecrated on 25 October 1859. The church is the only one in Victoria designed by the colonial architect Edmund Blacket. It was enlarged in 1855 by the addition of the transepts and sanctuary.                                   

Christ Church has been given an A Classification by the National Trust and is listed on the Register of the National Estate. (From Wikipedia)

一路向南，骑过穆丽河。这条河让我想起墨尔本的雅拉河（Yarra River），沿岸的景色也是那么相像。由于是周二，河边锻炼游憩的人并不多。

I cycled south through the Murry river. It looks like Yarra river in Melbourne, especially the sights along the river. There are few people because it is a Tuesday.

一家很有调调的咖啡馆，入口的墙上挂满了各种明信片、招贴画，还有各国的纸币和硬币。天朝的钱也没有缺席——在右上角有一张绿色的毛爷爷，嗯，是一张一元的纸币。另外，还有一张紫色五元，和一张绿色贰角~

安吉尔西的中心有一条路叫“因弗罗奇路”（Inverlochy Street）；购物中心门口的一小片广场也叫做“因弗罗奇广场”，都是为了纪念1902年12月18日在安吉尔西附近的“阴沟失败暗礁”（Ingoldsby Reef，我这翻译的够“信达雅”吧？）触礁沉没的三桅帆船“因弗罗奇号”。“因弗罗奇号”从英国利物浦港出发，沉没时载有1339吨货物。

因弗罗奇广场后面是几间小商店。这家商店叫“阳光、沙滩、海”，觉得特别山寨，第一感觉是：中国人开的吧？不过赶路要紧，也就没有进去证实一下。

在莱恩斯公园的湖边遇到了一位散步的老人，于是请他帮我照相。老人欣然答应，拍完还与我攀谈几句，开玩笑似的对我说：“骑不动了吧？不想走了吧？”然后笑眯眯的踱远了。