Millionaires Walk...or would that be Stroll?

Perched high on a ridge at the 

edge of Melbourne's Port Philip Bay, 

lies an almost secret pedestrian pathway

called The Millionaires Walk.

It is a public pathway, 

with private houses on one side, 

and the spectacular bay on the other.

Most of the houses don't even have

fences, so it feels like you are walking

through a private garden.

All along the pathway, 

these beautiful rustic gates signal

the end of one garden...

...and the beginning of another.

The holiday houses represent 

many different architectural styles...

And all the while, 

there is the most amazing view across the bay...

...of private jetties complete with boat houses...

...little beach boxes...

..and the yachts which sail around the bay.

The land on each side of this walkway

is privately owned, but the little path

is public property.

Some of the beach houses are so close,

you can wave hello to the 

happy residents as they eat their breakfast.

I often wonder if they enjoy 

people~watching 

the walkers, 

as much as the walkers enjoy 

people~watching the residents.

And how does one enter this secluded 

Millionaires Walk past the holiday homes 

of some of Melbourne's oldest families?

Why, through this innocuous gate!

It looks like part of an ordinary fence, 

and is reached through an ordinary street, 

giving no clue to the magic views that lie within! 

All images taken by blue fruit Easter Weekend 2011

Millionaires Walk, Portsea to Sorrento

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