Bicycles (specifically "Push bikes") are a popular form of transportation here in Melbourne. There's the highly Lycra-ed set that travel in brightly coloured peletons or the skinny jean-ed hipsters on retro tour bikes. Whichever your preferred flavour, there's lots of bike friendly corridors across the city and into the CBD. Sunday morning was bright and sunny, so Nadia and I rode into the city along the Capital City Trail.
Some sections of the trail had heavy traffic: lots of people strolling, jogging and bike touring with little ones. Other sections, like this one just past Heyington, were idyllic and quiet.
Rowing pairs, quads and eights do their drills up along the river on Sunday mornings. 
One of the best parts of the trail is the riverside section just before the bridges into the city. Yes, the view on one side of you is restricted to unattractive bumper-to-bumper footy traffic into the city, but it's pretty special riding along the river suspended just above the water.
We cycled back through Fitzroy to enjoy a coffee before heading home. The Fitzroy Town Hall looked especially grand against the blue sky.
Nadia contemplating Town Hall.
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