Port of Quebec CEO Mario Girard, Environment Minister Benoit Charette, Mayor Bruno Marchand and Matthieu Alibert, director of environmental prevention and control at the Ville de Québec, listen to a question at a City Hall press conference on Aug. 29. (Screenshot) 
The Holland America Line cruise ship Zuiderdam, shown here departing from Fremantle Harbour, Western Australia, on a Grand World Voyage cruise earlier this year, was in the Port of Quebec on Sept. 1. (Photo by Bahnfrend via Wikimedia Commons; Creative Commons licence) 
An ephemeral exhibit in memory of Cove Fields, also known as the Faubourg de la misère (the poor suburb) has popped up for a second year on the land behind the Plains of Abraham Museum. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) 
Master brewer Daniel Lowing of SNO Microbrewery Nordik points to his SNOlynx beer that won best dark lager at the World Beer Awards in London, England in August. (Photo by Danielle Burns) 
Melbourne’s number 35 City Circle Tram takes passengers around the Free Tram Zone, giving tourists a tour of the city, stopping at key locations: the aquarium, Parliament, the Old Treasury, Queen Victoria Market, Fed Square, Flinders Street Station, the Old Gaol and more. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) POSTCARDS FROM AUSTRALIA: Cassandra Kerwin’s Australian adventure begins in Melbourne Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Hi QCT readers, from Melbourne, Australia! The moment we stepped outside our rented apartment in central Melbourne,…