Monday, 17 February 2014

Melbourne


Our first impression of Australia wasn't good, as it was raining and cold when we arrived in Melbourne. Things didn't get any better when, on our first morning, we visited the waterfront and docks area. Not the prettiest part of the city. We were hoping to see the Queen Mary II, which was docked here somewhere that day, but can you believe we didn't see it? A great big ship like that and we didn't see it! Anyway, by the afternoon things had started to look up. The rain had stopped and we discovered the art museum, happy hour and a very good Chinese!

Day two was good. A lovely day so we visited St Kilda beach which is really nice.


Later on we went to see 'Private Lives' by Noel Coward which was on at the Southbank theatre. The theatre is an expensively appointed, modern building which really impressed Andy.



We were threatened with rain on day 3, so scrapped our plans to go to an outdoor concert this evening. Still, had another nice day in Melbourne having a bus tour of the city, visiting another museum and the botanical gardens.









Flying to Sydney tomorrow. Andy has been googling 'identification of snakes in Eastern Australia' in preparation!
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  1. Unknown21 February 2014 at 22:23

    Where's the lizard?

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  2. Patricia Guegan26 February 2014 at 13:42

    Must admit not my favourite :(. Have some good friends there so try to visit when we are in Oz. Weather so variable - four seasons in one day - as the saying goes. Kim went to meet a friend at St Kilda Beach, it was 35c and beach was packed, at about 2.30 the temperature dropped 10 degrees in about 5 minutes and everyone left!!

    Did you go to the War Memorial at the top of the Museum with the 11.00 am ceremony - very moving. Trams are good. A novelty for us.

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