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14th February 2010 After flying
from Benoni to Sydney, we were soon airborne again,
en-route to Melbourne |
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A Singapore Airbus A380 spotted at Sydney
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Taking off from Sydney for the short
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It was great to see a familiar
face waiting for us at Melbourne Airport. Tony had very
kindly offered to meet us and drive us to our hotel. |
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Our hotel/apartment was
very central and we only had to step out of the front door
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Above: Flinders Street Station,
with its famous clocks |
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15th February 2010 |
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Above: The view from our
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The State Library of Victoria |
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Above: Federation Square |
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The Forum Theatre |
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Above and below: Fitzroy Gardens |
The Fitzroy Garden’s Conservatory |
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Above: Cooks Cottage, dismantled
in Yorkshire, each brick numbered, then shipped to Melbourne,
where it arrived in April 1934. |
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One of Melbourne's
earliest suburbs, East Melbourne has some of the largest
and oldest Victorian homes and terrace houses in the
city. |
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Above: Victoria State government
offices as seen from the Treasury Gardens (adjacent to Fitzroy
Gardens) |
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aaah, isn't she lovely! |
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Our hotel - "Quay West" |
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16th February 2010 |
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We took a walk through
the Kings Domain parklands, passing the Sidney Myer
Music Bowl (above left) and Government House (below). |
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Below: The observatory,
adjacent to the Royal Botanic Gardens |
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The Shrine of Remembrance |
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Above: The Eureka
Tower |
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Outside the National
Gallery of Victoria |
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Making use of the free wi-fi at
Fed Square |
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Tony drove us out to his neck of the woods for
a delicious meal, and yes, well, more ice-cream!
17th February 2010
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More eating, more
people watching. We could get used to this... and
so could Freddie! |
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18th February 2010 |
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On our last full day
in Melbourne, we were treated by Marjaana and Julian
to a very special day out to the Yarra Valley. |
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Fynbos! In Julian
and Marjaana's garden. |
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Aaaah, again! |
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Our lunch stop was at the excellent "Outlook
Hill" restaurant in the Yarra Valley. The view
from the restaurant was pretty good too.
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Champagne tasting
at Domaine Chandon. Well, if you insist... |
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Our last views of
the city |
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We seem to have packed
a lot into our four full days in Melbourne and would
both like to return there one day. |
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We were up early on
the morning of Friday 19th February for the next leg
of our journey (to Wellington). |
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