Melbourne 10 -12 November

Thursday Day 1

I was up  nice  and early for my 645am flight to  Melbourne I made the airport a within time but must remember  to  leave a little  bit  more earlier  next time. Mum was a treasure  and dropped  me  off.

Then we boarded  our flight  to Melbourne and boy I was hoping  that  I didn't  need a seat  beat  extension like  I did  last  time  I flew .................. No I didn't need it the seat belt fitted nice and comfortable. That  was my first ............ first thing  that  happen  I was  so pleased and happy.

No seat belt extension needed :) 

I have  the flying bug now :)  Where next to discover :)

We caught  the  bus  to  Melbourne  then  many kms  of walking begun with  the  walk  to  our  hotel in Melbourne  on  Flinders street

Great place & location to  stay  while in Melbourne.

We went to  our  room  then  headed  out  for  breakfast and started  our  day  of  adventure we went  to the exhibition hall Great  old  building and lovely gardens.

 
Then we headed next  door to  Melbourne Museum I wasn't  that  excited  about  going  in  but  when  I did  it  was great. So a lesson learnt  that  you  at  least  must  try  things  once.  It  had  alive  animals  in  there it  was  great  like  a  rain forest love the  stuffed  dead animals  It  really  made  me  want  to  see a live Panda  in China and sea world  has Polar bears might  need to visit  there been  many  years since  I have.  We  got to  see Phar  lap  gosh  he was a huge  horse. Dinosaurs What Melbourne use to  be like  it was interesting.

A waterfall.

Australia most famous horse ........... Phar lap.

Makes me want to go to China but  they are also  at Adelaide Zoo.

I love seals.

We  then headed back  to  the  hotel  room where  we got ready  and headed back  out. We just walked and walked we came across a indoor rock climbing centre which looked amazing  and  a  lot  of  fun. We nearly made  it  on  foot  from flinders street Melbourne to Lygon street Carlton. We went  down bourke  street I  found my  a gym I can use  in  Melbourne next time.

I never  made  in the doors.

  Then  we found Meyer Window Christmas display it  was  so lovely.  Starting to  feel  a bit  like Christmas lol lol lol.

We then went to  a  great Thai place  on Swanson street Melbourne It's called Ghia Khao Thai Food it  is so  devine mainly  there satay.

We also found China town  in Melbourne which  was so lovely I found  my egg custard tart I love. I must  have Yum Cha  next time  I'm in Melbourne.  We also  went shopping into  little Chinese and Guess what  I fit into  there clothes  it  was  a big  wow  moment  I relaised  I am shrinking  but I need  to  shrink  more but  hey  I can  buy  from  the Chinese shops  and I'm impressed with that.  I did get a beautiful  black & white  dress  from  there.  We also found a small shopping centre  were  we shopped  some more.

Then  we went  back  to  our hotel  for rest & relaxation.

Day 2  Friday

We got  up  and had showers & breakfast then  we headed  off  for  the  day for adventures  on Melbourne  great public transport Today  we use all three Trams , Buses & Trains.

Our first stop was Melbourne Goal  it  was so great and  we also had  a look thru  the  old  Melbourne holding  cells it was amazing. I love  it. It  was  where Ned Kelly died. I learnt what baby farming  was  never  knew but man it that  was bad. There are some nasty ladies  out  there.

We then headed off to  Queen Victoria Markets If you ever visit Melbourne this must be  on  your to  do  list it  is  just a amazing place with  great people the best food OMG great stalls and  it's a huge place but worth the visit. I saw  the  best Christmas shop on the outside of  the markets. I got to see a black  and white shih tzu which  brought  a smile  to  my  face made  me  think of  my  dog Wally he was the cutest ever.  If  you love shopping mainly clothes this  is  your  place.  I also learnt about white & brown  eggs and  the difference  all to  do  with  a dot  in  the  brown  eggs & the white  ones  don't  have  it. Also  the Jewish  people  only  eat  white  eggs. I was totally amazed by  that. 

So cute the baby Chickens :) 

.  Then  we went to Brighton Beach where we saw the Bathing boxes they were amazing  my favourite was number 72 it  was a purple & green  one. I would  go   back  the  walk  there  is  amazing and  there even a Pub  if  you  need a cool drink :)  So worth  the visit.

 
We then headed off to St Kilda so  we could go to Luna park I was so excited I haven't rode a roller coaster in years. But guess what I fitted. I laughed so much  poor Trudy  her ears must  have been sore but  I loved it. I really want  to  go to Disneyland now big  time so I can ride so many different rides I love this feeling so much I feel alive again. :)  That's a feeling I don't want to loose at all. We also got  to ride in Melbourne buses.

Luna Park St Kilda .............. It sure does make you smile.

We then headed  back  to  the  hotel room  got ready to  go  out we  had a shot very  nice Banana smoothie yummy. Then  it  was  off to  Lygon street and boy  was  it  worth  it  we  went  to  Cafe Corretto and I sure will be returning  I had Pizza All meats garlic bread & Nutella crepes and  they were  to  die  for love  them. 

Yum Nutella Crepes best ever :) 

Trudy meal Lasagna to  die for melts  in  your mouth.

Today we actually  use all 3 modes  of transport in Melbourne. The publlic transport in Melbourne  is  the best & so clean.

This I will be doing next  time in Melbourne hopefully a romantic  one  that  would be lovely .................. I'm dreaming ha ha ha.

.Day 3 Saturday

We had a quiet  day today  in  a way but  it  was  great we went  to Docklands  to  do some shopping at Habour town it was great  I  like  and  I don't  love shopping all that much yet.

 We then went across the road wharf area where Trudy & Peta were  happy to  shop  in Lego shop me  I went  outside  and  took in the sun  and  love it found a statue of Kylie Minogue who  comes  from Melbourne  and  other  Melbourne famous people like Graham Kenndy John Farhamn & others. It  was really  lovely.

I even ended up with a Melbourne suntan love it  :)

We  then  headed down  to  the  Yarra river and  looked  around  next  time  I would  like  to  go  on  a cruise  which  would  be  nice.

Then went  back  to  the  hotel  and  headed home we stop in  at The mail  exchange pub  in Melbourne  and  it  was really lovely. A little unexpected Gem we found. Then we caught the bus  to Avonalon to  fly  home  to  Sydney.

A big thank you to Trudy  & Peta for a lovely girls weekend away I  love it.