Final Full day in Melbourne

After picking up breakfast in a bakery shop we caught the tram down to the pier where we have to load up tomorrow. Turns out the Norwegian Sun is already in town so it was easy to see where we have to go (and the tram is super easy and direct from here).

Next it was another couple of trams to get to the war memorial. Very well done! We got some nice photos from the top of the building. 

German Grenada’s from WW1

The advance made by the Australian and New Zealanders at which point it stalled and one week later the Canadians came on to the line,

From there it was a short walk to the primary visitation location today, that being the Royal Botanical Gardens. With blue skies and perfect temperatures it was a STUNNING time and place to visit. This place is MAGNIFICENT. 

We wandered around for quite a while enjoying the sights before grabbing a couple of pastries to keep us going. The birds in the area were very aggressive and we were forever “shooing” them away. 

The croissant was as big as our hands and very yummy.

We caught a tram back to the far edge of the CBD and made our way to St Patrick’s cathedral. It had some wonderful stained glass windows. 

Caro needed a new hat and so we walked a few blocks to get one, before walking back to the hotel. On the way we stopped in to check out the following (see photo); however I didn’t pursue a purchase ‘cause the steering wheel is on the wrong side!

The hotel has a  guest laundry room so we did ours. 

We went out to a Thai restaurant for a nice supper followed afterwards by catching the tram up to Federation Square. 

At Federation Square we sat down with many other people watching a men’s match between an American and an Italian. Turns out the Italian is the number one player in the world (Sinner). We had no clue until I googled him. Sinner won in three sets but we had already left after two sets and had walked back to the hotel (1.8km).

The only slacker day was the Tuesday when we had an 11 hour train ride.