Tuesday, 01/08/06
A rather more touristy day today.
We were dropped off, as it were, at Rialto Towers, home of the Melbourne Observation Deck on the 55th floor.
Fortunately the weather was a little better today - no rain for a start, so it was possible to get a good view of Melbourne from the observation deck.
After this we took the excellent and free City Circle Tram - it does what it says on the tin - and made our way to the Queen Victoria Market - Melbourne's oldest and largest market with some 1,000 traders.
I had a bit of a scare when my human spotted pink hat with "Australia" on the front and I thought for one moment I was going to be put on the scrap heap, but I'm pleased to report that common sense prevailed in the end.
We were particularly impressed with the 'Deli' section of the market. The market closes around 2 pm however, so it was soon time to make our way, naturally via the City Circle Tram, to our next, and final destination for the day, the Melbourne Museum.
We had two hours to spend at the museum before making our way to the airport, so we spent an hour in the Bunjilaka Aboriginal Centre. This was a very interesting and moving exhibition. We then spent the second hour in the Australia .
This included a section on the famous 'Aussie' race horse Phar Lap (who was actually from New Zealand) and, something that would be of special interest to my human's friend Helen - *waves* to Helen - the kitchen from 26 Ramsey Street. Yes, I was rather surprised to see a section of the museum dedicated to 'Neighbours'. Apparently the museum are able to have this particular kitchen was it was 'destroyed' in a fire in a 1999 storyline.
I'm sure it won't be long before we see part of the set of 'Eastenders' or 'Corrie' in the V&A :-).
Posted: 03/08/06 10.25 pm
PS - tl, I think it must be some while since you were last in Melbourne - it is certainly not a dump.
We were dropped off, as it were, at Rialto Towers, home of the Melbourne Observation Deck on the 55th floor.
Fortunately the weather was a little better today - no rain for a start, so it was possible to get a good view of Melbourne from the observation deck.
After this we took the excellent and free City Circle Tram - it does what it says on the tin - and made our way to the Queen Victoria Market - Melbourne's oldest and largest market with some 1,000 traders.
I had a bit of a scare when my human spotted pink hat with "Australia" on the front and I thought for one moment I was going to be put on the scrap heap, but I'm pleased to report that common sense prevailed in the end.
We were particularly impressed with the 'Deli' section of the market. The market closes around 2 pm however, so it was soon time to make our way, naturally via the City Circle Tram, to our next, and final destination for the day, the Melbourne Museum.
We had two hours to spend at the museum before making our way to the airport, so we spent an hour in the Bunjilaka Aboriginal Centre. This was a very interesting and moving exhibition. We then spent the second hour in the Australia .
This included a section on the famous 'Aussie' race horse Phar Lap (who was actually from New Zealand) and, something that would be of special interest to my human's friend Helen - *waves* to Helen - the kitchen from 26 Ramsey Street. Yes, I was rather surprised to see a section of the museum dedicated to 'Neighbours'. Apparently the museum are able to have this particular kitchen was it was 'destroyed' in a fire in a 1999 storyline.
I'm sure it won't be long before we see part of the set of 'Eastenders' or 'Corrie' in the V&A :-).
Posted: 03/08/06 10.25 pm
PS - tl, I think it must be some while since you were last in Melbourne - it is certainly not a dump.
posted by The Pink Hat @ 1:14 pm
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