We’ve said our goodbyes to Dianne and now we’re on a train back into Melbourne. It’s Saturday afternoon, our flight out is Sunday night, we’re getting quite aware of how little holiday there is left now.
Continue reading Melbourne: The Finalé
Mmmm, tasty friends.
Tuesday is barbecue day – Jimmy’s parents, who met us all a couple of times when they were in London in the past, have invited us all to their place in the suburbs. It’ll be our last big get-together before we all leave for our various homes; obviously it won’t be long until we see the Londoners again but a bit more of a big deal for the unfortunates (I jest, I jest!) staying in Melbourne.
Continue reading Barbecuing (with?) friends
Monday is one of our last designated tourist days – the day is ours until a dinner booking later. To be honest we feel like we’ve mostly run out of the obvious touristy stuff to do in Melbourne now though; makes sense I suppose, we ticked a bunch of stuff off when we were here a couple of years ago a well. Next trip to Australia we’ll probably cut the Melbourne time down to just catching up with people and go explore somewhere else with the extra time.
Continue reading Monday Melburnian Meanderings
After the wonderful wedding weekend (because alliteration) we’re back into Melbourne on Sunday morning on the train. We’re in another Mercure for this section of the trip, near the Queen Vic markets – not quite as convenient as the last one but still only 10-15 minutes walk from the train station. We drop our bags (it’s still far too early to check in) and head back out.
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We’re heading out of Melbourne to the Yarra Valley. It’s wine country with vineyards of various sizes, from the very small to the quite large, about an hour outside of Melbourne. I was surprised on the drive quite how quickly the place transitions from urban to rural, I think I’ve had that thought in Australia previously too.
Continue reading The wedding; no *you’re* a valley
The previous episode ended with us saying our goodbyes to Erin’s dad at Bendigo train station, now it’s Wednesday evening and we’re on the way back into Melbourne for another go. It’s been nice having a few quiet days in the country but we’re ready for a bit more hustle and bustle again.
Continue reading Melbourne: Part Deux
Saturday morning dawns and again we’re up early – 7am. While Erin doesn’t leave until tomorrow my flight to Melbourne is this afternoon; I had changed it to make the stag do for the wedding we’re going to next week. That means we have a few hours to fit some stuff into and the plan is to have a look around an island in Sydney Harbour, Cockatoo Island.
Continue reading Finishing Sydney, Fly-By of Melbourne