Melbourne "Lane Ways"

In the USA, we think of Australia and New Zealand as close neighbors, and in may respects, they are. However, politically, they love to rib each other. In sports, they are bitter competitors, and geographically, they are over 2500 miles apart.

So after a 3 day crossing from NZ, we arrived at our first stop in Australia - the beautiful city of Melbourne - and watched a beautiful sun rise as hot air balloons rose over the city!!

After a lovely pre SuperBowl breakfast w friends and that crazy Superbowl game, we went exploring. Melborne has many "Lane" ways. These are small alley ways between city buildings that they utilize for shopping, restaurants, music, art, pubs, etc. They each have different names, and it is quite fun going about the city trying to locate and experience them.

One of our favorites is called "Hardware Lane," where we enjoyed a delicious Mexican dinner. Fun town.Read more