Melbourne

Just arrived in Melbourne after a short 200k trip from Echuca. We were expecting a big descent off the plain to sea level, but the land appeared to gradually fall as we came south with no dramatic hilly range to overcome. Wineries hidden away everywhere around Echuca gradually giving out to livestock farming as we came south.
We set up at the Big4 site at Coburn and planned our attack on the city over the next two days.
On Tuesday we walked to a local 7-11 to get our Myki travel cards for the local transport and took the tram into the city. In the morning we did a walking tour with Matthew our guide being very informative about the history of the city, its dramatic rise to prominence in the 1850 gold rush, and the massive expansion in the 1880s. We saw most of the main sights on our tour and some of the quirky ones that we would not otherwise have got to know about.
To rest our feet in the afternoon we rode the free circular tram route around the inner city before jumping off at the western docks to walk along the south bank of the river Yarra. A beer and a wine at The Boathouse was a good reviver. A total of 23800 footsteps walked during the day, over 10 miles. No wonder we both slept so well.
On Wednesday we returned to the city to take in a bit more of the city. We walked into Fitzroy gardens to visit the Captain Cook Cottage. This cottage, built by the parents of Captain Cook in Great Ayton, Yorkshire was dismantled brick by brick in the 1930s and transported to the park to celebrate 100 years of life in the city and as a link to the past.
We visited to the State Library to see if we could view Ned Kelly's armour, sadly it was in store due to renovations in the building, however, the building itself was most impressive.Read more