Made it to Melbourne, VIC!

An uneventful flight brought us from Burnie in Tasmania to Melbourne in Victoria. In fact, we were on the ground 10 minutes ahead of schedule. Early is always good.

Since there are no security checks at the Burnie Airport — they didn’t even check IDs — we were bussed from where we disembarked on to the tarmac at MLB to baggage claim at Terminal 1. Luggage was already on the carousel. Easy peasy.

We found out today that Uber works a little differently here … at least at the Melbourne airport. You order a car through the app; get a PIN; go to the designated area where a bunch of Ubers are queued up and waiting; share the PIN with the driver; and you are on your way.

We’ve checked into our AirBNB in the CBD. Nothing special … but nice view of the skyline. We’ve done a bit of grocery shopping for breakfast fixings at the Metro around the corner from the building. A load of laundry is going already … maybe we’ll get it all done tonight after all.

Although we plan to do some sightseeing while in the city — there’s a lot to see and do — Melbourne is also where we will be prepping for our road trip by RV — oh, OK … make that caravan, since we are in Australia. Somehow we’ll make it work … a little pleasure … a little work.Read more