Day 5 - Melbourne

Today we get to steal Maddy for the whole day as it's Saturday, so nicely full from a BLT we headed out of the city to Mt Donna Buang in search of some snow! It was around a 90 minute drive there and I was beginning to seriously doubt whether there would be any snow at the end as everything was lovely and green. On the final stretch up the mountain though we caught glimpses of the white stuff on the side of the road.

We pulled up to the busy car park just as it started raining to see lots of people in their snow gear and snow boots. We were in jeans and trainers and therefore may not have been entirely prepared for this. We walked up to the top into the winter wonderland and walked up to the top of lookout. On a clear day I'm sure it would boast a fantastic panoramic of the mountains however today in the rain and mist we couldn't really see anything! It was also baltic up there! After making our descent we made an obligatory snow sculpture and then headed back to the warm refuge of the car.

A little further down the mountain out of the snow there was a short rainforest walkway where we took a stroll along the wooden boardwalk through the enormous trees. It was then most certainly time for lunch!

We drove back down the mountain and stopped at a very small town (if you can even call it that) called Warburton and headed to the Riverview Cafe. Mads and I were half way through our enormous portion of delicious veggie lasagna before the waiter realised he had completely forgotten Si's order. We got it for free though so it worked in our favour!

Back in Melbourne we got ready to hit the town for an evening out in the CBD (which is what they call their city centres). After some pre drinks at Maddy's we headed out for what may possibly be the most delicious espresso martini I have ever tasted! It may have also been the most expensive. We also went to a lovely riverside bar called The Arbory which was really cool and would be great in the summer so will have to come back again when we head back down in December. A couple more bars and a stop for a cheeky cheeseburger, concluded our night on the town!En savoir plus