Melbourne - 23rd December 2025

Today we met up with Sarah who was somebody that we first met on a tour to Tibet in 2015. We were up early and after a quick shower we caught the tram in to Melbourne CBD, about 15 minutes away.

By 9:15 we were waiting for a table in a restaurant for breakfast where we were going to meet Sarah. Once Sarah arrived we ordered food and delicious coffee.

After eating we began a walking tour of the centre and main sights. First we walked to the historic Flinders Street station - legend says that they confused the plans with a railways station destined for India. We walked from here to Federation Square and popped in to the art museum.

We spent the next while wandering around the Laneways including one with lots of street art including an amazing mural high up on a building. From here we found Degraves street, with is restaurants in the centre of the street. By now it was time for a rest stop and we grabbed a beer overlooking Federation Square.

After this we caught a tram to parliament house and had another stop in a rooftop bar as the sun had come out. From here we visited Fitzroy park and saw Captain Cook's house that was moved from his home in England and also the small Tudor model village.

We continued our walk past the tennis courts where the Australian open is played and into the royal botanic gardens. We walked through the gardens and finished at the large war memorial.

As it was now almost 4pm we picked up a tram back into the CBD then walked to Southern Cross Station in time for Sarah's train with just enough time to pick up some clothes in the outlet at the station.

Having said goodbye to Sarah we stopped for a drink and contacted the baggage handling company to see where our bags were. The news came back that they would not be arriving until at least the next day so we visited another shopping centre to pick up some more clothes and toiletries!

It was 7pm by the time we caught the tram back to St Kilda and having dropped off our purchases we went back out and walked to Acland Road where there were loads of restaurants. We had food at a busy restaurant where I had calamari (much bigger than the string like stuff at home) and Ed had a Parma dish - a Victorian traditional dish.

Having walked over 12 miles on the day we caught a tram the few stops back to our apartment and had a final beer before bed!Leggi altro